(Facility) Sumgait Refinery

Plant in Azerbaijan with commodity Aluminum
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133708
MAS/MILS ID 4570008002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Sumgait Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 49.6346, 40.5984 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Azerbaijan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Azerbaijan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 49.6346, 40.5984

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1971
Plant type Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Azerbaijan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Azerbaijan
    Year 1991

Comments on other economic factors

  • PLANT USED VAMI WET ALUNITE PROCESS TECHNOLOGY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS WORLD CAPACITY HANDBOOK 1991.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1987, TRADE FLOWS AND LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF THE USSR

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM INDUSTRY. UNPUBLISHED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT REPORTEDLY CLOSED IN 1990. LOCATION TO NEAREST TOWN BASED ON US ARMY GAZETTEER AND DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC F-4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-DEC-1994 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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