The Lights Creek Stock is an 18 square kilometer copper-bearing granitoid
intrusion within the Plumas Copper Belt in the northern California Sierra Nevada. Engels
Mine, Superior Mine, and Moonlight Valley represent the main copper-mineralization in
the Lights Creek district and small prospects include the Ruby Mine, and Moonlight
Creek. The...
Over 470 dams have been removed in the United States, and a significant increase in dam removals has
occurred since the early 1990s. The aging of dams is often cited as the primary factor influencing removals;
as dams surpass their functional life span, safety hazards, economic costs, and environmental concerns...