EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine
Whitehall, MT · Parent: Barrick Gold Corp
- Total releases
- 215.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine: how the 215.1K lbs splits
215.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 209.0K lbs 97.1%
- Air Releases 6.1K lbs 2.9%
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine's 215.1K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 97.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Whitehall, MT, in the metal mining sector. It reported 66.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 215.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,122 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Montana's 67 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine is pounds #19 and chemical-count #16 at 215.1K lbs. Montana Resources LLC leads reported pounds (215.2M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #11). Phillips 66 Co Billings Refinery leads chemical count at 39 chemicals (465.0K lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Gcc-Three Forks LLC; Montana Resources LLC; Montana Precision Products LLC; Solvay USA LLC Silver Bow Plant. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Montana: Lisbon Valley Mining Co LLC; Rawhide Mine; Equinox Gold Corp Castle Mountain Venture Castle Mountain; Florida Canyon & Standard Mines. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Methanol; Lead And Lead Compounds; Manganese compounds.
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (97.1% land disposal) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 215.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lisbon Valley Mining Co LLC and Rawhide Mine.
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
215K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine inside Jefferson's TRI pounds
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine reports the 67th-largest volume (215.1K lbs). This one site accounts for 75.6% of every pound reported in Jefferson. Scale peers outside Montana include Lisbon Valley Mining Co LLC and Rawhide Mine.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Jefferson's reported pounds (284.6K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine's total reported releases rose from 28.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 66.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine's land releases rose from 28.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 66.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine's air releases fell from 50 lb in 2022 to 32 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 215.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 44% (119.5K lbs to 66.8K lbs).
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 44% from 2019 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: Lead compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 119.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 28.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 66.8K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 81.9K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 47.9K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 28.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 19.7K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 14.9K lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 11.5K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 10.4K lbs | - |
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine · LAND-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Montana - including Gcc-Three Forks LLC, Montana Resources LLC, Montana Precision Products LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Montana - e.g. Lisbon Valley Mining Co LLC, Rawhide Mine, Equinox Gold Corp Castle Mountain Venture Castle Mountain.
Compare beyond Montana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine on cumulative reported pounds (215.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include West Fraser Leola Lumber Mill, American Howa Kentucky Inc., Smp Automotive Systems Alabama. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- West Fraser Leola Lumber Mill Leola, AR · Wood Products 215.1K lbs reported
- American Howa Kentucky Inc. Bowling Green, KY · Transportation Equipment 215.1K lbs reported
- Smp Automotive Systems Alabama Cottondale, AL · Plastics and Rubber 215.0K lbs reported
- Mary Kay Inc. Lewisville, TX · Chemicals 215.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 compounds, Methanol, Lead And Lead Compounds, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Gcc-Three Forks LLC. Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine stamps MID 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.
Use and verify this record
This Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Whitehall, MT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (3 years). NAICS 212221 · Metal Mining. 75.6% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: West Fraser Leola Lumber Mill (Δ 53 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Barrick Gold Corp-Golden Sunlight Mine stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead 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