EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Ouray Silver Mines Inc.
Ouray, CO
- Total releases
- 4.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Ouray Silver Mines Inc.: how the 4.9K lbs splits
4.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 4.4K lbs 89.9%
- Air Releases 280 lbs 5.7%
- Water Discharges 215 lbs 4.4%
Ouray Silver Mines Inc.'s 4.9K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 89.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ouray, CO, in the metal mining sector. It reported 4.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2021. That ranks 11,248 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Colorado's 277 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ouray Silver Mines Inc. is pounds #120 and chemical-count #174 at 4.9K lbs. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co leads reported pounds (22.9M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #13). Suncor Energy Commerce City Refinery leads chemical count at 33 chemicals (460.2K lbs, pounds #24). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Elam Construction Inc - Durango Batch Plant; Tri-State Generation & Transmission-Nucla Station; Animas Glacier Gravel; Harvest Four Corners. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Colorado: Kettle River Operations Mill; Granite Creek Mine; Aurora Mine; Fire Creek Mine. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Zinc compounds.
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (89.9% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.9K lbs (2021–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kettle River Operations Mill and Granite Creek Mine.
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.9K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. inside Ouray's TRI pounds
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Ouray Silver Mines Inc. reports the 88th-largest volume (4.9K lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Ouray. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead And Lead Compounds alone is 73.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Colorado include Kettle River Operations Mill and Granite Creek Mine.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Ouray's reported pounds (4.9K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. Form-R facts
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2879.4× more than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ouray Silver Mines Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.9K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 3.6K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ouray Silver Mines Inc.
Closest other reporters in Colorado - including Elam Construction Inc - Durango Batch Plant, Tri-State Generation & Transmission-Nucla Station, Animas Glacier Gravel, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 276 other reporting facilities in Colorado.
Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Colorado - e.g. Kettle River Operations Mill, Granite Creek Mine, Aurora Mine.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ouray Silver Mines Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (4.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery - Menomonie, Mars Wrigley, Compass Minerals Ogden Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
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About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Lead And Lead Compounds, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Elam Construction Inc - Durango Batch Plant. Ouray Silver Mines Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Ouray Silver Mines Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ouray, CO, latest year 2021. NAICS 212222 · Metal Mining. 100% of Ouray TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery - Menomonie (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov