California Gulch Superfund Site
This 15-square-mile site located in Leadville, Colorado.
- Date/Time Frame
- 1860–1999
- Statute
- CERCLA
- State
- Colorado
- Substances
- cadmium, copper, lead, zinc
- Injury
- Birds, Fish, Recreational Use, Surface Water, Vegetation
Consent Decrees:
2008.06.26 (Asarco)
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI)
- State Trustees:
- Colorado
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Asarco
2008.06.26 (Newmont)
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI)
- State Trustees:
- Colorado
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Newmont Mining Corp., Resurrection Mining Co.
2006.10.26 (Bureau of Reclamation)
- State Trustees:
- Colorado
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- US Bureau of Reclamation