Tailings Dams in Georgia

Georgia has 44 tailings dams, of which 6 carry a high hazard classification. Tailings dams contain waste material from mining operations — typically a slurry of finely ground rock left over after valuable minerals have been extracted.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Plant Wansley Separation Dike	Heard	110	Low	Not assessed	1975
2	Pennington Tailings Pond Dam	Jefferson	89	Low	Not assessed	1991
3	Ira Holliman Tailings Impoundment Dam	Wilkinson	87	High	Satisfactory	2003
4	Thiele-kaolin Co Impound Dam	Washington	86	Low	Not assessed	1962
5	Gordon Plant	Wilkinson	85	Significant	Not assessed
6	Thiele Limestone Creek Water Impoundment	Washington	84	Low	Not assessed	1985
7	Ash Pond E Dam	Putnam	73	High	Satisfactory	1981
8	Nord Impound #2 Dam	Emanuel	71	Low	Not assessed	1981
9	Engelhard Brannon # 1 Dam	Wilkinson	68	High	Not assessed	1980
10	Imerys 5c Clay Impoundment Dam	Washington	67	High	Satisfactory	1980
11	Newsome Tailing Pond Dam	Warren	60	Low	Not assessed	1992
12	Huber Wrens Plant Wastewater Pond Dam	Jefferson	59	Low	Not assessed	1962
13	American Ind Clay Co Impound # 5 a Dam	Washington	56	Low	Not assessed	1975
14	Ash Pond D-1	Putnam	55	Low	Not assessed	1980
15	Sandersville Tailing Pond No. 4	Washington	54	Low	Not assessed	1984
16	Ga Kaolin #7 Dam	Twiggs	51	Low	Not assessed	1985
17	Engelhard Trapnell # 3 Plant Tailings Pond	Wilkinson	50	Low	Not assessed	1983
18	American Ind Clay Co Impound Dam # 2	Washington	45	Low	Not assessed	1975
19	5-c Impoundment	Washington	44	High	Not assessed
20	Vinson Impound # 1 Dam	Wilkinson	44	High	Satisfactory	1985
21	Engelhard Kaolin Tailings Pond Dam	Wilkinson	44	Low	Not assessed	1968
22	Vulcan Materials Lake Dam	Bartow	43	Low	Not assessed
23	Ga Kaolin Impound Dam #11	Twiggs	41	Low	Not assessed
24	Georgia Kaolin 7a Dam	Twiggs	40	Low	Not assessed
25	Engelhard Trapnell # 2 Plant Tailings Impoundment	Wilkinson	40	Low	Not assessed	1983
26	Thiele Process Water Retention Dam B	Washington	38	Low	Not assessed	1984
27	Plant Mitchell - Ash Pond Dam #2	Mitchell	33	Low	Not assessed	1979
28	Ga Power Plant Arkwright Ash Pond # 3	Bibb	32	Low	Not assessed	1977
29	Plant Yates Ash Pond #2 Dam	Coweta	32	Low	Not assessed
30	Georgia Kaolin Reject Pond Dam	Jefferson	32	Low	Not assessed	1981
31	Franklin Impound No. 4 Dam	Washington	32	Low	Not assessed	1992
32	Reject Pond Dam No. 5	Wilkinson	31	Low	Not assessed	1992
33	American Ind Clay Co Impound Dam # 1	Washington	30	Low	Not assessed
34	Thiele Process Water Retention Dam a	Washington	28	Low	Not assessed	1984
35	Engelhard Trapnell # 1 a Plant Tailings Impoundment	Wilkinson	27	Low	Not assessed	1978
36	Engelhard Job Tailings Pond (lower) Dam	Wilkinson	27	Low	Not assessed	1983
37	Plant Mitchell - Ash Pond #1	Mitchell	23	Low	Not assessed
38	Franklin Impoundment No. 3	Washington	23	Low	Not assessed	1987
39	Engelhard Trapnell # 1 Plant Tailings Pond	Wilkinson	23	Low	Not assessed	1978
40	Plant Crisp Ccw Impoundment Dam	Worth	22	Undetermined	Not assessed
41	Engelhard Holliman # 1 Finishing Pond Dam	Wilkinson	18	Low	Not assessed	1978
42	Ga Kaolin Impound #11a Upper	Twiggs	15	Low	Not assessed
43	Tyrone Lake Dam	Fayette	14	Low	Not assessed	1948
44	Newsome Millpond Dam	Warren	13	Low	Not assessed

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