Becancour

Plant in Quebec, Canada with commodity Magnesite
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278908
MAS/MILS ID 1220502002
Record type Site
Current site name Becancour
Alternate or previous names Becanouk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.49947, 46.36666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.49947, 46.36666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Norsk Hydro: (Owns 70% Of Hydro Aluminium As)
    Interest 100
    Year 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PUBLISHED CAPACITY 60000 MT PRODUCT PER ANNUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 20, 1985, VOL. 305, NO. 7831, P. 234.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, OCT. 1985, P. 279.

  • Deposit

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, OCT. 18, 1985, VOL. 12, NO. 5.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, OCT. 1985, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, FEB. 21, 1986, P. 129.

  • Deposit

    THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, WED., AUG. 13, 1986, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, OCT. 3, 1986, P. 247, 248.

  • Deposit

    THE CANADIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY MONTHLY REPORT, OCT. 1986,

  • Deposit

    P. 23, 24.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METALS MONTHLY, 10/6/86.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METALS MONTHLY, 7/9/87.

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, JULY 25, 1987, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1988, P. 261.

  • Deposit

    LIGHT METAL AGE, APRIL 1989, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, JUNE 1990, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    MINING BULLETIN MONTHLY, JULY 1990, P. 90-94.

  • Deposit

    LIGHT METAL AGE, OCT. 1990, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    MINING BULLETIN MONTHLY, JAN. 1991, P. 32, 33.

  • Deposit

    LIGHT METAL AGE, JUNE 1991, P. 12, 14.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON; NOV. 29, 1991, P. 408.

  • Deposit

    LIGHT METAL AGE; DEC. 1991, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON; DEC. 6, 1991, P. 419.

  • Deposit

    MINING BULLETIN MONTHLY, DEC. 1991, P. 82-87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-1996 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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