(Facility) Bridgeport Jv Smelter

Plant in Jackson county in Alabama, United States with commodities Iron, Silica
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 10282235
MAS/MILS ID 0010719003
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Bridgeport Jv Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -85.71826, 34.94842 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chickamauga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guntersville Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -85.71826, 34.94842

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 Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tennessee Alloys Co.
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY IS FERROSILICON

  • Deposit

    PRODUCES FERROSILICON.

  • Deposit

    ENG & MINING J 1981 INTRNAT DIR MINING P163.

  • Deposit

    1979 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, PAGE153

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-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.