| Deposit ID | 10133048 |
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| MAS/MILS ID | 1220501001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Horne Copper Smelter |
| Alternate or previous names | Noranda Smelter |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.0164, 48.24999 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | Quebec |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Secondary |
| Plant (1) | -79.0164, 48.24999 |
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| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1927 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Noranda Mines Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1980 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 200000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 195000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 213000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 177000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 177000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 1220501001 |
CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES SMELTER PROFILE, HORNE COPPER
SMELTER, JULY 29, 1986, P. 1.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, PP. 194, 309.
PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING
OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL
COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - HORNE (NORANDA)
CANADA. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007; FOR INF., CONTACT
S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE NORANDA SMELTER SMELTS CONCENTRATES FROM THE NORANDA MINES, DOES CUSTOM SMELTING FOR OTHER COMPANIES AND ALSO RECYCLES SCRAP. PRODUCTION IN 1978 WAS 205,072 MT OF COPPER IN ANODES. ALL ANODE PRODUCTION IS REFINED AT THE CANADIAN COPPER REFINERS REFINERY AT MONTREAL EAST, QUEBEC. CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AT THE HORNE SMELTER INCLUDES MATERIALS HANDLING FACILITIES, A SHREDDING PLANT FOR COPPER SCRAP, ONE OXY-FUEL REVERBERATORY FURNACE, ONE NORANDA REACTOR, FIVE PIERCE-SMITH CONVERTERS, THREE ANODE FURNACES, TWO ANODE CASTING WHEELS, TWO OXYGEN PLANTS, A SLAG FLOTATION PLANT, AND A STRONG ACID PLANT. CURRENT CAPACITY IS 220,000 MTPA ANODE COPPER. AS OF JUNE 24, 1994, NO CURRENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THIS PROPERTY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-DEC-94 | Towle, Stewart W. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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