| Deposit ID | 10227375 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0483310001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Rockdale Aluminum Smelter |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -97.07589, 30.56271 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 238 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Milam(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Alcoa Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Taylor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Austin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Yegua(hydrologic unit)
Lower Brazos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Milam |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | -97.07589, 30.56271 |
|---|
| Area | 260HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| District name | None |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1987 |
| Year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 220921 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 229824 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 268073 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1978 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 281227 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 285815 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 301438 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 293157 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 241493 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 262149 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 309350 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 223280 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Ingot 182200 Mt/Y | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0483310001 |
E&MJ DIRECTORY OF MINING OWN/OP: ALCOA
ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA, ANNUAL REPORT, 1986.
BURKHALTER, R.A., T.J. MIX, M.F. MCCALL, AND D.O. PROVOST.
ASSESSING CYANIDE CONTAMINATION FROM AN ALUMINUM SMELTER.
WA STATE DEP. ECOLOGY, 1984, 26 PP.
COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LTD. (LONDON) AND CRU CONSULTANTS
INC. (NEW YORK). POWER COSTS AT ALUMINUM SMELTERS;
PRICING, TARIFF ESCALATION, AND THE FUTURE SUPPLY OF LOW
COST POWER. 1985, 394 PP.
CONKLIN, H.L. WATER REQUIREMENTS OF THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY.
U.S. GEOL. SURV. WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1330-C, 1956, 137 PP.
GAGLIARDI, D. WORLD ALUMINUM OUTLOOK. CHASE ECONOMETRICS,
MAR. 1985, 79 PP.
GOVETT, M.H., AND J. LARSEN. THE WORLD ALUMINUM INDUSTR.Y.
AUSTRALIAN MINER, ECON. PTY. LTD., SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA,
1981, 387 PP.
MCCAWLEY, F.X. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS WORLDWIDE, PT. I AND
II BUMINES, 1984, 212 PP.
PETERSON, G.R. AND S.J. ARBELBIDE. ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY -
MARKET ECONOMY AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL, BUMINES
IC 8917, 1982, 31 PP.
PETERSON, G.R., R.L. DAVIDOFF, D.I. BLEIWAS, AND R.J. FANTEL
ALUMINA AVAILABILITY - DOMESTIC, A MINERALS AVAILABILITY
SYSTEM APPRAISAL. BUMINES}i IC 8861, 1981, 23 PP.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS WORLD WIDE;
PART 1 - DETAIL, 187 PP; PART II, SUMMARY, 19 PP. BUMINES
DIV. NONFERROUS METALS, DEC. 1984.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. ENERGY AND THE ALUMINUM
INDUSTRY. INT. TRADE ADMIN./TRADE DEVELOPMENT BASIC INC.
SECTOR, OFFICE OF MET., MINER. AND COMMODITIES, NONFERROUS
METALS DIV., NOV. 1984, 71 PP. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF
AMERICA AFL-CIO.
VICTORIAN STATE GOVERNMENT. THE PORTLAND ALUMINUM SMELTER.
1984, 83 PP.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-OCT-96 | Berg, Andrew W. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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