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(Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum Smelter

Plant in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301659
MAS/MILS ID 0530079001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum Smelter
Alternate or previous names Alcoa, Wenatchee, Aluminum Company of America, Alumium Company of America

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -120.32476, 47.42263 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 N 020 E 13 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -120.32476, 47.42263
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 109HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 109
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    Interest 100
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1996

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 198000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 198000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 212000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 212000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 143000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 143000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 198000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 198000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet 227000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 227000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Ingot And Billet Tonnes Aluminum

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PO BOX 221 WENATCHEE 98801 MKT' NATIONAL ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    FOUNDRY GRADE AND EXTRUSION BILLET ANNUAL CAP-181.400 TONNE

  • Deposit

    SEE ALSO MILS SEQ.NO.188

  • Deposit

    REDUCTION PLANT

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF WASH.MANUFACT.1974 (FAIR)

  • 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

    BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 1985 INITIAL RATE

  • Deposit

    PROPOSAL. DOCUMENTATION FOR LOADS AND RESOURCES STUDY.

  • Deposit

    V.1, AUG. 1984. 496 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD. (LONDON). ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION COST SURVEY 1980-1982; V.1, SUMMARY, 119 PP.

  • Deposit

    V. II, APPENDIX, 314 PP., JAN., 1984.

  • Deposit

    CORPS OF ENGINEERS. EXCERPTS FROM DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Deposit

    IMPACT STATEMENT, ARCO/TRANS MOUNTAIN OIL PIPELINE

  • Deposit

    PROJECT. DEPT. OF THE ARMY, 1977.

  • Deposit

    CORPS OF ENGINEERS. REPORT ON FLOOD CONTROL, NOOKSACK

  • Deposit

    RIVER, WASHINGTON. DEPT. OF THE ARMY, 1973.

  • Deposit

    GOVETT, M.H. AND J. LARSON. THE WORLD ALUMINUM INDUSTRY.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINER. ECON. PTY. LTD., SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA,

  • Deposit

    1981, 387 PP.

  • Deposit

    INTACO. THIS IS INTALCO. INTALCO ALUMINUM CORPORATION,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1984, 18 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHN MOBERLY ASSOCIATES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COSTS

  • Deposit

    IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA, JULY 1984,

  • Deposit

    58 PP.

  • Deposit

    KURTZ, H. F. AND L. H. BAUMGARDNER. ALUMINUM CH. IN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    FACTS AND PROBLEMS, 1980 EDITION. BUMINES B671, 1980,

  • Deposit

    PP. 9-34.

  • Deposit

    MODEN, W. S. MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV.

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. NO. 57, 1969, 134 PP.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE STRATEGIES INC. ALUMINA COSTS AND SUPPLY

  • Deposit

    ARRANGEMENTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA,

  • Deposit

    EXTON, PA., MAY 1985, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE STRATEGIES INC. ENERGY CONSERVATION POTENTIAL AND

  • Deposit

    SMELTER MODERNIZATION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED

  • Deposit

    FOR BPA, EXTON, PA., MAY 1985, 34 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-96 Berg, Andrew W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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