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(Facility) Vancouver Aluminum Smelter

Plant in Clark county in Washington, United States with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130604
MAS/MILS ID 0530119005
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Vancouver Aluminum Smelter
Alternate or previous names Alcoa, Vancouver, Vanalco

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -122.7331, 45.6492 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 002 N 001 E 19 C N2SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -122.7331, 45.6492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 74HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 74
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vanalco
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1996
    First year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 93000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 91530.6mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 98000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 96451.6mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 46000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 45273.2mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 61000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 60036.2mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 104000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 102356.8mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet Tonnes Aluminum

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALCOA SOLD THE PLANT IN 1987.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PO BOX 120 VANCOUVER MKT' NW ALUMINUM PIG, INGOT,

  • Deposit

    EXTRUSIONS, WIRE ANNUAL CAP-104,305 TONNES,REDUCTION PLANT

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF WASH. MANUFACT.1974 (FAIR)

  • Deposit

    1975-1976 WORLD MINES REGISTER

  • Deposit

    BERK, R., H. LAX, W. PROST, AND J. SCOTT. ALUMINUM: PROFILE

  • Deposit

    OF THE INDUSTRY. METALS WEEK, MCGRAW HILL INC., 1982,

  • Deposit

    201 PP.

  • Deposit

    BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 1985 INITIAL RATE

  • Deposit

    PROPOSAL. DOCUMENTATION FOR LOADS AND RESOURCES STUDY.

  • Deposit

    V.1, AUG. 1984. 496 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD. (LONDON). ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION COST SURVEY 1980-1982; V.1, SUMMARY, 119 PP.

  • Deposit

    V. II, APPENDIX, 314 PP., JAN., 1984.

  • Deposit

    CORPS OF ENGINEERS. EXCERPTS FROM DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Deposit

    IMPACT STATEMENT, ARCO/TRANS MOUNTAIN OIL PIPELINE

  • Deposit

    PROJECT. DEPT. OF THE ARMY, 1977.

  • Deposit

    CORPS OF ENGINEERS. REPORT ON FLOOD CONTROL, NOOKSACK

  • Deposit

    RIVER, WASHINGTON. DEPT. OF THE ARMY, 1973.

  • Deposit

    GOVETT, M.H. AND J. LARSON. THE WORLD ALUMINUM INDUSTRY.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINER. ECON. PTY. LTD., SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA,

  • Deposit

    1981, 387 PP.

  • Deposit

    INTACO. THIS IS INTALCO. INTALCO ALUMINUM CORPORATION,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1984, 18 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHN MOBERLY ASSOCIATES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COSTS

  • Deposit

    IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA, JULY 1984,

  • Deposit

    58 PP.

  • Deposit

    KURTZ, H. F. AND L. H. BAUMGARDNER. ALUMINUM CH. IN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    FACTS AND PROBLEMS, 1980 EDITION. BUMINES B671, 1980,

  • Deposit

    PP. 9-34.

  • Deposit

    MODEN, W. S. MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV.

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. NO. 57, 1969, 134 PP.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE STRATEGIES INC. ALUMINA COSTS AND SUPPLY

  • Deposit

    ARRANGEMENTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA,

  • Deposit

    EXTON, PA., MAY 1985, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE STRATEGIES INC. ENERGY CONSERVATION POTENTIAL AND

  • Deposit

    SMELTER MODERNIZATION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED

  • Deposit

    FOR BPA, EXTON, PA., MAY 1985, 34 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors CERCLA (SUPERFUND) SITE LISTED ON NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL), OCT. 14, 1992. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS INCLUDE: (1) GASEOUS EMISSIONS OF SULFUR AND (2) CYANIDE-CONTAMINATED SPENT POTLINER MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Berg, Andrew W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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