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Torrance B Plant Ti

Plant in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodity Titanium, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114758
MRDS ID W024093
MAS/MILS ID 0060379670
Record type Site
Current site name Torrance B Plant Ti
Related records 10076837

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -118.3106, 33.85692 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrance(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Long Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Long Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Monica Bay(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004 S 014 W 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -118.3106, 33.85692
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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 Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Ti Metal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Light Metals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin Marietta Corp.
    Interest 60
    Home office Bethesda, Md
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Subsidiary Of Nkk Corp. Of Japan
    Interest 40
    Year 1993

Comments on the production information

  • MOST OF THE INGOT IS BELIEVED TO BE SOLD IN THE U.S., HOWEVER, EXPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO JAPAN AND THE U.K.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INGOT PLANT.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEEDSTOCK- PRIMARILY SCRAP FROM WESTERN U.S., PLUS POSSIBLY SPONGE FROM EITHER OREMET OR TIMET.
  • PLANT HAS BEEN OPERATING AT A REDUCED CAPACITY SINCE 1991. *PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN EARLY IN 1992.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

  • Deposit

    TITANIUM BUYERS GUIDE.

  • Deposit

    NON-FERROU METAL WORKS OF THE WORLD, METAL BULLETIN BOOKS,

  • Deposit

    FIFTH EDITION, 1989.

  • Deposit

    PIERS.

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JUN-1994 Slater, Linda C. / Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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