The Operator is proposing to excavate one test area, approximately 6 feet in diameter, and ≤20 feet long. The pit will be excavated by pick and shovel.
Location
Located within the operator’s Nova mining claim in the Rapp’s Creek drainage approximately three air miles west of the historic mining town of Leesburg.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/31/2013
2
Comment Period
08/26/2013
3
Objection Period Start
11/12/2013
4
Decision
11/2013 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2014 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Rapp's Creek Placer Project | Decision Signed Date: 11/12/2013 Legal Notice Date: 11/21/2013 |
| Forests | Salmon-Challis National Forest |
| Districts | Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T22N, R19E – section 25, Boise Prime Meridian, Lemhi County, Idaho |