Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds at Climax Molybdenum Co-Henderson Mine have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Climax Molybdenum Co-Henderson Mine
Total reported releases 4.4M lb rose meaningfully year over year (+31%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
9 MILES W OF EMPIRE, Empire, Colorado · 212290 · Metal Mining · operated by Freeport-Mcmoran INC
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Notable Signals
Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Climax Molybdenum Co-Henderson Mine have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Manganese And Manganese Compounds
Manganese And Manganese Compounds at Climax Molybdenum Co-Henderson Mine have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds releases at Climax Molybdenum Co-Henderson Mine rose from 220k lb to 350k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Manganese And Manganese Compounds
Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Lead And Lead Compounds
Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,237. Why we surface this →
20.9%
Low-income
25.9%
People of color
3.3%
Under age 5
23.7%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.