(Facility) Goscote Smelter

Plant in United Kingdom with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Nickel, Silver, Tin, Zinc
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157963
MAS/MILS ID 4120101001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Goscote Smelter
Alternate or previous names Elkington Walsall Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -1.96434, 52.58229 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
United Kingdom

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -1.96434, 52.58229

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Elkington Copper Refiners, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 E/MJ INTERNAT'L DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PRO-

  • Deposit

    CESSING OPERATIONS, P. 284.

  • Deposit

    TARRING, T., ED., NON-FERROUS METAL WORKS OF THE WORLD,

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN BOOKS, 1974, P. 657.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-83 Reynolds U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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