Natividad Calcining Plant

Plant in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Magnesite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188609
MAS/MILS ID 0060539004
Record type Site
Current site name Natividad Calcining Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -121.60462, 36.74713 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natividad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 S 003 E 02 NESWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 50HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Reduction

Mining district

District name Natividad

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner National Refractories
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E. GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES BULL. 133, 1946, 75 PP.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS. KAISER REFRACTORIES, MOSS LANDING MAGNESIA MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. UNPUBLISHED, 1977, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    BETTS, H. KAISER REFRACTORIES EXPANDS AT NATIVIDAD, KAISER REFRACTORIES. MINERALS PROCESSING, V. 1X, NO. 4, NOVEMBER 1968.

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E. JR., AND C. H. GRAY JR., GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN GABILAN RANGE, CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT 56, 1959, 40 PP.

  • Deposit

    BYRNS, A. C. INTEGRATED BASIC REFRACTORIES OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, MAY 1950, PP. 152-155, 200-203.

  • Deposit

    CERAMIC NEWS. EXPANDED FACILITIES AT "REFRACTORIES FROM SEAWATER" PLANT OF KAISER CHEMICALS. OCTOBER 1957, PP.48-49

  • Deposit

    DESY, D. H. MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES, 1981. IRON AND STEEL, 1980. BUMINES, PP. 78-79.

  • Deposit

    ENVIRON. RECLAMATION PLAN FOR THE NATIVIDAD QUARRY OF KAISER REFRACTORIES. UNPUBLISHED, DECEMBER 1982.

  • Deposit

    FORBATH, T. P. MAGNESIA FROM SEA VIA STREAMLINED PROCESS. CHEMICAL ENG., NO. 6, MAR. 24, 1958, PP. 112-115

  • Deposit

    HART, E. W. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA DIVC. OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT NO. 5, 1966, PP. 55-59, 67-71.

  • Deposit

    HAVIGHORST, C. R. DOLOMITE PURIFICATION AND CALCINING, PROCESS FLOWSHEET. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REPRINT, JULY 19, 1965.

  • Deposit

    HAVIGHORST, C. R. MAGNESIA EXTRACTION FROM SEAWATER, PROCESS FLOWSHEET. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REPRINT, AUG. 2, 1965.

  • Deposit

    HAVIGHORST, C. R. THE MANUFACTURE OF BASIC REFRACTORIES, PROCESS FLOWSHEET. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REPRINT, AUG. 16, 1965.

  • Deposit

    KAISER REFRACTORIES. MOSS LANDING AREA PLANTS PROFILE. 1979, 5 PP.

  • Deposit

    KAISER REFRACTORIES. TECHNICAL DATA, PRODUCT SPECIFICATION SHEETS.

  • Deposit

    KAPILOFF. ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2752, AIR POLLUTION: ACID DEPOSITION, CHAP. 1473. 1982, 6 PP.

  • Deposit

    LENHART, W. B. HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION-REMOVES FRIABLE GRANITE FROM DOLOMITE. ROCK PRODUCTS, FEBRUARY 1953, PP. 89-93, 152, 154.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A. LIMESTONE IN CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOL., V. 43, 1947, PP. 175-357.

  • Deposit

    LOHSE, F. THE IDENT. OF SOME OF THE KAISER COMPANIES COMPANIES WITH THE CHEM UNPUB. 10 PP. IND., A HISTORY. ROCK PRODUCTS. AGGREGATE PRICES, MARCH 1983, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    SCHOTTMAN, F. J. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES, 1982, IRON AND STEEL, 1981, PP. 78-79.

  • Deposit

    SCHOTTMAN, F. J. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES, 1983, IRON AND STEEL, 1982, PP. 78-79.

  • Deposit

    SHEPHERD, J. G., ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER, MAGNESIA OPERATIONS, KAISER REFRACTORIES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, AUGUST 1983.

  • Deposit

    TAELAR, D. H. DOLOMITE AT NATIVIDAD. MINERALS PROCESSING, V. 6, NO. 5, 1965, PP. 17-20.

  • Deposit

    TROFFEY, A. KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM ON HISTORY OF CHEMICAL DIVISION OF KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, OCT. 19, 1953, 6 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION RECORDS, COMPANY PROPRIETARY DATA. UNPUBLISHED, 1978.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION RECORDS, COMPANY PROPRIETARY DATA. UNPUBLISHED, 1980.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION RECORDS, COMPANY PROPRIETARY DATA. UNPUBLISHED, 1979.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION RECORDS, COMPANY PROPRIETARY DATA. UNPUBLISHED, 1981.

  • Deposit

    UTLEY, H. F. BASIC REFRACTORIES PLANT AT KAISER CHEMICAL DIVISION, PIT, AND QUARRY. APRIL 1959, PP. 84-85.

  • Deposit

    UTLEY, H. F. HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION PLANT SOLVES PROBLEM OF UPGRADING DOLOMITE AT KAISER OPERATION, PIT, AND QUARRY. NOVEMBER 1952. PP. 94-96, 98, 101.

  • Deposit

    VER PLANK, W. E. MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS. CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES BULL. 176, 1957, PP. 313-323.

  • Deposit

    WETZEL, N. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS, KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION REFRACTORIES DIVISION MOSS LANDING AND NATIVIDAD FACILITIES, MONTEREY CO., CALIFORNIA. APRIL 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILL RECORD,PRODUCT RECORD, FEED RECORD, YIELDS RECORD DO NOT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE PROCESS, COSTS, AND RECOVERIES, PLEASE REFER TO MAS DEPOSIT EVALUATION FOR MORE DETAILS. THIS PLANT PROVIDES CALCINED PRODUCT TO THE MOSS LANDING MAGNESIA PLANT (SEQ. 0060539003).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-AUG-1992 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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