EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Sunshine Silver Mine
Kellogg, ID · Parent: Silver Opportunity Partners LLC
- Total releases
- 25 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Sunshine Silver Mine: how the 25 lbs splits
25 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 25 lbs 100.0%
Sunshine Silver Mine's 25 lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume WATER pathway CARC-MID
Sunshine Silver Mine is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kellogg, ID, in the metal mining sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 25 lbs in total across its 2021-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,782 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Idaho's 123 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Sunshine Silver Mine is pounds #102 and chemical-count #23 at 25 lbs. Hecla Ltd Lucky Friday Mine Unit leads reported pounds (58.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #9). US Ecology Idaho Inc. leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (10.2M lbs, pounds #6). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: US EPA Fund-Lead Superfund Site/bunker Hill Ctp; U.S. Silver - Idaho Inc; Hecla Ltd Lucky Friday Mine Unit; Spunstrand Inc.. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Idaho: Vibrantz Minerals LLC; Florence Copper; Coeur Sterling Mine; Au-Reka Gold Corporation - McCoy Cove. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Arsenic; Copper; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
Sunshine Silver Mine stamps TRACE volume with a dominant WATER pathway (100.0% water discharges) across 6 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 25 lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vibrantz Minerals LLC and Florence Copper.
Sunshine Silver Mine vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
25 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sunshine Silver Mine in the Metal Mining sector extract
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Sunshine Silver Mine reports the 101st-largest volume (25 lbs). Scale peers outside Idaho include Vibrantz Minerals LLC and Florence Copper.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Sunshine Silver Mine's total reported releases fell from 15 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sunshine Silver Mine's water releases fell from 15 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sunshine Silver Mine Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sunshine Silver Mine releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 25 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases decreased by 98% (10 lbs to 0 lbs).
Sunshine Silver Mine: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Sunshine Silver Mine year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 98% from 2021 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 15 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). 4 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 18 lbs | - |
| Arsenic | 6 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 1 lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Sunshine Silver Mine · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sunshine Silver Mine
Closest other reporters in Idaho - including US EPA Fund-Lead Superfund Site/bunker Hill Ctp, U.S. Silver - Idaho Inc, Hecla Ltd Lucky Friday Mine Unit, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 122 other reporting facilities in Idaho.
Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Idaho - e.g. Vibrantz Minerals LLC, Florence Copper, Coeur Sterling Mine.
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 Manganese, Arsenic, Copper, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include US EPA Fund-Lead Superfund Site/bunker Hill Ctp. Sunshine Silver Mine stamps TRACE volume · WATER pathway · CARC-MID carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Sunshine Silver Mine TRI extract (TRACE · WATER · CARC-MID · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sunshine Silver Mine totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kellogg, ID, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 212222 · Metal Mining. 0.0% of Shoshone TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: St Jude Medical Cardiology Div. Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sunshine Silver Mine stamps TRACE volume · WATER pathway · CARC-MID · lead Manganese. 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