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(Facility) Sauget Zinc Refinery

Plant in St. Clair county in Illinois, United States with commodities Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Zinc, Refiner
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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. 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 10169255
MAS/MILS ID 0171639003
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Sauget Zinc Refinery
Alternate or previous names Amax Zinc Company Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -90.1551, 38.62175 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Clair(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cahokia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahokia-Joachim(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois St. Clair

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 003 N 010 W Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary
Zinc, Refiner Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -90.1551, 38.62175
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Korea Zinc
    Interest 100
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Big River Zinc Corp
    First year 1994
    Last year 1996

Comments on the ownership information

  • ADDRESS: RT 3 MONSANTO AVE, SAUGET, IL 62201, PH 618-274-5000

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AMAX SOLD PLANT TO BIG RIVER ZINC CORPORATION IN 1989.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OSHA INSP. 1978-9

  • Deposit

    ILL. MFG. DIR. P. 1276; LOCATION IS SAUGET, ILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-97 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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