EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Bald Mountain Mine
Elko, NV · Parent: Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc
- Total releases
- 10.8M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Bald Mountain Mine: how the 10.8M lbs splits
10.8M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 10.8M lbs 99.5%
- Air Releases 48.7K lbs 0.5%
- Off-site Transfers 69 lbs <0.1%
Bald Mountain Mine's 10.8M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Bald Mountain Mine is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elko, NV, in the metal mining sector. It reported 1.1M lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2023, and 10.8M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 197 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Nevada's 158 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Bald Mountain Mine is pounds #12 and chemical-count #11 at 10.8M lbs. Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Goldstrike Mines Inc leads reported pounds (930.8M lbs) at 33 chemicals (chemical-count #2). US Ecology Nevada Inc. leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (41.2M lbs, pounds #8). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Joy Global Elko; Joy Global Elko; Pilot Thomas Logistics LLC - Carlin Nv; Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Goldstrike Mines Inc. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Nevada: Coeur Alaska Inc Kensington Gold Project; Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc; St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill; Climax Molybdenum Co-Climax Mine. Other Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc sites in this extract: Fort Knox Mine; Smoky Valley Common Operation; Kg Mining (bald Mountain) Inc South Operations Area (soa); Apma 9156-GIL Exploration Site. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Mercury compounds; Methanol; Hydrogen cyanide.
Bald Mountain Mine stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.5% land disposal) across 14 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.8M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Coeur Alaska Inc Kensington Gold Project and Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc.
Bald Mountain Mine vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bald Mountain Mine: Lead compounds-led volume
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Bald Mountain Mine reports the 34th-largest volume (10.8M lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead compounds alone is 79.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Nevada include Coeur Alaska Inc Kensington Gold Project and Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bald Mountain Mine's pounds in one chemical - here Lead compounds at 79.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Bald Mountain Mine's total reported releases fell from 3.3 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bald Mountain Mine's off-site transfers fell from 59 lb in 2022 to 1 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bald Mountain Mine's land releases fell from 3.3 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bald Mountain Mine's air releases fell from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bald Mountain Mine Form-R facts
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14.0× 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 Bald Mountain Mine releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.8M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 61% (2.7M lbs to 1.1M lbs).
Bald Mountain Mine: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021 1
- 2022
- 2023 1
What this shows Bald Mountain Mine year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 61% 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 | 2.7M lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 2.6M lbs | 10 |
| 2021 | 1.1M lbs | 12 |
| 2022 | 3.3M lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 1.1M lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 8.6M lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 1.1M lbs | - |
| Methanol | 1.1M lbs | - |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 19.2K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 9.5K lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 8.3K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 6.7K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 5.2K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 3.2K lbs | - |
| Copper | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 603 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 386 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 29 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 0 lbs | - |
Bald Mountain Mine · LAND-pathway site
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Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Nevada - e.g. Coeur Alaska Inc Kensington Gold Project, Freeport-McMoran Sierrita Inc, St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill.
Compare beyond Nevada
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bald Mountain Mine on cumulative reported pounds (10.8M lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Fortron Industries LLC, Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC, Cardinal Plant. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Kinross Gold Corp (usa) Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Fort Knox Mine, Smoky Valley Common Operation, Kg Mining (bald Mountain) Inc South Operations Area (soa).
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, Mercury compounds, Methanol, Hydrogen cyanide; nearby reporters include Joy Global Elko. Bald Mountain Mine stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Bald Mountain Mine TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bald Mountain Mine totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elko, NV, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 212221 · Metal Mining. 9.8% of White Pine TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Fortron Industries LLC (Δ 2.0K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bald Mountain Mine stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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