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 Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Final Record of Decision Rock Creek Project August 2018 | Decision Signed Date: 08/27/2018 |
| Forests | Kootenai National Forest |
| Districts | Kootenai National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | T. 26 N., R. 32 W., Section: 3, 10, 15, 21,22, 27,28,29,32,and 33. |