The Carpenter Creek Tailings source is comprised of approximately 111,000 cubic yards of mostly uncovered tailings located in two piles bisected by a small road that leads to the Snow Creek mining area. The Lower Rebellion Tailings source is comprised of approximately 37,670 cubic yards of uncovered tailings located in one pile. There is one adit associated with these tailings. The report indicated elevated levels of arsenic, copper, mercury, lead, silver, and zinc in waste rock samples. The Neihart Tailings source is comprised of approximately 23,100 cubic yards of uncovered tailings located in two piles.
Carpenter Creek is the primary drainage basin at the site and eventually flows into Belt Creek.
Snow Creek is also a tributary of Carpenter Creek where several mines, tailings piles, and mills are located. Copper, lead, manganese, and zinc are present in total metals analysis of surface water release samples. In sediment release samples, arsenic, barium, cadmium, copper, lead, manganese, and zinc. Belt Creek is classified as a fishery and is subject to actual contamination. Surface water release samples contained copper, lead, manganese, and zinc at concentrations three times background concentrations that were attributable to the site.