This project proposes to conduct placer mining operations and reclamation of new and legacy mining disturbance in the Pine Creek drainage in the Whitman Ranger District on National Forest System (NSF) lands.
Location
Near Halfway, Oregon in the Pine Creek drainage on the Whitman Ranger District.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/17/2021
2
Comment Period
05/16/2023
3
Objection Period Start
08/08/2023
4
Decision
11/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
11/2023 (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 |
| Bonnanza Mine-Big Hole Placer Mining and Reclamation | Decision Signed Date: 11/29/2023 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |