Proposal to sample for placer gold along Upper Prickly Pear Creek in the northern Elkhorn Mountains Range. Proponents would like to excavate 5 exploratory test holes using a rubber-tired backhoe and small scale wash plant system.
Location
Prickly Pear Creek, adjacent to FS Rd 164, east of Woods Park
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/26/2013
2
Comment Period
03/26/2013
3
Decision
05/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2013 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Second Creek Placer Exploration Decision | Decision Signed Date: 05/18/2013 Legal Notice Date: 05/22/2013 |
| Forests | Helena National Forest; Lewis And Clark National Forest |
| Districts | Helena Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | SE ¼ section 14, Township 7 North, Range 3 West, MPM |