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1b Du Pont B Plant Ti

Plant in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Titanium, Pigment
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138392
MAS/MILS ID 0060139010
Record type Site
Current site name 1b Du Pont B Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -121.74544, 38.0082 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jersey Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lodi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin Delta(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 002 E 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -121.74544, 38.0082
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1963
Year of first production 1963
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Chloride

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Co., Inc.
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Description 24000
  • Year 1987
    Description 32000
  • Year 1992
    Description Pigment Capacity 37000 Mtpy Pigment

Comments on the production information

  • PLANT PRODUCES RUTILE TYPE PIGMENTS MOSTLY FOR PAINTS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FEED GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 95%.
  • CHLORIDE A PLANT.

Comments on other economic factors

  • CHLORINE- DOW CHEMICAL, PITTSBURG, CA. SEPARATED AIR- BOC GRP., AIRCO IND. GASSES DIV.
  • FEEDSTOCK- NATURAL RUTILE, SIERRA LEONE, 100% OF FEED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

  • Deposit

    SRI INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH DU PONT AND OTHER MAJOR

  • Deposit

    PIGMENT PRODUCERS, 1982-1992.

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL WEEK, JAN. 8, 1992.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JUN-1994 Slatnick, Jennifer U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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