Decision Memo Completed

Silent Hill Mineral Exploration

Tonto National Forest Gila, Arizona Payson Ranger District

Operations will include exploratory trenching at three separate sites and milling and gravity concentration at the existing tailings pile where bulk samples would be collected.

Location

Located in northern Gila County, about 5 miles Southeast of Pine, Arizona. General location of project occurs along Forest Road 74, in Shannon Gulch area.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/15/2020
2
Decision
07/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Silent Hill Mineral ExplorationDecision Signed Date: 07/14/2020
ForestsTonto National Forest
DistrictsPayson Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 11.5 North, Range 10 East, Section 30
Minerals and geology