(Facility) Point Comfort Refinery

Plant in Calhoun county in Texas, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153959
MAS/MILS ID 0480570005
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Point Comfort Refinery
Alternate or previous names Bayer Alumina Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -96.55467, 28.67307 (WGS84)
Elevation 8
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Point Comfort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Lavaca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Matagorda Bay(hydrologic unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Calhoun

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -96.55467, 28.67307

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    ID 4100320
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 7-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-96 Stringer U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/16/2019
MSHA mine ID4100320
Mine name (MSHA)Bayer Alumina Plant
Current operatorAlcoa World Alumina LLC
Current controller (parent)Alcoa Inc
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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