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Mead Reduction Plant

Producer in Spokane county in Washington, United States with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204532
MAS/MILS ID 0530639017
Record type Site
Current site name Mead Reduction Plant
Alternate or previous names Mead Reduction Plant, Kaiser Alum., Kaiser Mead, Mead Works

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -117.37828, 47.75486 (WGS84)
Elevation 591
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spokane(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dartford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Spokane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 026 N 043 E 16 N2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -117.37828, 47.75486
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 229HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 229
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kaiser Aluminum And Chemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1986

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 149000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 149000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 173000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 173000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 156000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 156000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 193000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 193000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 201000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 201000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 192000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 192000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 209000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 209000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 112000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 112000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 102000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 102000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 149000 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 149000mt

Comments on other economic factors

  • 5-YR POWER CONTRACT WITH BPA TO SUPPLY 80&% OF REGIONAL NEED AT 2.26CENTS/KWH. A SECOND CONTRACT WITH WASHINGTON WATER POWER TO SUPPLY 50MW AT 22.7MILLS/KWH SIGNED IN 12/95.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED

  • Production

    CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993.

  • Deposit

    PO BOX 6217 SPOKANE MKT: NATIONAL, EXPORT PRIMARY ALUMINU

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL CAP-186,842 TONNES TEL 509-483-8561 EMPL 1,257

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF WASH. MANUFACT.1974 (FAIR)

  • Deposit

    1973/74 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING. P.155

  • Deposit

    BPA/DEP ENERGY BP-423, APR. 1985, 39 PP.

  • Deposit

    BPA/DEP ENERGY BP-423. 1985 FINAL RATE PROPOSAL-ADMIN-

  • Deposit

    ISTRATOR'S DECISION. BPA/DEP ENERGY WP-85-A-02, MAY

  • Deposit

    1985, 376 PP.

  • Deposit

    BPA/DEP ENERGY BP-423. ISSUE ALERT/A SUMMING UP: BPA

  • Deposit

    ANNOUNCES ITS CONCLUSIONS ON THE DSI OPTIONS STUDY. BPA/DEP

  • Deposit

    ENERGY(IA-4-2-5, JUNE 1985, 4 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD. (LONDON). ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION COST SURVEY 1980-1982; V. I. SUMMARY, 119 PP;

  • Deposit

    V. II, APPENDIX, 314 PP. JAN. 1984.

  • Deposit

    BURKHALTER, R.A., T.J. MIX, M.F. MCCALL, AND D.O.PROVOST

  • Deposit

    ASSESSING CYANIDE CONTAMINATION FROM AN ALUMINUM SMELTER.

  • Deposit

    WA STATE DEP. ECOLOGY, 1984, 26 PP.

  • Deposit

    CALDWELL, BERT. KAISER POTLINE CUT AFFECTS 125. THE

  • Deposit

    SPOKESMAN REVIEW, SPOKANE, WA, V. 103, NO. 109, AUG. 21,1985

  • Deposit

    PP. 1,7.

  • Deposit

    CH2M HILL. AIR CONTAMINAT DISCHRAGE PERMIT APPLICATION

  • Deposit

    FOR ALUMINUM PRODUCTION PLANT. ALUMAX PACIFIC CORP,

  • Deposit

    UMATILLA, OR, 1982, 87 PP.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LTD. (LONDON) AND CRU CONSULT-

  • Deposit

    ANTS INC. (NEW YORK). POWER COSTS AT ALUMINUM SMELTERS;

  • Deposit

    PRICING, TARIFF ESCALATION, AND THE FUTURE SUPPLY OF LOW

  • Deposit

    COST POWER. 1985, 394 PP.

  • Deposit

    CONKLIN, H.L., WATER REQUIREMENTS OF THE ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY. U.S. GEOL. SURV. WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1330-C, 1956,

  • Deposit

    137 PP.

  • Deposit

    CRU CONSULTANTS INC. (NEW YORK). PRIMARY ALUMINUM SMELT-

  • Deposit

    ING; PRICING, INVESTMENT, AND THE CHANGING BUSINESS ENVIRON-

  • Deposit

    MENT. COMMODITIES RES. UNIT LTD., LONDON, AND CRU CONSULT-

  • Deposit

    ANTS INC., 1984.

  • Deposit

    SRU CONSULTANTS INC. (NEW YORK). THE COMPETITIVE

  • Deposit

    POSITION OF THE NORTHWEST ALUMINUM INDUSTRY. OCT. 1984,19PP.

  • Deposit

    FULKERSON, F.B. TRENDS AND OUTLOOK IN THE PACIFIC NORTH-

  • Deposit

    WEST ALUMINUM INDUSTRY. BUMINES IC 8046, 1962, 42 PP.

