| Deposit ID | 10134108 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 3570071016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Puerto Madryn Aluar |
| Alternate or previous names | Puerto Madryn |
| Point of reference | Plant |
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| Geographic coordinates: | -65.03256, -42.74761 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chubut(province)
Argentina(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Chubut |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | -65.03256, -42.74761 |
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| Operation type | Processing Plant |
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| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1975 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| District name | Chubut |
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| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
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| Ownership category | Mixed |
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| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | Aluminio Argentino Saic; (Aluar) |
| Home office | Argentina |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Argentine Government, (Fate, Or Fatesaic) |
| Interest | 51 |
| Home office | Argentina |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Private Interests |
| Interest | 49 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 135000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 138000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 140000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 133000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 138000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 136000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 148000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 153000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 154000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1989 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 155000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 171000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 168300 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Annual Aluminum Metal Production 170000 Mtpy (Estimated). | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 3570071016 |
PLATT'S METALS WEEK, P. 6 (DEC. 13, 1993).
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL
ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES, 1983: A DATA BANK,
CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.
BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS
WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 42; PART II - SUMMARY,
PAGE 5, DECEMBER 31, 1987.
BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM DATA, 1986, PAGE
151; 1988, PAGE 1.71.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MILS DATA "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START- UP. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. DATA SETS AND DATA FIELDS, FOR CONCENTRATOR "DESIGN CAPACITY" AND PRODUCT "UNITS OF CAPACITY", THE UNITS ARE IN TERMS OF, MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". "UNITS OF OTPUT CAPACITY" FOR THE PRODUCT DATA SET IS IN TERMS OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02 WERE USED IN THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY ECONOMIC EVALUATION. COST IS IN JAN 1987 US DOLLARS. THE UNIT COST IS $/MT ALUMINA, NOT $/KM/MT AS INDICATED ON THE DATA BASE LISTING. RECORDS 03 TO 05 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY STUDY. COSTS ARE IN JAN 1989 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE $/KM/MT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-SEP-96 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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