| Deposit ID | 10193661 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0171359001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Hillsboro Zinc Smelter |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.48508, 39.13284 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 192 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montgomery(county)
Illinois(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Litchfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Decatur(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Shoal(hydrologic unit)
Kaskaskia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Illinois | Montgomery |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -89.48508, 39.13284 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0171359001 |
1979 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 30-OCT-1997 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.