Northfleet

Plant in United Kingdom with commodities Lead, Refiner, Silver
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182481
MAS/MILS ID 4120102046
Record type Site
Current site name Northfleet
Alternate or previous names Britannia Works Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 0.2856, 51.44895 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
United Kingdom

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead, Refiner Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 0.2856, 51.44895

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 1931
Plant type Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Britannia Refined Metals Ltd.
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mount Isa Holdings Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Description Refined Lead 1553323 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 1553323mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Refined Lead 158877 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 158877mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Refined Lead 146999 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 146999mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Refined Lead 160158 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 160158mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Refined Lead 150441 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 150441mt

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE MAIN REFINERY PROCESSES LEAD BULLION MOSTLY FROM THE MOUNT ISA MINE IN AUSTRALIA. THE SECONDARY REFINERY PROCESSES SECONDARY LEAD MATERIALS (RESIDUES, BATTERY SCRAP, BAGHOUSE DUST) AND SOFTENER SKIM FROM THE MAIN REFINERY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-OCT-1992 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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