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 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 |
| JVM Placers-Upper Montana Bar | Decision Signed Date: 09/16/2016 |
| Forests | Helena National Forest; Lewis And Clark National Forest |
| Districts | Townsend Ranger District; Townsend Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |