Gold King Mine
At Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.
- Date/Time Frame
- August 5, 2015
- Statute
- CERCLA
- State
- Colorado
- Substances
- heavy metals, acidic water
- Injury
- Surface Water
Consent Decrees:
2022.02.18
- Federal Trustees:
- The U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Department of the Interior (DOI)
- State Trustees:
- State of Colorado (CO Department of Public Health and Environment, Department of Natural Resources, Attorney General)
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Sunnyside Gold Corp.
2021.07.30
- State Trustees:
- State of New Mexico (Environment Department, Office of the Natural Resources Trustee)
- Tribal Trustees:
- Navajo Nation
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Sunny Gold Corp., Kinross Gold U.S.A. Inc., Kinross Gold Corp.