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Tacoma Reduction Plant

Plant in Pierce 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228683
MAS/MILS ID 0530539011
Record type Site
Current site name Tacoma Reduction Plant
Alternate or previous names Tacoma Reduction Plant, Kaiser Al.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -122.36872, 47.2595 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poverty Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tacoma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puget Sound(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pierce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021 N 003 E 36 SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -122.36872, 47.2595
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1943
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Reduction

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

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 67527 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 67527mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 68633 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 68633mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 68951 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 68951mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 69763 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 69763mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 68791 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 68791mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 68044 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 68044mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 68161 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 68161mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 69779 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 69779mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 70746 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 70746mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Molten And Ingot Metal 71758 Tonnes Aluminum
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 71758mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 18KT OF PRODUCTION IDLED BETWEEN 1/93-PRESENT.

Comments on other economic factors

  • 1995 POWER CONTRACT WITH BPA FOR 16 US MILLS/KWH SIGNED FOR 28MW. KAISER SIGNED 5-YR POWER CONTRACT 12/95 FOR 80% OF REGIONAL POWER NEEDS. PRICE OF 2.26CENTS/KWH TENTATIVE. GETS 50 MW FROM WASHINGTON WATER POWER TO COVER OTHER 20% AT 22.7MILLS/KW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED

  • Production

    CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993.

  • Deposit

    1973/74 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING (GOOD)

  • 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

  • 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 ARSENIC AND AL IN SOILS FROM COPPER SMELTER. ASSESSMENTS STARTED RI/FS COMMENCED/COMPLETED? CONFIRMED SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION: POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH); CONVENTIONAL INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS. CONFIRMED SOIL CONTAMINATION: SAME AS SEDIMENT. STATUS: REMEDIAL ACTION COMPLETED, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE UNDERWAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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