Environmental Assessment Completed

Hughes Creek #2 Placer Testing

Salmon-Challis National Forest Lemhi, Idaho North Fork Ranger District

Proposal to excavate two test pits, 30' wide x 50' long x 15' deep, to explore lower 5 feet of pits for gold.

Location

Hughes Creek drainage approximately 8 miles north/northwest of the community of North Fork, Lemhi County, Idaho.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/25/2014
2
Comment Period
04/02/2015
3
Objection Period Start
07/16/2015
4
Decision
11/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Hughes Creek Placer Project #2Decision Signed Date: 11/04/2015
ForestsSalmon-Challis National Forest
DistrictsNorth Fork Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.25N., R.21E., sections 7 and 8, Boise Meridian, Lemhi County, Idaho.
Minerals and geology