Somerville Smelting Co.

Plant in Middlesex county in Massachusetts, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121839
MAS/MILS ID 0250179024
Record type Site
Current site name Somerville Smelting Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -71.09116, 42.37997 (WGS84)
Elevation 23
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

Massachusetts(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boston North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Charles(hydrologic unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Massachusetts Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -71.09116, 42.37997

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Somerville Smelting Co. Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OSHA INSP. 1978-9

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS

  • Deposit

    NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-1997 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.