Polluter Information For

Homestake Mine

630 E Summit St, Lead, SD 57754
total amount of pollutants released   122,893,368 Pounds

Pollutants Overview

Pollutants Details By Year

2004 Pollutants Total Amount Released 134,657 Pounds
Pollutant
Volume
Into
NITRATE COMPOUNDS
132,200 lbs
Water Land
LEAD COMPOUNDS
2,457 lbs
Air Water Land
2003 Pollutants Total Amount Released 639,424 Pounds
Pollutant
Volume
Into
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
105,818 lbs
Air Water Underground Land
COPPER COMPOUNDS
22,081 lbs
Water Land
LEAD COMPOUNDS
206,066 lbs
Air Water Land
MERCURY
550 lbs
Land
ZINC COMPOUNDS
182,409 lbs
Water Land
NITRATE COMPOUNDS
122,500 lbs
Water Underground Land
2002 Pollutants Total Amount Released 915,859 Pounds
Pollutant
Volume
Into
NITRATE COMPOUNDS
257,600 lbs
Water Land
ZINC COMPOUNDS
117,967 lbs
Air Water Underground Land
COPPER COMPOUNDS
19,716 lbs
Air Water Land
CYANIDE COMPOUNDS
311,710 lbs
Water Underground Land
AMMONIA
1,697 lbs
Air Water Land
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
85,716 lbs
Air Water Underground Land
LEAD COMPOUNDS
121,453 lbs
Air Underground Land
2001 Pollutants Total Amount Released 2,912,207 Pounds
Pollutant
Volume
Into
LEAD COMPOUNDS
40,504 lbs
Air Water Underground Land
CYANIDE COMPOUNDS
1,454 lbs
Water Land
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
2,596,449 lbs
Air Water Underground Land
NITRATE COMPOUNDS
210,176 lbs
Water
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
44,000 lbs
Air
AMMONIA
19,624 lbs
Air Water Land
2000 Pollutants Total Amount Released 3,332,374 Pounds
Pollutant
Volume
Into
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
40,000 lbs
Air
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
3,040,692 lbs
Air Water Underground Land
MANGANESE
10,505 lbs
Air Water Underground Land
AMMONIA
19,295 lbs
Air Water
CYANIDE COMPOUNDS
482 lbs
Water Land
NITRATE COMPOUNDS
221,400 lbs
Water
1999 Pollutants Total Amount Released 4,680,147 Pounds
Pollutant
Volume
Into
MANGANESE
13,001 lbs
Water Land
AMMONIA
19,073 lbs
Air Water
CYANIDE COMPOUNDS
790 lbs
Water
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
45,000 lbs
Air
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
4,400,583 lbs
Air Water Land
NITRATE COMPOUNDS
201,700 lbs
Water
1998 Pollutants Total Amount Released 16,700,174 Pounds
Pollutant
Volume
Into
COPPER COMPOUNDS
359,460 lbs
Air Water Land
MANGANESE COMPOUNDS
6,169,835 lbs
Air Water Land
AMMONIA
25,116 lbs
Air Water
ARSENIC
9,900,621 lbs
Air Water Land
NITRATE COMPOUNDS
206,344 lbs
Water Land
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
38,079 lbs
Air
CYANIDE COMPOUNDS
719 lbs
Water Land

Homestake Mine is located in Lawrence County in the city of Lead, SD. In 2004, the most recent year on file, Homestake Mine released 134,657 pounds of pollutants.

Polluter data was obtained from the Toxic Release Inventory Program. The goal of the Toxics Release Inventory program is to provide communities with information about toxic chemical releases and waste management activities and to support informed decision making at all levels by industry, government, non-governmental organizations, and the public.

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