(Facility) Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Smelter

Plant in Flathead county in Montana, United States with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.13988, 48.39179 (WGS84)
Elevation 948
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 030 N 020 W 03 NENWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.13988, 48.39179

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1591HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1591
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1955
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Reduction

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Columbia Falls Aluminum Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1996

Comments on the production information

  • NEW TOLLING CONTRACT SIGNED FOR PERIOD 1/1/96-1/1/01 WITH PECHINEY WORLD TRADE AND GLENCORE LTD FOR ENTIRE 168,000 TPY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OWNERSHIP CONTROLLED BY MONTANA ALUMINUM INVESTORS CORP. THE ONLY ALUMINUM SMELTER STILL OPERATING IN MONTANA.

Comments on other economic factors

  • NEW LABOR CONTRACT SIGNED 12/95 FOR 4 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERK, R. ,H. LAX, W. PROST, AND J. SCOTT. ALUMINUM: PROFILE

  • Deposit

    OF THE INDUSTRY. METALS WEEK,MCGRAW HILL INC., 1982,

  • Deposit

    201 PP.

  • Deposit

    BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 1985 INITIAL RATE

  • Deposit

    PROPOSAL. DOCUMENTATION FOR LOADS AND RESOURCES STUPY.

  • Deposit

    V. 1, AUG. 1984, 496 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD. (LONDON). ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION COST SURVEY 1980-1982; V. 1., SUMMARY, 119 PP;

  • Deposit

    V. II, APPENDIX, 314 PP. JAN. 1984.

  • Deposit

    JOHN MOBERLY ASSOCIATES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COSTS

  • Deposit

    IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA, JULY.1984,

  • Deposit

    58 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M. PROGRESS REPORT 4, GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN

  • Deposit

    THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA,

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN FLATHEAD COUNTY. MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL., BULL 29, 1962, 38 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., A. G. SMITH, W. C. BARNES, E. H. GILMOUR, AND

  • Deposit

    W. D. PAGE. PROGRESS REPORT 5, GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN

  • Deposit

    THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA, WESTERN

  • Deposit

    FLATHEAD COUNTY AND PART OF LINCOLN COUNTY. MONTANA

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 36, 1963, 68 PP.

  • Deposit

    KURTZ, H. F. AND L. H. BAUMGARDNER. ALUMINUM CH. IN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    FACTS AND PROBLEMS, 1980 EDITION. BUMINES B671, 1980,

  • Deposit

    PP. 9-34.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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