Uranium and Arsenic Groundwater Contamination from Anaconda-Yerington Mine Site -- Yerington, NV

APNewsBreak:  EPA Wants Toxic Nevada Mine on Superfund List
(Scott SONNER, Associated Press; December 24, 2015)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/46e7a1cb530a413fb45f9e3ebd8c706a/apnewsbreak-epa-wants-toxic-nevada-mine-superfund-list

Research Report and Consultation:


Historical Summary Report of Anaconda-Yerington Mine Site, Yerington Nevada
(U. S. EPA; October 2010)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/92ac13b328517708882574260073faee/3521dff2a13a8336882577d900723ddb/$FILE/Main%20Contents.pdf

Health Consultation - Yerington/Anaconda Mine Site (A/K/A Anaconda Mine):  Yerington, NV
(U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, ATSDR:  August 22, 2006)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/yerington_anaconda_nevada/YeringtonAnacondaMineHC082206.pdf

N. B.:  The Yerington Paiute Tribe originally requested the health assessment of the Yerington-Anaconda Mine by the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in July 2004.

Websites:


 Yerington Mine (MRDS #10149678)
(U. S. Geological Survey; Mineral Resources On-line Spatial Data)
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10149678

Anaconda Mine 
(U. S. EPA; Pacific Southwest Region 9:  Superfund)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/ViewByEPAID/NVD083917252



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