Gold Metal Waters: The Animas River and the Gold King Mine Spill

by Peter McCormick

Gold Metal Waters presents a uniquely inter- and transdisciplinary examination into the August 2015 Gold King Mine spill in Silverton, Colorado, when more than three million gallons of subterranean mine water, carrying 880,000 pounds of heavy metals, spilled into a tributary of the Animas River. The book illuminates the ongoing ecological, economic, political, social, and cultural significance of a regional event with far-reaching implications,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646421744
• ISBN13: 9781646421749
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"