A-T3 Kuan Yin B Plant Ti

Plant in Taiwan with commodity Titanium, Pigment
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. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158633
MAS/MILS ID 5830008002
Record type Site
Current site name A-T3 Kuan Yin B Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 121.06595, 25.03256 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taiwan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Taiwan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 121.06595, 25.03256

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1993
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Chloride

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. I. Du Pont Nemours And Co., Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1993
    Description Pigment Capacity 60000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 60000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHLORIDE C PLANT. PLANT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN 1993.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL BUSINESS, MAY 1991.

  • Deposit

    SALES PROSPECTOR-PA, DE, SOUTHERN NJ, APRIL 1. 1991.

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, MAY 24, 1990.

  • Deposit

    PAINT AND INK INTERNATIONAL, MARCH 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PLANT HAD ONLY REACHED AN OPERATING RATE OF 16,000 TPA TOWARDS THE END OF 1994. DUPONT IS DEBOTTLENECKING THE PLANT ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS TO BRING THE PLANT TO ITS RATED CAPACITY OF 60,000 TPA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-96 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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