TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Phoenix Mine

Total reported releases 8.6M lb rose meaningfully year over year (+22%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

12 MI SE OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN COPPER CANYON FACILITY, Battle Mountain, Nevada · 212230 · Metal Mining · operated by Barrick Nevada Holding LLC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 8.6M.107.6M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'248.6M
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Zinc compounds

Zinc compounds releases at Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Phoenix Mine rose from 322k lb to 1.8M lb (5.7×) between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

Mercury And Mercury Compounds

Mercury And Mercury Compounds releases at Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Phoenix Mine fell from 84k lb to 26k lb (69% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

Manganese And Manganese Compounds at Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Phoenix Mine have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Zinc compounds

Zinc compounds at Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Phoenix Mine have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

PBTCAS N420

Lead And Lead Compounds

3.1M lb · +15% YoY

Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

1.8M lb · +472% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper And Copper Compounds

1.2M lb · -23% YoY

Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N511

Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)

743k lb · +10% YoY

Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N106

Cyanide compounds

607k lb · +14% YoY

Cyanide compounds concentrations are up 21% since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS N020

Arsenic compounds

295k lb · -13% YoY

Arsenic compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)

199k lb · -13% YoY

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than halved since 2013.

CARCINOGENCAS N495

Nickel And Nickel Compounds

175k lb · -0% YoY

Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations have fallen 46% 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 1,549. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
44.6%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
34.4%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
4.0%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
11.7%

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.