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| | Rock Creek Alliance - About The Mine |
 | | Ore would be mined by blasting out huge quantities of rock to create giant underground rooms, leaving overlying wilderness lands held up by rock pillars left standing in the rooms. |
 | | Because the area is extensively faulted, collapse of portions of the wilderness lands and certain alpine lakes and streams could occur through subsidence, resulting in the total loss of some overlying lands and water bodies. |
 | | After the underground blasting is commenced, it is estimated that 2,000 gallons per minute of pristine groundwater would flow into the mine and become polluted with heavy metals from the ore (including cadmium, copper, zinc, arsenic, manganese, aluminum, mercury, and lead) and also with ammonia and nitrates from the blasting explosives. |
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