Environmental Assessment Completed

Hughes Creek Placer

Salmon-Challis National Forest Lemhi, Idaho Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District

Proposal to excavate four test pits and wash excavated materials to determine amount and availability of gold.

Location

South side of Hughes Creek between Gallagher Gulch and Klop Gulch

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/07/2010
2
Comment Period
03/31/2011
3
Decision
06/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Decision Notice and FONSI Hughes Creek Placer ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/20/2011 Legal Notice Date: 06/23/2011
ForestsSalmon-Challis National Forest
DistrictsSalmon-Cobalt Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.25N., R.21E. – sections 7 and 8, Boise Prime Meridian, Lemhi County, Idaho.
Minerals and geology