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California Gulch Acid Mine Drainage Mixes with the Arkansas River, CO

By Environmental Health Program 2007 (approx.)
Acid mine drainage from California Gulch (right) mixes with the waters of the Arkansas River, Colorado (left)
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Acid mine drainage from California Gulch (right) mixes with the waters of the Arkansas River, Colorado (left). The chemical reactions that occurred as water from the Gulch mixed with the River's water controlled the quality of water downstream of the confluence.

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