(Facility) El Paso Copper Smelter

Plant in El Paso county in Texas, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130491
MAS/MILS ID 0481410006
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) El Paso Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names El Paso Smelting Works

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -106.48389, 31.75015 (WGS84)
Elevation 1159

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Paso(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas El Paso

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -106.48389, 31.75015

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    Home office New York
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E & MJ DIRECTORY 1973

  • Deposit

    100000 ST ANNUAL CAPCITY PB & CU

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 5-8-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-APR-1996 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.