Benton Plant

Past Producer in Saline county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138853
MAS/MILS ID 0051250008
Record type Site
Current site name Benton Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.51206, 34.55402 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saline(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Saline(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Saline

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 002 S 015 W 15 NE Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.51206, 34.55402

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Cyanide Co.
    ID 300261
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABS

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 10-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1996 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 10/15/2021
MSHA mine ID0300261
Mine name (MSHA)U.S. Vanadium - Benton, LLC
Current operatorUS Vanadium - Benton, LLC
Current controller (parent)US Vanadium Holding Company, LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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