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(Facility) Goldendale Aluminum Smelter

Plant in Klickitat 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155747
MAS/MILS ID 0530399002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Goldendale Aluminum Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -120.68194, 45.72703 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Klickitat(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rufus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldendale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

The Dalles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Columbia-Lake Wallula(hydrologic unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Klickitat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003 N 017 E 20 E2SENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -120.68194, 45.72703
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 49HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 49
    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 Reduction

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Northwest Aluminum Inc
    Interest 60
    Home office Washington
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Columbia Aluminum Employee Stock Owners
    Interest 40
    Home office Washington
    Year 1996
    First year 1996

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 105000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 103341mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 102000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 100388.4mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 122000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 120072.4mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 146000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 143693.2mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 146000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 143693.2mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 108000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 106293.6mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED

  • Production

    CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1992.

  • 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

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1981, 387 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

    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.

  • Deposit

    BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORIES. THE DIRECT

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES: THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTHWEST POWER

  • Deposit

    SYSTEM AND ECONOMY. 1983, 180 PP.

  • Deposit

    BLOCH, I., AND S. MOMENT. THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY OF THE

  • Deposit

    PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PACIFIC NORTHWEST ECONOMIC BASE STUDY

  • Deposit

    FOR POWER MARKETS. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN., V. II. PT. 7B,

  • Deposit

    1967, 287 PP.

  • Deposit

    BLUE, D. D. RAW MATERIALS FOR ALUMINUM PRODUCTION.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES IC 7675, 1954, 11 PP.

  • Deposit

    BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. DSI OPTIONS STUDY,

  • Deposit

    DRAFT REPORT, PT. 1. BPA/DEP ENERGY BP-423, APR. 1985, 39PP.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LTD. (LONDON) AND CRU

  • Deposit

    CONSULTANTS INC. (NEW YORK). POWER COSTS AT ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    SMELTERS; PRICING, TARIFF ESCALATION, AND THE FUTURE SUPPLY

  • Deposit

    OF LOW COST POWER. 1985, 394 PP.

  • Deposit

    CRU CONSULTANTS INC. (NEW YORK). PRIMARY ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    SMELTING; PRICING, INVESTMENT, AND THE CHANGING BUSINESS

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENT. COMMODITIES RES. UNIT LTD., LONDON, AND CRU

  • Deposit

    CONSULTANTS INC., 1984.

  • Deposit

    CRU CONSULTANTS INC. (NEW YORK). THE COMPETITIVE

  • Deposit

    POSITION OF THE NORTHWEST ALUMINUM INDUSTRY. OCT 1984, 19PP.

  • Deposit

    FULKERSON, F. B. TRENDS AND OUTLOOK IN THE PACIFIC

  • Deposit

    NORTHWEST ALUMINUM INDUSTRY. BUMINES IC 8046, 1962, 42 PP.

  • Deposit

    KRISTIANSEN, C., AND J. CORREIA. THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM INDUSTRY: THE IMPACT OF ANTICIPATED POWER RATE

  • Deposit

    INCREASES TO 1991. DEP COMMERCE, 1979, 85 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCCAWLEY, F.W. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS WORLDWIDE, PT. I

  • Deposit

    AND II. BUMINES, 1984, 212 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCCULLOUGH, R. F. PRICE RESPONSIVENESS AND DSI

  • Deposit

    ECONOMICS, TESTIMONY, AND EXHIBITS OF NORTHWEST UTILITIES AT

  • Deposit

    MAY 23, 1983, BPA RATE HEARING, 1983.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, G. R., R. L. DAVIDOFF, D. I. BLEIWAS, AND

  • Deposit

    R. J. FANTEL. ALUMINA AVAILABILITY - DOMESTIC, A MINERALS

  • Deposit

    AVAILABILITY SYSTEM APPRAISAL. BUMINES IC 8861, 1981, 23PP.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE STRATEGIES INC. ELECTRIC POWER RATES FOR THE

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM INDUSTRY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR

  • Deposit

    BPA, EXTON, PA, NOV. 1984, 125 PP.

  • Deposit

    WILCOX, B. DSI RATE PROBLEMS--A DISCUSSION PAPER.

  • Deposit

    DIRECT SERVICE IND. INC., PORTLAND, OR, 1985, 13 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONFIRMED SOIL CONTAMINATION: POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROARBONS (PAH); CONFIRMED GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; SUSPECTED SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS. STATUS: RANKED, AWAITING REMEDIAL ACTION (RA).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-1996 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

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