Tailings Dams in Texas

Texas has 45 tailings dams, of which 2 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	Mitchell County Reservoir Dam	Mitchell	93	Significant	Poor	1991
2	Tmpa Gibbons Creek Mine Dam Sp 50	Grimes	37	High	Satisfactory	1995
3	Reclamation Pond 017	Leon	33	Low	Not assessed	1987
4	Sulphur Springs Draw Dam	Martin	33	High	Not assessed	1993
5	Tumco Dam Di-40	Rusk	33	Low	Not assessed
6	Bass Haven Lake Dam	Anderson	30	Low	Not assessed	1974
7	Tumco Monticello Winfield Mine Dam J-3	Titus	30	Low	Not assessed	1992
8	Sabine Mining C 8 Dam	Harrison	29	Low	Not assessed	1987
9	Sabine Mining 87-b12-006-dam	Harrison	29	Low	Not assessed	1988
10	Tmpa Gibbons Creek Mine Dam Sp-20	Grimes	28	Low	Not assessed	1992
11	Calvert Mine Spc 18 Dam	Robertson	28	Low	Not assessed	1992
12	Walnut Creek Mine Dam Spc-27	Robertson	28	Low	Not assessed	1995
13	Tumco Dam Di-41	Rusk	28	Low	Not assessed
14	Sedimentation Pond No 15	Leon	27	Low	Not assessed
15	Big Brown Lignite Mining Area Dam	Freestone	25	Low	Not assessed	1993
16	Dam E2	Harrison	25	Significant	Not assessed	1994
17	Sabine Mining 87-b12-005-dam	Harrison	25	Low	Not assessed	1988
18	Impoundment C-66	Freestone	24	Low	Not assessed	1989
19	Tumco Monticello Mine Dam H-2	Titus	24	Low	Not assessed	1994
20	Sedimentation Pond No 9	Leon	23	Low	Not assessed
21	Tmpa Gibbons Creek Mine Dam Sp-64	Grimes	21	Low	Not assessed	1995
22	Sedimentation Pond No 11 Stage 2	Leon	20	Low	Not assessed
23	Sedimentation Pond No 11 Stage 1	Leon	20	Low	Not assessed
24	Pond Spc-66	Robertson	19	Low	Not assessed	2004
25	Calvert Mine Spc-4 Dam	Robertson	19	Low	Not assessed	1991
26	Sedimentation Pond No 18	Leon	18	Low	Not assessed
27	Tumco Dam Di-16	Rusk	18	Low	Not assessed	1992
28	Burnett Lake Dam	Wichita	18	Low	Not assessed	1968
29	Tumco Dam Di-12	Rusk	16	Low	Not assessed	1992
30	Cole Storage Tank Dam	Archer	15	Low	Not assessed	1923
31	Hs Jackson Sand & Gravel Dam No 1	Denton	15	Low	Not assessed	1972
32	Sediment Pond No 005	Leon	15	Low	Not assessed
33	Butler Lake Dam	Mitchell	14	Low	Not assessed	1952
34	Tumco Dam Ai-50	Panola	14	Low	Not assessed	1995
35	Tumco Dam 4ii-31	Panola	14	Low	Not assessed	1996
36	Sedimentation Pond No 10	Leon	13	Low	Not assessed
37	Sedimentation Pond No 6	Leon	13	Low	Not assessed
38	Sedimentation Pond No 5	Leon	11	Low	Not assessed	1984
39	C P Burton Dam	Archer	10	Low	Not assessed	1923
40	Tumco Monticello Mine Dam H-4	Titus	10	Low	Not assessed	1996
41	Texas Gulf Reservoir Dam	Wharton	10	Low	Not assessed	1929
42	Tumco Dam L-3	Titus	8	Low	Not assessed	1996
43	Sedimentation Pond H 1 Dam	Titus	8	Low	Not assessed	1989
44	Joe Echols Dam No 2	Limestone	7	Low	Not assessed	1922
45	Continental Oil Lake Dam	Wichita	7	Low	Not assessed	1925

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