(Facility) Kidd Creek Copper Refinery

Plant in Ontario, Canada with commodity Copper
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. Production statistics
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181636
MAS/MILS ID 1220402002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Kidd Creek Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Timmins Copper Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -81.29978, 48.4667 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -81.29978, 48.4667

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1981
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Description Copper Cathode 32700 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 32700mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Copper Cathode 52000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 52000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Copper Cathode 71000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 71000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Copper Cathode 70000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 70000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Copper Cathode 77000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 77000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Copper Cathode 83500 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 83500mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Copper Cathode 90700 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 90700mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MITSUBISHI JUMBO TANK TECHNOLOGY W/ SS MOTHER PLATES. CONCAST ANODES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES REFINERY PROFILE, KIDD CREEK

  • Production

    REFINERY, JULY 17, 1986, P. 1.

  • Production

    FALCONBRIGE LIMITED 1988 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS; BUMINES CONTRACT

  • Deposit

    J0290007; FOR INF., CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-

  • Deposit

    MAFO, DENVER, CO.

  • Deposit

    CIM BULL., VOL. 85, NO. 961, P. 122 - 129.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF JUNE 24, 1994, NO CURRENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN LOCATED FOR THIS PROPERTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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