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"The Box" portion of the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Superfund site contains a former smelting facility located along I-90 in the Silver Valley in northern Idaho. It encompasses the towns of Pinehurst, Smelterville, Wardner, and Kellogg, and the communities of Page, Ross Ranch, Elizabeth Park, and Montgomery Gulch. The site is 21 square miles in size and affects approximately 5,000 people. It is one of the largest and most complex abandoned hazardous waste sites in the nation.
Geographic Subareas of the "The Box" portion of the Bunker Hill Site
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1 Pinehurst
2 Page
3 Smelterville
4 Kellogg
5 Bunker Hill Ltd. smelter complex
6 Central Impoundment Area
(tailings pond, gypsum pond, and slag pile)
7 Page Pond
8 Smelterville Flats and alluvial valley
9 hillside slopes |
Main Areas of the "The Box" portion of the Bunker Hill Superfund Site
 | 1 zinc smelter complex
2 main smelter complex
3 mine and mill
4 slag pile
5 gypsum pond
6 central impoundment area |
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Point of contact: Debra Sherbina
E-Mail: shesrbina.debra@epa.gov
Phone Number: (206) 553-0247
Last Updated: 09/01/2006
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