Environmental Assessment Completed

Bonnanza Mine-Big Hole Placer Mining and Reclamation

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Baker, Oregon Whitman Ranger District

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 AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Bonnanza Mine-Big Hole Placer Mining and ReclamationDecision Signed Date: 11/29/2023
ForestsWallowa-Whitman National Forest
DistrictsWhitman Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Minerals and geology