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(Facility) Walsall Copper Refinery

Plant in United Kingdom with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Nickel, Silver, Tin, Zinc
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  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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303860
MAS/MILS ID 4120102004
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Walsall Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Elkington Refinery, Goscote Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -1.96704, 52.58369 (WGS84)
Elevation 150
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
United Kingdom

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -1.96704, 52.58369
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Elkington Copper Refiners, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • ADDRESS OF MAIN OFFICE: GOSCOTE LANE WALSALL, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND ELKINGTON COPPER REFINERS IS A SUBSIDIARY OF BRANDEIS, GOLD- GOLDSCHMIDT & CO. LTD. ALL INQUIRIES SHOULD GO TO BRANDEIS AT: 30, GRESHAM STREET LONDON, EC2P 2EB ENGLAND, U. K. PLANT TYPE: ELECTROLYTIC REFINING STATUS UNKNOWN, INACTIVE IN 1991.

Comments on the production information

  • UNITS OF CAPACITY: MT MET.CONT/YR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES, LTD., QUARTERLY SERVICE ISSUE 1,

  • Deposit

    COPPER, 1977, P. 3.60.

  • Deposit

    TARRING, T., ED., NON-FERROUS METAL WORKS OF THE WORLD,

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN BOOKS, 1974, P. 657.

  • Deposit

    1978 E/MJ INTERNAT'L DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PRO-

  • Deposit

    CESSING OPERATIONS, P. 284.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, V317,NO.8150, LONDON,11/29/91, P 403

  • Deposit

    1989/1990 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P234-236

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE; U. K. REFINERY TO USE ISA PROCESS, 1/92,

  • Deposit

    P. 51.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-1996 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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