Alcoa Reduction Works

Plant in Blount county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226069
MAS/MILS ID 0470099901
Record type Site
Current site name Alcoa Reduction Works
Alternate or previous names Alcoa, Alcoa, Tn, Alcoa Reduction Works/Alcoa, Tn, South Plant; Tennessee Operations

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -83.9693, 35.7807 (WGS84)
Elevation 275
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maryville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Blount

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -83.9693, 35.7807

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 Yes
Year of first production 1914
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Reduction

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    Interest 100
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 178180 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 178180mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 193670 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 193670mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 146250 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 146250mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 199540 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 199540mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 195010 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 195010mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 199540 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 199540mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 199540 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 199540mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 148750 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 148750mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 173460 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 173460mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 175760 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 175760mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 148590 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 148590mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Sheet And Plate Ingots And Molten Al 156900 Mt/Yr Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 156900mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1996 SMELTER CAPACITY DATA FROM: 2/96 LIGHT METAL AGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:73 TN MFG DIR,ADRS:ALCOA,TN,EMP:5000

  • Deposit

    PRODUCER OF ALUMINUM PIG,SHEET,AND FOIL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA (PITTSBURGH, PA). ANNUAL REPORT,

  • Deposit

    1985. 1986, 41 PP.

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA (PITTSBURGH, PA). FACTS ABOUT

  • Deposit

    ALCOA, MID-1986. 1986, 21 PP.

  • Deposit

    1986. 1987, 45 PP.

  • Deposit

    BERK, R., H. LAX, W. PROST, AND J. SCOTT. ALUMINUM: PROFILE

  • Deposit

    OF THE INDUSTRY. METALS WEEK/MCGRAW-HILL, INC., 1982,

  • Deposit

    201 PP.

  • Deposit

    BLOCH, I. AND S. MOMENT. THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY OF THE

  • Deposit

    PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PACIFIC NORTHWEST ECONOMIC BASE

  • Deposit

    STUDY FOR POWER MARKETS. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN.,

  • Deposit

    V. II, PT. 7B, 1967, 287 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD. (LONDON). ALUMINUM PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    COST SURVEY 1980:1982; V. I, SUMMARY, 119 PP; V. II,

  • Deposit

    APPENDIX, 314 PP. JAN. 1984.

  • Deposit

    CARR, C. C. ALCOA, AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE. RINEHART AND

  • Deposit

    CO., INC., 1952, 292 PP.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LTD. (LONDON) AND CRU CONSULTANTS

  • Deposit

    INC. (NEW YORK). POWER COSTS AT ALUMINUM SMELTERS;

  • Deposit

    PRICING, TARIFF ESCALATION, AND THE FUTURE SUPPLY OF

  • Deposit

    LOW COST POWER. 1985, 394 PP.

  • Deposit

    CRU CONSULTANTS INC. (NEW YORK). PRIMARY ALUMINUM SMELTING;

  • Deposit

    PRICING, INVESTMENT, AND THE CHANGING BUSINESS

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENT. COMMODITIES RES. UNIT LTD., LONDON, AND

  • Deposit

    CRU CONSULTANTS INC., 1984.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. ALCOA RESTART, KAISER CUTBACK, MARKET DRIFT

  • Deposit

    ARE AMONG VARIABLES AS U.S. PRODUCTION RISES. V. 54,

  • Deposit

    NO. 24, 1983, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. ALCOA WRITEDOWNS MEAN FEWER INGOT SALES, MORE

  • Deposit

    HEAT FOR UNIONS AND POWER SUPPLIERS. V. 56, NO. 49,

  • Deposit

    1985, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. ELSEWHERE IN ALUMINUM. V. 56, NO. 36, 1985,

  • Deposit

    P. 7.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. ALCOA WEIGHING THE SALE OF SMELTING CAPACITY?

  • Deposit

    V. 57, NO. 6, 1986, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. ELSEWHERE IN ALUMINUM. V. 57, NO. 49, 1986,

  • Deposit

    P. 8.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. TWO ALCOA SITES REMAIN ON STRIKE; LIST OF

  • Deposit

    SMELTING CUTS LENGTHENS. V. 57, NO. 28, 1986, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. ALCOA TO STOP SELLING BILLET. V. 58, NO. 1,

  • Deposit

    1987, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL (LONDON). PRODUCTION COSTS FALL. V. 307,

  • Deposit

    NO. 7894, 1986, P. 405.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS WORLD WIDE;

  • Deposit

    PART 1 - DETAIL, 187 PP; PART II, SUMMARY, 19 PP.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES DIV. NONFERROUS METALS, DEC. 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-96 Denton, David K. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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