EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Fire Creek Mine
Battle Mountain, NV · Parent: Klondex Holdings USA Inc
- Total releases
- 3.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Fire Creek Mine: how the 3.8K lbs splits
3.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 3.7K lbs 97.5%
- Air Releases 97 lbs 2.5%
Fire Creek Mine's 3.8K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 97.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And 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.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CARC-LEAN
Fire Creek Mine is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Battle Mountain, NV, in the metal mining sector. It reported 274 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 3.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 11,673 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. Fire Creek Mine is pounds #70 and chemical-count #52 at 3.8K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nevada Gold Mines Llc-Cortez District; Nevada Gold Energy LLC; Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Phoenix Mine; Au-Reka Gold Corporation - McCoy Cove. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Nevada: Ouray Silver Mines Inc.; Kettle River Operations Mill; Tintic Consolidated Metals LLC; Mission Mine. Other Klondex Holdings USA Inc sites in this extract: Midas Project; Hollister Mine. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Mercury compounds; Lead; Methyl tert-butyl ether.
Fire Creek Mine stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (97.5% land disposal) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.8K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ouray Silver Mines Inc. and Kettle River Operations Mill.
Fire Creek Mine vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.8K lbs Top 45% higher than 55% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Fire Creek Mine: Lead And Lead Compounds-led volume
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Fire Creek Mine reports the 90th-largest volume (3.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead And Lead Compounds alone is 81.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Nevada include Ouray Silver Mines Inc. and Kettle River Operations Mill.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Fire Creek Mine's pounds in one chemical - here Lead And Lead Compounds at 81.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Fire Creek Mine Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Fire Creek Mine releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 91% (3.1K lbs to 274 lbs).
Fire Creek Mine: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Fire Creek Mine year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 91% from 2019 to 2022). 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 And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 342 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 63 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 274 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 3.1K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 275 lbs | - |
| Lead | 274 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methyl tert-butyl ether | 96 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 49 lbs | - |
Fire Creek Mine · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Fire Creek Mine
Closest other reporters in Nevada - including Nevada Gold Mines Llc-Cortez District, Nevada Gold Energy LLC, Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Phoenix Mine, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 157 other reporting facilities in Nevada.
Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Nevada - e.g. Ouray Silver Mines Inc., Kettle River Operations Mill, Tintic Consolidated Metals LLC.
Compare beyond Nevada
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Fire Creek Mine on cumulative reported pounds (3.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Wesco Hmb Inc., Toyotomi America Corp, Nucor Towers & Structures. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Klondex Holdings USA Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Midas Project, Hollister 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 Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury compounds, Lead, Methyl tert-butyl ether; nearby reporters include Nevada Gold Mines Llc-Cortez District. Fire Creek Mine stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Fire Creek Mine TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Fire Creek Mine totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Battle Mountain, NV, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 212221 · Metal Mining. 0.0% of Lander TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Wesco Hmb Inc. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Fire Creek Mine stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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