(Facility) Horne Copper Smelter

Plant in Quebec, Canada with commodities Copper, Manganese, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
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. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133048
MAS/MILS ID 1220501001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Horne Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Noranda Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -79.0164, 48.24999 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -79.0164, 48.24999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1927
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Noranda Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Copper Anode 200000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 200000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Copper Anode 195000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 195000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Copper Anode 213000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 213000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Copper Anode 177000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 177000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Copper Anode 177000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 177000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CUSTOM. ALSO REVERB OPERATION. 960,000 MTPY CONC. 1950 MTPD SC ACID PLANT STARTUP 1989 TO REDUCE SO2 EMISSION 50% ( TO 276M MTPY).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES SMELTER PROFILE, HORNE COPPER

  • Production

    SMELTER, JULY 29, 1986, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, PP. 194, 309.

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - HORNE (NORANDA)

  • Deposit

    CANADA. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007; FOR INF., CONTACT

  • Deposit

    S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-94 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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