Lead compounds
Lead compounds at Bald Mountain Mine have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Bald Mountain Mine
Total reported releases 2.0M lb more than doubled year over year (+93%). Total releases concentrations are up 73% since 2010.
70 MILES S OF ELKO, Elko, Nevada · 212220 · Metal Mining · operated by Kinross Gold CORP (Usa) INC
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Notable Signals
Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Bald Mountain Mine have risen 73% since 2010 (through 2024).
Lead compounds
Lead compounds releases at Bald Mountain Mine rose from 856k lb to 1.8M lb (2.2×) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol
Methanol at Bald Mountain Mine have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Mercury compounds
Mercury compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Hydrogen cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2020.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have more than halved since 2017.
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.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Naphthalene
Naphthalene 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 (13 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 18,227. Why we surface this →
28.4%
Low-income
42.4%
People of color
7.1%
Under age 5
12.8%
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.