Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Rock Creek Mine Project

Kootenai National Forest Sanders, Montana Kootenai National Forest All Units

The Rock Creek Mine is a proposal for a copper/silver mine under the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness in Sanders County Montana on the Kootenai National Forest. The proposal includes an associated mill, tailings storage facility and a waste water treatme

Location

Approximately 3 miles East of Noxon, Montana in the Rock Creek Drainage

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
09/13/2011
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/19/2016
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/23/2017
4
Objection Period Start
07/03/2017
5
Decision
08/2018 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
09/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Final Record of Decision Rock Creek Project August 2018Decision Signed Date: 08/27/2018
ForestsKootenai National Forest
DistrictsKootenai National Forest All Units
Legal Land DescriptionT. 26 N., R. 32 W., Section: 3, 10, 15, 21,22, 27,28,29,32,and 33.
Minerals and geology