(Facility) Garfield Copper Refinery

Plant in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179150
MAS/MILS ID 0490350016
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Garfield Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Kennecott Refinery, Garfield Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -112.1558, 40.73664 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 500(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
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -112.1558, 40.73664

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH COPPER STORY,KENNECOTT COPPERCORP,UTAH COPPER DIVISION

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABULATIONS OWNER-OP: KENNECOTT COPPER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-APR-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.