Decision Memo Completed

JVM Placers-Upper Montana Bar

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Broadwater, Montana Townsend Ranger District

The permittee wants to use common placer sampling, excavation and processing methods to explore for potential placer gold deposits between Greenhorn and Montana Gulches in the Confederate Gulch vicinity of the Big Belt Mountains.

Location

The divide between Greenhorn and Montana Gulches in the Confederate Gulch vicinity of the Big Belt Mountains.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/20/2016
2
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
JVM Placers-Upper Montana BarDecision Signed Date: 09/16/2016
ForestsHelena National Forest; Lewis And Clark National Forest
DistrictsTownsend Ranger District; Townsend Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geology