(Facility) Garfield Copper Smelter

Plant in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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 10155176
MAS/MILS ID 0490350017
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Garfield Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Garfield Smelter, Kennecott Copper Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -112.1491, 40.74604 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farnsworth Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -112.1491, 40.74604

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kennecott Corp. (Div Of Rtz Corp Plc)
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA MET-NONMET MINE FILE REF USBM PROD TABS

  • Deposit

    UTAH COPPER STORY KENN COPPER CORPUTAH COPPER DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OWNER-OP: KENNECOTT COPPER CORP CAP 250000 ST CU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-96 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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