(Facility) Laurel Hill Refinery

Plant in Queens county in New York, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum, Selenium, Silver, Tellurium
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 10127084
MAS/MILS ID 0360819906
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Laurel Hill Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.89956, 40.9 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bronx(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yonkers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Long Island West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New York(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Queens

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Selenium Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tellurium Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.89956, 40.9

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Phelps Dodge Refining Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 E/M J DIRECTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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