Permittee would utilize subsurface core drilling techniques to explore for valuable metallic minerals (e.g., gold) associated with, and generated by emplacement mechanisms similar to, those associated with the Miller Mountain Mine Complex.
Location
The Johnnies Gulch Tunnel Project site exists in an unnamed tributary to Johnnies Gulch and ultimately Whites Gulch located in the Big Belt Mountains.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/20/2016
2
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2016 (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 |
| Johnnies Gulch Tunnel-Exploration Project | Decision Signed Date: 09/07/2016 |
| Forests | Helena National Forest; Lewis And Clark National Forest |
| Districts | Townsend Ranger District; Townsend Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |