Superfund Site:

NELSON TUNNEL/COMMODORE WASTE ROCK
CREEDE, CO

Superfund Site Profile

Site Contacts

Community Involvement Coordinator
Kate Tribbett
[email protected]
(303) 312-6661

Remedial Project Manager
Dania Zinner
[email protected]
(720) 417-4375

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Site Location

Street Address:
NATIONAL FOREST ROAD 503.4
1 MILE N. OF TOWN
CREEDE, CO 81130

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Background

​​The Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock Pile Superfund site is about one mile north of Creede, Mineral County, Colorado. At the abandoned hard rock mine site, the Nelson Tunnel discharges acid mine drainage directly into West Willow Creek. The site also included an unstable waste rock pile that is part of the Commodore Mine. These features add contaminants to surface water. 

​South of the site, West Willow Creek joins East Willow Creek to form Willow Creek. Willow Creek is a tributary of the Rio Grande River, a state-designated Gold Medal fishery. Historically, mining of silver, lead, and zinc provided economic benefits to ...
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