Trail Phosphoric Acid Plant

Plant in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230418
MAS/MILS ID 1220108807
Record type Site
Current site name Trail Phosphoric Acid Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -117.7185, 49.1016 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary OE N(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nelson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 49-4-0N 117-39-0W (49.0667 -117.65); UTM N5434851 E452519 Z11N; PLSS line# : Meridian- <blank>, TWNSHP <blank>, RNG <blank>, Sect <blank>, Sect_fract <blank>. Location modified to match lat/long on Google Earth.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -117.7185, 49.1016

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Plant type Acid Plant
Plant subcategory Hydromet

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco
    Interest 100
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. PHOSPHORIC

  • Deposit

    ACID, TRIPLE SUPERPHOSPHATE, AND AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE PLANTS

  • Deposit

    1988 SURVEY. AUGUST 1988, 39PP.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION. WORLD FERTILIZER ATLAS, EIGHTH

  • Deposit

    ED. APRIL 1987, 121PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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