(Facility) East Helena Lead Smelter

Plant in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Smelter, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196694
MAS/MILS ID 0300490370
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) East Helena Lead Smelter
Alternate or previous names East Helena Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.91758, 46.5888 (WGS84)
Elevation 1186

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 N 003 W 25 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead, Smelter Primary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.91758, 46.5888

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Flotation

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Production statistics

  • Year 1993
    Description Smelter Production 63413 Mt
  • Year 1994
    Description Smelter Production 60873 Mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Smelter Production 579701 Mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA

  • Deposit

    ASARCO 1995 ANNUAL REPORT-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT SMELTER STILL OPERATING ON A CONTRACT BASIS. AS OF 1995-CUSTOM SMELTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-OCT-1997 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.