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Martin Marietta-Midland

Plant in Midland county in Michigan, United States with commodity Magnesite
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  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10292324
MAS/MILS ID 0261110009
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Marietta-Midland
Alternate or previous names Martin Marietta Basic Products, Martin Marietta Chem.-Refract. Div., Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -84.2055, 43.5786 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Midland(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midland South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Midland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Midland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tittabawassee(hydrologic unit)

Saginaw(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwestern Lake Huron(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Midland

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 014 N 002 E 35 NW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -84.2055, 43.5786
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Calcination/Dead Burn

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Martin Marietta Basic Products
    Interest 100
    Home office Maryland
    Year 1984

Comments on the ownership information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS ESTIMATED TO BE 20 HECTARES.

Comments on the production information

  • AS NO DEPOSIT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS OPERATION, EXPLORATION IS NOT REQUIRED. INITIAL YEAR OF PRODUCTION BY MARTIN MARIETTA WAS 1976.

Comments on other economic factors

  • PLANT EVALUATED AT RATED PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF 54,432 MT MGO/YR. PLANT EMPLOYS A TOTAL OF 55 PERSONNEL. PRECISE OPERATING COST IS $144.32/MT SLURRY.
  • SLURRY FROM THE DOW PLANT (026-111-0010) IS TRANSPORTED BY PIPELINE 3.5 KM TO THE MARTIN-MARIETTA PLANT.
  • PLANT PURCHASED IN 1974. PURCHASE COST WRITTEN OFF. WORKING CAPITAL EQUALS 90 DAYS OF OPERATING COST. PLANT OPERATING COST INCREASED BY 30% AFTER 15 YEARS TO ACCOMMODATE HIGHER MAINTENANCE COSTS. TRANSPORTATION COST FROM DOW PLANT TO MARTIN-MARIETTA PLANT INCLUDED IN OPERATING COST. TRANSPORTATION COST TO MANISTEE PLANT (026-101-0009) TREATED AND IS FOUND IN T-DATA RECORD 2.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPE, B.M. MAGNESIA MARKETS - REFRACTORY CONTRACTION AND

  • Deposit

    CAUSTIC STAGNATION. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST 1983,

  • Deposit

    PP. 57-87.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTONE, S.J., AND M.G. JOHNSTONE. MINERALS FOR THE

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES. WILEY. 2ND ED., 1961,

  • Deposit

    PP. 336-360.

  • Deposit

    MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION. FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

  • Deposit

    ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1982. 1983, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    _____. MARTIN MARIETTA ANNOUNCES FURTHER EXPANSION AT

  • Deposit

    MICHIGAN REFRACTORIES PLANT. PRESS RELEASE,

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 8, 1974.

  • Deposit

    _____. MARTIN MARIETTA STARTS UP MIDLAND MICHIGAN PLANT;

  • Deposit

    DOUBLES MAGNESIUM OXIDE CAPACITY. PRESS RELEASE,

  • Deposit

    MAY 9, 1977.

  • Deposit

    _____. MARTIN MARIETTA BRINGS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON

  • Deposit

    STREAM. PRESS RELEASE, DECEMBER 1, 1981.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.I., C.L. JONES, W.C. CULBERTSON, G.E. ERICKSEN, AND

  • Deposit

    J.R. DYNI. EVAPORITES AND BRINES. CH. IN

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY D.A. BROBST AND

  • Deposit

    W.P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 820, 1973,

  • Deposit

    PP. 197-216.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT EVALUATED BY EFOC PERSONNEL AT MAFO. PLANT LIFE IS INDEFINITE-SLURRY SUPPLIER (DOW) ESTIMATES A MINIMUM PLANT LIFE OF 25 YEARS. ACTUAL MIDLAND PLANT LIFE WOULD BE AS LONG AS SLURRY IS AVAILABLE ON THE OPEN MARKET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAY-1984 Bowyer, R.C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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