EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Gold Bar Mine
Eureka, NV · Parent: McEwen Mining Inc
- Total releases
- 696.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Gold Bar Mine: how the 696.5K lbs splits
696.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 694.4K lbs 99.7%
- Air Releases 2.1K lbs 0.3%
- Off-site Transfers 33 lbs <0.1%
Gold Bar Mine's 696.5K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Mercury 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.
MID volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Gold Bar Mine is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Eureka, NV, in the metal mining sector. It reported 14.5K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 696.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,613 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. Gold Bar Mine is pounds #24 and chemical-count #35 at 696.5K 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: Ruby Hill Mining Co LLC; Robinson Nevada Mining Co; Kg Mining (bald Mountain) Inc South Operations Area (soa); Foreland Refining Corp Eagle Springs Refinery. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Nevada: Thompson Creek Mining Co; Hermosa; Golden Queen Mining Co LLC; Lisbon Valley Mining Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Mercury compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Lead; Toluene.
Gold Bar Mine stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.7% land disposal) across 7 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 696.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Thompson Creek Mining Co and Hermosa.
Gold Bar Mine vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
697K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gold Bar Mine: Mercury compounds-led volume
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Gold Bar Mine reports the 62nd-largest volume (696.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Mercury compounds alone is 99.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Nevada include Thompson Creek Mining Co and Hermosa.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gold Bar Mine's pounds in one chemical - here Mercury compounds at 99.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gold Bar Mine's total reported releases fell from 616.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gold Bar Mine's land releases fell from 616.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gold Bar Mine's chemicals reported fell from 7 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gold Bar Mine Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gold Bar Mine releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 696.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 821% (1.6K lbs to 14.5K lbs).
Gold Bar Mine: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022
- 2023 0
What this shows Gold Bar Mine year-over-year reported totals (increased by 821% 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: Mercury compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 39.4K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 24.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 616.6K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 14.5K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury compounds | 689.2K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.7K lbs | - |
| Lead | 2.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 1.4K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 394 lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 333 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 23 lbs | - |
Gold Bar Mine · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gold Bar Mine
Closest other reporters in Nevada - including Ruby Hill Mining Co LLC, Robinson Nevada Mining Co, Kg Mining (bald Mountain) Inc South Operations Area (soa), 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. Thompson Creek Mining Co, Hermosa, Golden Queen Mining Co LLC.
Compare beyond Nevada
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gold Bar Mine on cumulative reported pounds (696.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Pbi Performance Products Inc, Cormetech Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corp. 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.
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 Mercury compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead, Toluene; nearby reporters include Ruby Hill Mining Co LLC. Gold Bar Mine stamps MID 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 Gold Bar Mine TRI extract (MID · LAND · TRACE-CARC · lead Mercury compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gold Bar Mine totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Eureka, NV, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 212221 · Metal Mining. 0.3% of Eureka TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pbi Performance Products Inc (Δ 580 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gold Bar Mine stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Mercury 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