Environmental Assessment Completed

Thompson Creek Mineral Exploration 2

Salmon-Challis National Forest Custer, Idaho Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District

Thompson Creek Mining Company plans to conduct exploratory core drilling in the Thompson Creek drainage. Three ground-based and one helicopter-based exploration areas have been identified.

Location

9 drill sites along Thompson Creek Road, 7 drill sites east of the Tungsten Jim abandoned mine site, 2 drill sites along lower Basin Creek, 9 drill sites on ridgetops west of Thompson Creek

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/10/2011
2
Comment Period
12/08/2011
3
Decision
04/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Decision Notice and FONSI Thompson Creek Exploration 2 ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/09/2012 Legal Notice Date: 04/12/2012
ForestsSalmon-Challis National Forest
DistrictsChallis-Yankee Fork Ranger District
Legal Land Descriptionsections 28, 31, 32 & 33, T12N, R16E, and section 6, T11N, R16E, Boise Meridian
Minerals and geology