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  2. Picher, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    The mining waste was located very near neighborhoods in the town. South Treece Street, 2008. Picher is a ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States. It was a major national center of lead and zinc mining for more than 100 years in the heart of the Tri-State Mining District.

  3. Chat (mining) - Wikipedia

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    Historic lead and zinc mining in the Midwestern United States was centered in two major areas: the Tri-State district covering more than 2,500 square miles (6,500 km 2) in southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma and the Old Lead Belt covering about 110 square miles (280 km 2) in southeastern Missouri. The first ...

  4. List of Superfund sites in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Oklahoma designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

  5. How the once-booming mine town of Picher, Oklahoma ... - AOL

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    Picher, Oklahoma was incorporated in 1918 after ore was discovered. All that remains in the ghost town are empty buildings and piles of toxic waste. How the once-booming mine town of Picher ...

  6. Tri-State district - Wikipedia

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    View of mines, plant, rail yard in Cardin, Oklahoma (1922) An unusual cluster of galena crystals from the Tri-State district. The gold-colored mineral is chalcopyrite. Size: 3.9 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm. The Tri-State district was a historic lead-zinc mining district located in present-day southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma. The ...

  7. Tar Creek Superfund site - Wikipedia

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    Tar Creek is an area of 1,188 square miles located in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, within the Tri-State district of lead and zinc mining in Northeastern Oklahoma, Southwestern Missouri, and Southeastern Kansas. The first mining took place in Missouri around 1850. By 1908, sites had been started in Miami, Picher, and Commerce. The construction of ...

  8. What are the deadliest animals in Oklahoma? Ranking ... - AOL

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    Oklahoma's diverse landscape features a number of animals, insects, fish and other critters that occupy the Sooner State. Its also home to a several poisonous and dangerous animals that you should ...

  9. Ouachita National Forest - Wikipedia

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    Ouachita National Forest is located in 13 counties in western and central Arkansas and two counties in southeastern Oklahoma. They are listed here in descending order of forestland within the county. Also given is their area as of 30 September 2007. [13] Roughly 80% of the forest's area is in Arkansas, with the remaining 20% in Oklahoma.