Decision Memo Completed

2010 Duke Island Lode Exploration

Tongass National Forest Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District

Plan of Operations from Avalon Development Corporation for platinum and copper exploration on Duke Island for 2010. Explorative activities include diamond core drilling, outcrop and soil sampling, non-ground disturbing geologic mapping. FL/P (2).

Location

Duke Island is located approximately 30 miles south of Ketchikan, Alaska

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/03/2010
2
Decision
06/2010 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
2010 Duke Island Lode_ExplorationDecision Signed Date: 06/03/2010
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT80S, R93E, secs. 10-16, 21-23, 27, 28, 33, & 34 CRM
Minerals and geology