Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Pinto Valley Mine Plan of Operations

Tonto National Forest Gila, Arizona Globe Ranger District

The purpose of this Plan is to administratively consolidate all authorizations required to continue ongoing and future operations, as well as authorize new disturbance on National Forest System lands.

Location

Pinto Valley Mine is located approximately three miles north of US Highway 60 on Pinto Valley Road (Forest Road 287), and approximately eight miles west of Miami, in Gila County, Arizona.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
03/28/2017
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
12/13/2019
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/09/2021
4
Objection Period Start
04/09/2021
5
Decision
08/2021 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
10/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Pinto Valley Mine Plan of Operations Record of DecisionDecision Signed Date: 08/19/2021
ForestsTonto National Forest
DistrictsGlobe Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT1N, R13E, Sections 1, 2, 3,4, 11, 14, 23, 24, 25; T1N, R14E, Sections 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32; T1S, R14 E Sections 5 and 6; T2N, R13 E Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 34
Minerals and geology