Environmental Assessment Completed

Westcor Exploration

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

Operator plans to utilize an existing undesignated route & 0.15 miles of temporary route, construct a 50x80-ft working bench, and obtain a <30 CY bulk sample with a small, tracked excavator and skid loader for off-Forest processing & analysis.

Location

In the Greylock IRA, 1 mile up Montana Gulch, a tributary to Jordan Creek in the Yankee Fork Salmon River drainage, approximately 25 miles east of Challis, Custer County, Idaho.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/23/2015
2
Comment Period
01/28/2016
3
06/02/2016
4
Objection Period Start
06/02/2016
5
Decision
10/2016 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
07/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Westcor Mineral ExplorationDecision Signed Date: 10/25/2016
ForestsSalmon-Challis National Forest
DistrictsChallis-Yankee Fork Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSouthwest 1/4, Section 21, T13N, R15E, B.M.
Minerals and geology