What happened to the Bingham Canyon Mine “tailings”? And what was the Daybreak property used for before it became a community?
The mine tailings were actually never located at Daybreak. They are in Magna. A small portion of the land (about 13%) where the Daybreak community now sits did at one time contain evaporation ponds that stored mine water. The ponds were used until 1965, and the Kennecott companies have since performed a massive clean-up operation to remove pond sediment and the soil it affected, bringing the remaining soil conditions to both EPA and Utah Department of Environmental Quality standards. Because of this extensive process, the soil at Daybreak does not constitute any health risk for the people who live, work, and recreate here. For more details, please see a complete account of Daybreak’s environmental history at the Kennecott Land website, by clicking here.
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