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Moss Landing Magnesia Plant

The Moss Landing Magnesia Plant is a chromium and magnesite mine located in Monterey county, California at an elevation of 33 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Moss Landing Magnesia Plant

State:  California

County:  Monterey

Elevation: 33 Feet (10 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium, Magnesite

Lat, Long: 36.8028, -121.78280

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Moss Landing Magnesia Plant MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Moss Landing Magnesia Plant

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Primary: Magnesite

Location

State: California
County: Monterey

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: National Refractories And Minerals Corp
Company ID: 400156
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1986

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Manufacturing Plant
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Nonfloating Plant
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PLANT CURRENTLY UNDERGOING MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION

Comment (Deposit): MILL RECORD,PRODUCT RECORD, FEED RECORD, YIELDS RECORD DO NOT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE PROCESS, COSTS, AND RECOVERIES, PLEASE REFER TO MAS DEPOSIT EVALUATION FOR MORE DETAILS. THIS PLANT EXTRACTS MAGNESIA FROM SEAWATER. THE MAGNESIA IS COMBINED WITH THE CALICINED PRODUCT FROM NATIVIDAD WHICH IS IN TURN FED TO THE MOSS LANDING BRICK PLANT (SEQ. 0060539002) AND OTHER SITES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

References

Reference (Deposit): KAPILOFF. ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2752, AIR POLLUTION: ACID DEPOSITION, CHAP. 1473. 1982, 6 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SHEPHERD, J. G., ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER, MAGNESIA OPERATIONS KAISER REFRACTORIES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, AUGUST 1983.

Reference (Deposit): TAELAR, D. H. DOLOMITE AT NATIVIDAD. MINERALS PROCESSING, V. 6, NO. 5, 1965, PP. 17-20.

Reference (Deposit): LENHART, W. B. HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION-REMOVES FRIABLE GRANITE FROM DOLOMITE. ROCK PRODUCTS, FEBRUARY 1953, PP. 89-93, 152, 154.

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A. LIMESTONE IN CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOL., V. 43, 1947, PP. 175-357.

Reference (Deposit): LOHSE, F. THE IDENT. OF SOME OF THE KAISER COMPANIES WITH THE CHEM. IND., A HISTORY. UNPUB. 10 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ROCK PRODUCTS. AGGREGATE PRICES, MARCH 1983, P. 17.

Reference (Deposit): SCHOTTMAN, F. J. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES, 1982, IRON AND STEEL, 1981, PP. 78-79.

Reference (Deposit): SCHOTTMAN, F. J. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES, 1983, IRON AND STEEL, 1982, PP. 78-79.

Reference (Deposit): TROFFEY, A. KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM ON HISTORY OF CHEMICAL DIVISION OF KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, OCT. 19, 1953, 6 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION RECORDS, COMPANY PROPRIETARY DATA. UNPUBLISHED, 1978.

Reference (Deposit): WETZEL, N. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS, KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION REFRACTORIES DIVISION MOSS LANDING AND NATIVIDAD FACILITIES, MONTEREY CO., CALIFORNIA. APRIL 1983

Reference (Deposit): BYRNS, A. C. INTEGRATED BASIC REFRACTORIES OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, MAY 1950, PP. 152-155, 200-203.

Reference (Deposit): CERAMIC NEWS. EXPANDED FACILITIES AT "REFRACTORIES FROM SEAWATER" PLANT OF KAISER CHEMICALS. OCTOBER 1957, PP.48-49

Reference (Deposit): DESY, D. H. MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES, 1981. IRON AND STEEL, 1980. BUMINES, PP. 78-79.

Reference (Deposit): ENVIRON. RECLAMATION PLAN FOR THE NATIVIDAD QUARRY OF KAISER REFRACTORIES. UNPUBLISHED, DECEMBER 1982.

Reference (Deposit): FORBATH, T. P. MAGNESIA FROM SEA VIA STREAMLINED PROCESS. CHEMICAL ENG., NO. 6, MAR. 24, 1958, PP. 112-115

Reference (Deposit): HART, E. W. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA DIVC. OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT NO. 5, 1966, PP. 55-59, 67-71.

Reference (Deposit): HAVIGHORST, C. R. DOLOMITE PURIFICATION AND CALCINING, PROCESS FLOWSHEET. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REPRINT, JULY 19, 1965.

Reference (Deposit): HAVIGHORST, C. R. MAGNESIA EXTRACTION FROM SEAWATER, PROCESS FLOWSHEET. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REPRINT, AUG. 2, 1965.

Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E. GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES BULL. 133, 1946, 75PP.

Reference (Deposit): ANONYMOUS. KAISER REFRACTORIES, MOSS LANDING MAGNESIA MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. UNPUBLISHED, 1977, 8 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BETTS, H. KAISER REFRACTORIES EXPANDS AT NATIVIDAD, KAISER REFRACTORIES. MINERALS PROCESSING, V. 1X, NO. 4, NOVEMBER 1968.

Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E. JR., AND C. H. GRAY JR., GEOLOGY AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN GABILAN RANGE, CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT 56, 1959, 40 PP.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION RECORDS, COMPANY PROPRIETARY DATA. UNPUBLISHED, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): VER PLANK, W. E. MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS. CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES BULL. 176, 1957, PP. 313-323.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION RECORDS, COMPANY PROPRIETARY DATA. UNPUBLISHED, 1979.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION RECORDS, COMPANY PROPRIETARY DATA. UNPUBLISHED, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): UTLEY, H. F. BASIC REFRACTORIES PLANT AT KAISER CHEMICAL DIVISION, PIT AND QUARRY. APRIL 1959, PP. 84-85.

Reference (Deposit): HAVIGHORST, C. R. THE MANUFACTURE OF BASIC REFRACTORIES, PROCESS FLOWSHEET. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REPRINT, AUG. 16, 1965.

Reference (Deposit): KAISER REFRACTORIES. MOSS LANDING AREA PLANTS PROFILE. 1979, 5 PP.

Reference (Deposit): KAISER REFRACTORIES. TECHNICAL DATA, PRODUCT SPECIFICATION SHEETS.

Reference (Deposit): UTLEY, H. F. HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION PLANT SOLVES PROBLEM OF UPGRADING DOLOMITE AT KAISER OPERATION, PIT AND QUARRY. NOVEMBER 1952. PP. 94-96, 98, 101.

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