Berger Plant

Past Producer in Pulaski county in Arkansas, United States with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235717
MAS/MILS ID 0051190001
Record type Site
Current site name Berger Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -92.30706, 34.65432 (WGS84)
Elevation 73
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pulaski(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Arkansas-Maumelle(hydrologic unit)

Lower Arkansas-Fourche La Fave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Pulaski

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 001 S 012 W 04 SE Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -92.30706, 34.65432

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Porocel Corp.
    ID 300470

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABULATION

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 9-79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION IS DATED. PRODUCTION OF METALLURGICAL BAUXITE IN ARKANSAS CEASED IN 1989.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1996 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/27/2003
MSHA mine ID0300470
Mine name (MSHA)Berger Plant
Current operatorPorocel Corp
Current controller (parent)Ronald Zapletal; Ed Butera
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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