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Point Henry

Plant in Victoria, Australia with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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  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. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280257
MAS/MILS ID 6020501016
Record type Site
Current site name Point Henry
Alternate or previous names Point Henry,Geelong,Victoria

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 144.21857, -38.07612 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Victoria(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Victoria

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 144.21857, -38.07612
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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 1963
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alcoa Of Australia Ltd. (Subsidary Of Alcoa)
    Home office Australia
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    Interest 51
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining
    Interest 42.5
    Home office Australia
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Others
    Interest 6.5
    Year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1979
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 105000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 105000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 116000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 116000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 172000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 172000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 169000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 169000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 174000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 174000mt
  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Al Prod. Estimated Al Metal Output 168000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 168000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 170000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 170000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 175000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 175000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 178000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 178000mt

Comments on the production information

  • 87 AL-STUDY ALUMINA CON INPUT ESTIMATE IS 343,540 MTPY AL203 87 AL-STUDY AL METAL PRODUCTION EST. IS 178,005 MTPY AL MET.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE OTHERS HAVE A 6.5% INTREST: OPERATORS ARE ALCOA OF AUSTRALIA. 1994 SHAREHOLDERS REVIEW STATED THAT PRODUCTION WILL BE REDUCED 25,000 IN 1994.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTER FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK,

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT # J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 185; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 19.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ACCOCIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM DATA, 1986, PAGE

  • Deposit

    238; 1988, PAGE 1.144.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, 1985.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, NOVEMBER 1983, PAGE 72.

  • Deposit

    THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "SMELTER TO GO AHEAD", JANUARY 18 TO 31

  • Deposit

    1982, PAGE 5.

  • Deposit

    MINING MONTHLY, 'ALCOA" "THE VICTORIAN OPERATION, NOVEMBER

  • Deposit

    1981, PAGE 27.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, "ALUAMAX OUT, BUT AL INDUSTRY CONTINUES

  • Deposit

    EXPANSION", JULY 1981, P 55.

  • Deposit

    MINING MONTHLY, "THE ALCOA OF AUSTRALIA STORY"- "SHORT TERM

  • Deposit

    DOUBTS ... IN A LONG TERM PLAN.", NOVEMBER 1981, PAGE 27.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "AUSTRALASIA" - "AUSTRALIA", JANUARY 1980,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 124, #1, PAGE 69.

  • Deposit

    THE MINER NEWSPAPER, NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 7, 1980,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 28.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, "AUSTRALIA" - "EXPANSIONS AND NEW SMELTERS TO

  • Deposit

    QUADRUPLE ALUMINUM OUTPUT", JANUARY 1980, PAGE 76, 77.

  • Deposit

    THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "A BOOM TIME", VOL 3, #2, JANUARY 21 TO

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY 3, 1980, PAGE 15.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, FEBRUARY 1980.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, "AUSTRALIA", FEBURARY 1980, PAGE 138.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, "DEVELOPMENT" - "ALCOA'S SECOND AL SMELTER

  • Deposit

    IN VICTORIA", APRIL 13, 1979, PAGE 287.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING, "ALUMINIUM, SEPTEMBER 1979, PAGE 27.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, "THIS MONTH IN MINING" - "AUSTRALIA'S ALUMINUM BOOM

  • Deposit

    REFLECTED IN FLURRY OF NEW AND EXPANDED PROJECTS",

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 1979, PAGE 35, 39.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, MAY 1979, PAGE 211.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, "IN THE PACIFIC"-"AUSTRALIA", DECEMBER 1978, PAGE

  • Deposit

    136, 137.

  • Deposit

    AMM, "ALCOA OF AUSTRALIA SET TO BOOST PRODUCTION", MARCH 3,

  • Deposit

    1968, PAGE 1, 2.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL 63, #3, SEPTEMBER 1966, PAGE 6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MILS DATA "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. ALL DATA IN THIS DATA BASE IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATA IS AS OF 1987, 1988, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT. PCT. CONTAINED ALUMINUM CAPACITY DATA OF THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE INPUT PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST IS IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PRODUCTION PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02 WERE USED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THIS SMELTER, FOR THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. COST IS IN JAN 1987 US DOLLARS. UNITS ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT $/KM/MT AS PRINTED ON THE LISTING. RECORDS 03 TO 05 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY MODEL. COSTS ARE IN AVG. 1989 US DOLLARS, AND UNITS ARE IN $/KM/MT ALUMINA. PROPERTY REVIEWED 6/92, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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