(Facility) Buick Smelter

Plant in Iron county in Missouri, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Smelter, Silver, Zinc, Smelter
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 10220090
MAS/MILS ID 0290930009
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Buick Smelter
Alternate or previous names Amax-Homestake Buick Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -91.13183, 37.63426 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Viburnum West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mark Twain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Iron

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead, Smelter Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc, Smelter Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -91.13183, 37.63426

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Doe Run Co.
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Renco Group 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Ny, Ny 10112
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMJ 1974 DIRECTORY: MINE CAPACITY 4830 TPD. SMELTER CAPACITY

  • Deposit

    140000 TPY

  • Deposit

    EMJ 1974 DIRECTORY: MINE CAPACITY 4830 TPD SMELTER & SULFUR

  • Deposit

    ACID PLANT CAP-50000 TPD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-96 Missouri Department Of Natural Resources Mc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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