Summitville mine
| Summitville mine | |
|---|---|
| Superfund site | |
Summitville mine site in 1980 | |
| Geography | |
| Town | Del Norte |
| County | Rio Grande |
| State | Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37°26′10″N 106°35′52″W / 37.43611°N 106.59778°W |
| Information | |
| CERCLIS ID | COD983778432 |
| Contaminants | Heavy metals |
| Responsible parties | EPA |
| Progress | |
| Proposed | 05/10/1993 |
| Listed | 05/31/1994 |
| List of Superfund sites | |
The Summitville mine was a gold mining site in the United States, located in Rio Grande County, Colorado 25 miles (40 km) south of Del Norte. It is remembered for the environmental damage caused in the 1980s by the leakage of mining by-products into local waterways and then the Alamosa River.