Superfund Site

Rio Tinto Copper Mine

Sec 10 & 11 T45n R53e Mdm, Mountain City, NV 89831
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Rio Tinto Copper Mine is a superfund site located at Sec 10 & 11 T45n R53e Mdm, Mountain City, NV 89831. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Rio Tinto Copper Mine 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. Rio Tinto Copper Mine 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.

Site Information For Rio Tinto Copper Mine

EPA Region: 9
Site Status: Active
Federal Facility: No
NPL Status: Not on the NPL
Eligible Response Site (ERS) Exclusion: NR
Non-Status NPL: No
Incident Category: Mines/Tailings

Site Contaminants

Site contaminants are chemical substances found at a superfund site that may pose a risk to human health or the environment. The chemical substances Surface Water, Solid Waste, Liquid Waste and Leachate were found at Rio Tinto Copper Mine. These contaminants were present in ZINC, ZINC, ZINC and ZINC.


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