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(Facility) Columbus Smelter

Plant in Stillwater county in Montana, United States with commodity Chromium
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221513
MAS/MILS ID 0300959001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Columbus Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -109.24497, 45.63432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1155
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stillwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Timber(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone-Lake Basin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Stillwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 020 E 27 NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -109.24497, 45.63432
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Economic information

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WETZEL, N. AND S. STEBBINS. THE COLUMBUS SMELTER,

  • Deposit

    STILLWATER COUNTY, MONTANA, MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE

  • Deposit

    REPORT, CHROMIUM, MARCH 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors CERCLA (SUPERFUND) SITE LISTED ON NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL), OCT. 14, 1992. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS INCLUDE CHROMIUM TAILINGS. DOI/USBM COULD BE ALLEGED TO BE A PRP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-94 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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