Tailings Dams in Nevada

Nevada has 55 tailings dams, of which 3 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	North Block Tailings Impoundment Dam	Eureka	520	High	Not Rated	1993
2	Mill 5/6 Center Tailings Storage Facility	Eureka	300	Significant	Fair	1991
3	Carlin Gold Tailings Dam	Eureka	270	Low	Fair	1991
4	Cortez Area 28 Tsf Cell 4 Dam	Lander	270	Low	Fair
5	Midas Tailings Storage Facility Ph Iv Dam	Elko	250	Significant	Poor	1998
6	A-a Tails Dam	Eureka	220	Significant	Fair	1989
7	Mill 5/6 East Tailings Storage Facility	Eureka	220	Significant	Satisfactory	2019
8	Cortez Area 28 Tsf Dam	Lander	215	Low	Fair	1997
9	Mill 5/6 West Tails Storage Facility	Eureka	210	Low	Fair	2011
10	Barrick Goldstrike Tsf 3 Dam	Eureka	200	High	Not Rated	2016
11	Giroux Wash Tsf Dam	White Pine	198	High	Fair	1995
12	Section 22 Midas Tailings Storage Facility Dam	Elko	186	Significant	Satisfactory
13	Simplot Tailings Dam	Clark	185	Low	Fair	1981
14	Mill #4 Tailings #1 Dam	Eureka	182	Significant	Not Rated	1989
15	Mill #4 Tailings #2 Dam	Eureka	165	Significant	Fair	1993
16	Jerritt Canyon Tailings Dam	Elko	162	Significant	Not Rated	1981
17	Midas Dam Tailings Storage Facility Ph V	Elko	150	Significant	Poor	1998
18	Getchell Mine Tailings Dam	Humboldt	150	Low	Not Rated
19	Greystone Tails Dam	Lander	148	Low	Fair	1954
20	Mccoy/cove Tailings Storage Facility Dam	Lander	140	Low	Fair	1988
21	Paradise Peak Tails Dam	Nye	130	Low	Unsatisfactory	1986
22	Mill #3 Tailings Pond	Elko	107	Low	Not Available
23	Simplot Silica Tailings Raise Dam	Clark	100	Low	Not Rated	2014
24	Rmg Cell A Tsf	Nye	94	Significant	Fair	1997
25	Esmeralda Project Tails Dam	Mineral	93	Low	Fair	1990
26	Yerington Mill Dam	Lyon	90	Significant	Not Rated
27	Imco Tailings Dam	Lander	75	Low	Fair	1975
28	Gooseberry Tails Dam	Storey	70	Low	Unsatisfactory	1984
29	Tonkin Springs Tailings Dam	Eureka	65	Low	Satisfactory	1989
30	Cortez Tails #7 Dam	Lander	63	Low	Poor	1994
31	Esmeralda Mine Tsf 2 Dam	Mineral	58	Low	Fair	2012
32	Pabco Tails Pond 12 Dam	Clark	48	Low	Fair	2012
33	Pabco Dam Tailings Pond 11	Clark	47	Low	Fair	2010
34	Sonora Buckskin Tails Dam	Douglas	36	Low	Poor
35	Argenta Tailings Dam	Lander	36	Significant	Poor	1991
36	Caselton No 9 Dam	Lincoln	36	Low	Fair
37	Caselton No 8 Dam	Lincoln	34	Low	Fair	1960
38	Caselton No 4 Dam	Lincoln	32	Low	Poor
39	Caselton No 5 Dam	Lincoln	29	Low	Poor
40	Caselton Last Dam	Lincoln	28	Low	Fair
41	Pabco Dam Tailings Pond 10	Clark	27	Low	Fair	1969
42	78 Ac Mcgill Dam	White Pine	27	Low	Fair
43	Pabco Dam Tailings Pond 7	Clark	25	Low	Fair	2003
44	171 Ac Mcgill Dam	White Pine	25	Low	Fair
45	Pabco Dam Tailings Pond 2	Clark	24	Low	Poor	2000
46	Pabco Dam Tailings Pond 9	Clark	20	Low	Fair	1969
47	Pabco Dam Tailings Pond 8	Clark	20	Low	Fair	1969
48	Caselton Mill Middle Dam	Lincoln	20	Low	Fair
49	Tenneco Mill Pond Dam	Nye	18	Low	Poor
50	Springer Tungsten Dam	Pershing	18	Low	Poor	1982
51	Pabco Dam Tailings Pond 5	Clark	17	Low	Poor	1986
52	Long Canyon Process Pond Dam	Elko	15	Low	Satisfactory	2016
53	Pabco Dam Tailings Pond 3	Clark	14	Low	Poor	1986
54	Yerington No 2 Dam	Lyon	10	Significant	Unsatisfactory
55	Yerington Bb Dam	Lyon	10	Low	Unsatisfactory

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