Picher mining district

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lead and zinc mining district mining district

The Picher mining district is a historically significant lead and zinc mining area in northeastern Oklahoma that formed part of the larger Tri-State mining region and later became notorious as a major environmental Superfund site.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tar Creek Superfund site	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lead and zinc mining district ⓘ mining district ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Quapaw Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ miners ⓘ
contains	Cardin, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Hockerville, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Picher, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Quapaw, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designatedAs	Superfund site ⓘ
environmentalIssue	chat pile contamination ⓘ groundwater contamination ⓘ lead poisoning ⓘ subsidence from underground mines ⓘ
geologicSetting	Tri-State lead-zinc district geology ⓘ
hasLegacy	abandoned mine workings ⓘ depopulation of mining towns ⓘ long-term remediation efforts ⓘ mine tailings piles ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important component of the Tri-State mining economy ⓘ one of the most productive lead-zinc districts in the United States ⓘ
impact	long-term land use restrictions ⓘ public health crisis in nearby communities ⓘ
industryType	hard-rock mining ⓘ
knownFor	Superfund cleanup ⓘ environmental contamination ⓘ lead mining ⓘ zinc mining ⓘ
locatedIn	Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCounty	Ottawa County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
majorCommodity	lead ⓘ zinc ⓘ
oreType	Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc deposits ⓘ
partOf	Tri-State mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ Tri-State mining region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfProgram	U.S. EPA Superfund program NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakProductionPeriod	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority	Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor	lead production for wartime munitions ⓘ zinc production for wartime industry ⓘ
superfundListingReason	environmental degradation ⓘ public health risk ⓘ widespread lead and zinc mining waste ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tri-State mining district → associatedWith → Picher mining district ⓘ

Ottawa County, Oklahoma → contains → Picher mining district ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tar Creek Superfund site