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Gold King Mine Disaster

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-012415

While excavating above the old adit, pressurized water began leaking above the mine tunnel, spilling about three million gallons of water stored behind the collapsed material into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas River.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-012415
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA Emergency Response to August 2015 Release from Gold King Mine at http://www2.epa.gov/goldkingmine
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012415",
  "term": "Gold King Mine Disaster",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "While excavating above the old adit, pressurized water began leaking above the mine tunnel, spilling about three million gallons of water stored behind the collapsed material into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas River.",
  "references": [
    "EPA Emergency Response to August 2015 Release from Gold King Mine at http://www2.epa.gov/goldkingmine"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/gold-king-mine-disaster/"
}

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