Environmental Assessment Completed

Rio Grande Silver - Bulldog Underground Exploration and Development Project

Rio Grande National Forest Mineral, Colorado Divide Ranger District

Rio Grande Silver, Inc. is proposing to open the Bulldog portal on the old Homestake mine as part of their on-going mineral exploration project. The proposal is to open the portal, draw down the water water, treat and return it to surface flow.

Location

The portal project is northwest of Creede, Colorado with most of the project occurring on private land and on previously disturbed Forest Service land.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/14/2012
2
Comment Period
03/10/2013
3
Decision
05/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Bulldog Underground Exploration and Development ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/29/2013 Legal Notice Date: 05/31/2013
ForestsRio Grande National Forest
DistrictsDivide Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT41N, R1W, portions of sections 1 and 2; T42N, R1W, portions of sections 25 and 36.
Minerals and geology