proposal to permit mineral exploration in an unpatented mining claim using a backhoe to excavate 8 trenches. Trenches will be opened one at a time and reclaimed before excavating the next. Samples would be removed and processed off-site.
Location
Upper Rock Creek Landscape, Upper Willow Management Area, Quigg IRA, about 15 miles northwest of Philipsburg, Montana.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
12/16/2014
2
Decision
06/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2015 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Rebel Claims Exploration Project | Decision Signed Date: 06/23/2015 |
| Forests | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest |
| Districts | Pintler Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T8N, R15W, Sections 18 &19 and T8N, R16W, Sections 13 & 24 |