(Facility) Cox Creek Refinery

Plant in Baltimore City county in Maryland, United States with commodity Copper
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 10267002
MAS/MILS ID 0245109917
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Cox Creek Refinery
Alternate or previous names Kennecott Refinery/ Baltimore, Md., Baltimore Operations

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -76.61636, 39.28833 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baltimore(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baltimore East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gunpowder-Patapsco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Baltimore City

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -76.61636, 39.28833

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southwire Corp.
    Interest 20
    Home office P. O. Box 1000, Carrolton, GA 30119
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitsubishi Metal Corp.
    Interest 80
    Home office Japan
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRODUCE ELECTROLYTIC COPPER

  • Deposit

    1979 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING

  • Deposit

    # POR IS BALTIMORE, MD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-MAY-1995 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.