Fansteel #1 Tantalum Plant

Producer in Lake county in Illinois, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, 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 10193257
MAS/MILS ID 0170979002
Record type Site
Current site name Fansteel #1 Tantalum Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -87.83692, 42.33171 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waukegan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waukegan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Racine(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pike-Root(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -87.83692, 42.33171

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Fansteel Inc
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ILL MFG DIR 1980 P1185; PLANT IS ROLLING & DRAWING MILL

  • Deposit

    LOC IN NORTH CHICAGO, ILL.

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.