(Facility) Monac Smelter--Josephtown

Plant in Beaver county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Cadmium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Zinc, Refiner
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177584
MAS/MILS ID 0420079006
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Monac Smelter--Josephtown
Alternate or previous names Monaca Smelter--Josephtown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -80.33588, 40.67082 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beaver(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

East Liverpool(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ohio(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ohio-Beaver(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Beaver

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Tertiary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Tertiary
Zinc, Refiner Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -80.33588, 40.67082

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner St. Joe Zinc

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1975 PA IND DIR ADDRESS MONACA PA EMP 1568 FROM 75 EMJ DIR P

  • Deposit

    ZINC METAL & OXIDE SULFURIC ACID CADIUM METAL SMELTER PLANT

  • Deposit

    ELECTROTHERMIC RETORT ANNUAL CAP 250000 ST REFINERY PLANT T

  • Deposit

    DISTILLATION ANNUAL CAP 500000 ST

  • Deposit

    1979 E & M J DIRECTORY PAGE 210

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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