Chalmette Reduction Works

Plant in St. Bernard 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242496
MAS/MILS ID 0220870001
Record type Site
Current site name Chalmette Reduction Works

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -89.98148, 29.93854 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Bernard(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalmette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Black Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Breton Sound(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Mississippi-New Orleans(hydrologic unit)

Lower Mississippi-New Orleans(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana St. Bernard

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -89.98148, 29.93854

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ DIRECTORY 1972 OWN/OP: KAISER ALUMINUM &

  • Deposit

    1972 CAP: 260000 ST ALUMINUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-1993 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.