Baton Rouge Works-Metals Division

Past Producer in East Baton Rouge county in Louisiana, 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 10242284
MAS/MILS ID 0220330006
Record type Site
Current site name Baton Rouge Works-Metals Division

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -91.17592, 30.50493 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

East Baton Rouge(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotlandville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Roads(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baton Rouge(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bayou Sara-Thompson(hydrologic unit)

Lake Maurepas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Lake Maurepas(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana East Baton Rouge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Helena 006 S 001 W 22 NWSE Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -91.17592, 30.50493

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 Kaiser Aluminum And Chemical Corp.
    ID 1600222
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 4-80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT CLOSED IN 1989.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-96 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 01/06/1984
MSHA mine ID1600222
Mine name (MSHA)Baton Rouge Alumina & Chemical
Current operatorKaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp
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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