(Facility) Sunbright Refinery

Plant in Scott county in Virginia, United States with commodity Lithium
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228096
MAS/MILS ID 0511699002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Sunbright Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -82.79986, 36.71678 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duffield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Scott

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -82.79986, 36.71678

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Foote Minerals Co.
    Year 1980

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-1980 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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