Scottsboro Alum. Reduction Plant

Plant in Jackson county in Alabama, 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185253
MAS/MILS ID 0010719002
Record type Site
Current site name Scottsboro Alum. Reduction Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.03277, 34.67042 (WGS84)
Elevation 192

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scottsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntsville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guntersville Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.03277, 34.67042

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Reduction

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Revere Copper And Brass Inc.
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRODUCE PRIMARY ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCES PRIMARY ALUMINUM; EMPL 656.

  • Deposit

    ENG & MINING J 1981 INTNAT DIR MINING P163.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION IS DATED. PLANT PRODUCED NON-METALLURGICAL ALUMINUM PRODUCTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1996 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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