| Deposit ID | 10123759 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300299005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Smelter |
| Alternate or previous names | Columbia Falls Aluminum Smelter, Reduction Plant Aluminum, Anaconda Aluminum Plant, Arco Aluminum Plant |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.13988, 48.39179 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 948 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Flathead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Columbia Falls North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kalispell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Flathead Lake(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Flathead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 030 N | 020 W | 03 | NENWSE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -114.13988, 48.39179 |
|---|
| Area | 1591HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Reduction |
| District name | None |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1996 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300299005 |
BERK, R. ,H. LAX, W. PROST, AND J. SCOTT. ALUMINUM: PROFILE
OF THE INDUSTRY. METALS WEEK,MCGRAW HILL INC., 1982,
201 PP.
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 1985 INITIAL RATE
PROPOSAL. DOCUMENTATION FOR LOADS AND RESOURCES STUPY.
V. 1, AUG. 1984, 496 PP.
BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD. (LONDON). ALUMINUM
PRODUCTION COST SURVEY 1980-1982; V. 1., SUMMARY, 119 PP;
V. II, APPENDIX, 314 PP. JAN. 1984.
JOHN MOBERLY ASSOCIATES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COSTS
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA, JULY.1984,
58 PP.
JOHNS, W. M. PROGRESS REPORT 4, GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN
THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA,
SOUTHWESTERN FLATHEAD COUNTY. MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND
GEOL., BULL 29, 1962, 38 PP.
JOHNS, W. M., A. G. SMITH, W. C. BARNES, E. H. GILMOUR, AND
W. D. PAGE. PROGRESS REPORT 5, GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN
THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA, WESTERN
FLATHEAD COUNTY AND PART OF LINCOLN COUNTY. MONTANA
BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 36, 1963, 68 PP.
KURTZ, H. F. AND L. H. BAUMGARDNER. ALUMINUM CH. IN MINERAL
FACTS AND PROBLEMS, 1980 EDITION. BUMINES B671, 1980,
PP. 9-34.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WATER IS OBTAINED FROM WELLS AND POWER IS TRANSMITTED TO THE SITE. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD IS ADEQUATE.THE PLANT EMPLOYS 978 PEOPLE, 754 HOURLY AND 224 SALARIED EMPLOYEES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-OCT-96 | Spear, James M. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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