RIMINI ROAD
The Upper Tenmile Creek Mining Area site is located in the Rimini Mining District, southwest of Helena, Montana. It consists of numerous abandoned and inactive hard-rock mine sites that produced gold, lead, zinc and copper. Mining began in the district before 1870 and continued through the 1920s. Little mining has been performed there since the early 1930s. EPA added the Upper Tenmile Creek Mining Area to the Superfund National Priorities List on October 22, 1999, due to mining waste problems in the 53-square-mile watershed. The small historic mining community of Rimini is located within the Superfund site boundaries. The site includes the drainage basin of Tenmile Creek upstream of the Helena water treatment plant and includes tributaries that supply water to the plant's five intake pipelines. EPA identified 150 individual mine sites within the watershed boundary, of which 70 have been prioritized for cleanup. Many of these mine features are above the five City of Helena drinking water intakes, which supply about 50 percent of the city's water. The watershed has many stakeholders, including landowners, local communities, local and state government, special interest groups and several federal agencies, including EPA. Collaboration among the stakeholders is necessary to achieve a cleanup that will be expedient, efficient and long-lasting.
30 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$61,038 |
Average Income |
16 |
Occupied homes |
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