Wednesday
Sep022015
Mapping Inactive Metal Mines Across the US
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 12:00AM ;)
On August 5, the Animas River in southwestern Colorado was subjected to at least a 3,000,000 gallon discharge of acidic, metal-laden mine waste from the Gold King Mine when contractors for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accidentally breached a mine pool while investigating a leak from the inactive mine.
Tens of thousands of these toxic sites lie scattered across the nation.
With all the attention on the problem of abandoned and inactive mines SkyTruth thought they would try to map some of these other mines that haven't made headlines (yet).
tagged animas river, skytruth, take me to the river in Conservation, Environment, Mines
animas river, skytruth, take me to the river in Conservation, Environment, Mines
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