Amax Specialty Metals-Coldwater, Mi

Producer in Branch county in Michigan, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Nickel, Tungsten
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 10184382
MAS/MILS ID 0260239004
Record type Site
Current site name Amax Specialty Metals-Coldwater, Mi
Alternate or previous names Amax Molybdenum Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.99823, 41.94171 (WGS84)
Elevation 296

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Branch(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coldwater East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Adrian(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Wayne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Southeastern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeastern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Branch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.99823, 41.94171

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Amax Specialty Metals Corp.
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COPPER & NICKEL PRODUCED AS DISPERSED PHASE ALLOYS

  • Deposit

    ALSO PRODUCES DISPERSED PHASE NICKEL AND COPPER ALLOYS

  • Deposit

    1978 E/M J DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    1979 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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.