Geneva Steel Company (1946-1951)

The Columbia Steel Corporation mined iron ore in the Pioche and Vermillion claims of Iron County, Utah, from 1924-1926. It was acquired by the United States Steel Corporation in 1930 and became the Columbia Steel Company, which operated near Iron Mountain, Utah, beginning in 1936. In the early 1940s it partnered with the Defense Plant Corporation to supply the Geneva Plant, which was acquired from the U.S. government by the Geneva Steel Company and subsequently purchased and transferred to the Columbia Steel Company in 1946. It continued operating in the Iron Mountain area throughout the 1950s.

From the description of A brief on the Columbia Iron Mining Company, United States Steel Corporation subsidiary, 1951, December 20. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 723245406

Geneva Steel Company was established in 1943, and administered the Geneva Steel Plant in Vineyard, Utah. The company merged with United States Steel Corporation in 1951.

The Geneva Works unit of the Columbia-Geneva Division of United States Steel was formed in 1951, and administered the Geneva Steel Plant in Vineyard, Utah until 1962. At that time the company organization was modified, with the new title of United States Steel, Geneva Works. Geneva Works continued management of the plant until 1986.

Basic Manufacturing Technologies Company of Utah purchased the Geneva Steel Plant in 1987 from United States Steel Corporation. In 1988 it changed its name to Geneva Steel Corporation, continuing operations until the plant was closed in 2002.

From the description of Geneva Steel Corporation records, 1939-2002. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 166213540