Superfund Site
Lion Creek Mining District
One Mile North Of Empire, Empire, CO 80438
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Lion Creek Mining District is a superfund site located at One Mile North Of Empire, Empire, CO 80438. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Lion Creek Mining District because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Lion Creek Mining District is currently registered as an Active superfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National Priorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of the nation's most hazardous waste sites.
