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Intalco Aluminum Plant

Producer in Whatcom 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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228508
MAS/MILS ID 0530739001
Record type Site
Current site name Intalco Aluminum Plant
Alternate or previous names Ferndale

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -122.70687, 48.8465 (WGS84)
Elevation 67
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lummi Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Strait of Georgia(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039 N 001 E 29 NENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Younger glacial drift
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 486HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 486
    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 1955

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alumax, Inc.
    Interest 61
    Home office California
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitsui And Co. Ltd
    Interest 23
    Home office Japan
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tostem Corp.
    Interest 9
    Home office Japan
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner YKK Corp.
    Interest 7
    Home office Japan
    Year 1995
    First year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNED BY INTALCO ALUMINUM CORP., A SUBSIDIARY OF ALUMAX INC.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALUMAX ANNOUNCED PLANS TO RESTART 54,000 TPY AT FERNDALE 11/95.

Comments on other economic factors

  • 5-YR POWER AGREEMENT WITH POWEREX (VANCOUVER) TO SUPPLY UP TO 145MW PER YEAR UNTIL 9/2000. A CONTRACT WITH BPA FOR 360MW ALSO WAS SIGNED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    CRU METAL MONITOR. FEB. 1995.

  • Deposit

    BERK, R., H. LAX, W. PROST, AND J. SCOTT. ALUMINUM: PROFILE

  • Deposit

    OF THE INDUSTRY. METALS WEEK, MCGRAW HILL INC., 1982,

  • Deposit

    201 PP.

  • Deposit

    BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 1985 INITIAL RATE

  • Deposit

    PROPOSAL. DOCUMENTATION FOR LOADS AND RESOURCES STUDY.

  • Deposit

    V. 1, AUG. 1984, 496 PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD. (LONDON). ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION COST SURVEY 1980-1982; V. 1, SUMMARY, 119 PP.,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CORPS OF ENGINEERS. EXCERPTS FROM DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Deposit

    IMPACT STATEMENT, ARCO/TRANS MOUNTAIN OIL PIPELINE

  • Deposit

    PROJECT. DEPT. OF THE ARMY, 1977.

  • Deposit

    CORPS OF ENGINEERS. REPORT ON FLOOD CONTROL, NOOKSACK

  • Deposit

    RIVER, WASHINGTON. DEPT. OF THE ARMY, 1973.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1981, 387 PP.

  • Deposit

    INTACO. THIS IS INTALCO. INTALCO ALUMINUM CORPORATION,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1984, 18 PP.

  • Deposit

    JOHN MOBERLY ASSOCIATES. PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COSTS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    58 PP.

  • Deposit

    KURTZ, H. F. AND L. H. BAUMGARDNER. ALUMINUM CH. IN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    FACTS AND PROBLEMS, 1980 EDITION. BUMINES B671, 1980,

  • Deposit

    PP. 9-34.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W. S. MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON DEPT. OF NAURAL RESOURCES, DIV.

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. NO. 57, 1969, 134 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 AND

  • Deposit

    SMELTER MODERNIZATION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PREPARED

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WATER IS OBTAINED FROM THE LOCAL UTILITY AND POWER IS TRANSMITTED TO THE SITE. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD IS TWO LANE AND BLACKTOPPED. THE PLANT EMPLOYS 1,242 PEOPLE, 992 HOURLY AND 250 SALARIED EMPLOYEES. PLANT EXTENDS INTO THE NW/4 NW/4 SEC. 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-96 Lindsey, David S. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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