Iron Mountain Mine
Located approximately nine miles northwest of Redding, Calif., in the West Shasta Mining District, this 4,400-acre site includes portions of the Spring Creek, Boulder Creek, and Slickrock Creek watersheds
- Date/Time Frame
- 1860s–1963
- Statute
- CERCLA
- State
- California
- Substances
- heavy metals
- Injury
- Fish, Other Wildlife, Recreational Use, Surface Water, Vegetation
Consent Decrees:
2000.12.08
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI)/Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service
- State Trustees:
- California
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Aventis CropScience USA, Stauffer Management Co., AISLIC (party only to provide financial assurance re: CERCLA response)