  • Deposit

    GAGLIARDI, D. WORLD ALUMINUM OUTLOOK. CHASE ECONOMETRICS

  • Deposit

    MAR. 1985, 79 PP.

  • Deposit

    GOVETT, M.H., AND J. LARSEN. THE WORLD ALUMINUM INDUSTRY

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINER. ECON. PTY. LTD., SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1981,

  • Deposit

    387 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHN MOBERLY ASSOCIATES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COSTS

  • Deposit

    JOHN MOBERLY ASSOCIATES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    COSTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA, JULY 1984,

  • Deposit

    58 PP.

  • Deposit

    KRISTIANSEN, C., AND J. CORREIA. THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM INDUSTRY: THE IMPACT OF ANTICIPATED POWER RATE IN-

  • Deposit

    CREASES TO 1991. DEP. COMMERCE, 1979, 85 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCCAWLEY, F.X. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS WORLDWIDE, PT. I

  • Deposit

    AND II. BUMINES 1984, 212 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCCULLOUGH, R.F. PRICE RESPONSIVENESS AND DSI ECONOMICS,

  • Deposit

    TESTIMONY, AND EXHIBITS OF NORTHWEST UTILITIES AT MAY 23,

  • Deposit

    1983, BPA RATE HEARING. 1983, 162 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCCULLOUGH, R.F., R.G. HAGER III, AND E.R. JOHNSON.

  • Deposit

    POSITION PAPER-A PROPOSED ALUMINUM TARIFF-MAINTAINING NORTH-

  • Deposit

    WEST LOADS AGAINST FOREIGN INROADS. PORTLAND GENERAL

  • Deposit

    ELECTRIC CO., 1984, 35 PP.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, G.R., AND S.J. ARBELBIDE. ALUMINUM AVAIL-

  • Deposit

    ABILITY-MARKET ECONOMY AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES IC 8917, 1982, 31 PP.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, G.R., R.L. DAVIDOFF, D.I. BLEIWAS, AND

  • Deposit

    R.J. FANTEL. ALUMINA AVAILABILITY-DOMESTIC, A MINERALS

  • Deposit

    AVAILABILITY SYSTEM APPRAISAL. BUMINES IC 8861, 1981, 23 PP.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE STRATEGIES INC. ELECTRIC POWER RATES FOR THE

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM INDUSTRY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA

  • Deposit

    EXTON, PA, NOV. 1984, 125 PP.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE STRATEGIES INC. ALUMINA COSTS AND SUPPLY

  • Deposit

    ARRANGEMENTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED FOR BPA,

  • Deposit

    EXTON, PA, MAY 1985 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE STRATEGIES INC. ENERGY CONSERVATION POTENTIAL

  • Deposit

    AND SMELTER MODERNIZTION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED

  • Deposit

    FOR BPA, EXTON, PA, MAY 1985, 34 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS WORLD WIDE

  • Deposit

    PART 1-DETAIL, 187 PP; PART II SUMMARY, 19 PP. BUMINES DIV.

  • Deposit

    NONFERROUS METALS, DEC. 1984.

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. ENERGY AND THE ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY. INT. TRADE ADMIN./TRADE DEVELOPEMENT BASIC IND.

  • Deposit

    SECTOR, OFFICE OF MET., MINER. AND COMMODITIES, NONFERROUS

  • Deposit

    METALS DIV., NOV. 1984, 71 PP.

  • Deposit

    UNITED STEELWORKDS OF AMERICA AFL-CIO. PRIVATE COMMUNICA

  • Deposit

    TION WITH SONNIE PUTNAM (MEAD REDUCTION PLANT) AND FREDDIE

  • Deposit

    WILSON (TACOMA REDUCTION PLANT). JUNE-AUG. 1985

  • Deposit

    VICTORIAN STATE GOVERNMENT. THE PORTLAND ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    SMELTER. 1984, 83 PP.

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON STATE ENERGY OFFICE NEWSLETTER. TROUBLED

  • Deposit

    TIMES FOR THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY. V.8, NO.2, MAR 1985,PP.1,14

  • Deposit

    WILCOX, B. DSI RATE PROBLEMS--A DISCUSSION PAPER. DIRECT

  • Deposit

    SERVICE IND. INC., PORTLAND, OR, 1985, 13 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CERCLA (SUPERFUND) SITE LISTED ON NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL), OCT. 14, 1992. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS INCLUDE CYANIDE FROM SPENT POTLINERS. CONFIRMED DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER, AND SOIL CONTAMINATION: CONVENTIONAL INORGANIC CONTAMINATS. SUSPECTED SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION. STATUS: REMEDIAL ACTION IN PROGRESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-96 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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