Newmont Gold Company, Woodruff Creek Exploration Project
Subtitle: environmental assessment
By: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Elko Field Office
Contributors: Newmont Mining Corporation
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Elko Field Office
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Elko, Nev.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Gold mines and mining; Silver mines and mining; Mineral industries; Public lands; Management; Environmental aspects
Other titles: Woodruff Creek Exploration Project : environmental assessment; Woodruff Creek EA
Description: "Newmont Gold Company (Newmont) proposes to conduct mineral exploration activities on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko Field Office and split estate lands (BLM-surface; Newmon-minerals). The proposed action, the Woodruff Creek Exploration Project, is described in the proposed Woodruff Creek Exploration Plan of Operations and Reclamation Permit Application dated May 1996 ... The Woodruff Creek Exploration Project lies within Newmont's administrative area known as the South Operations Area of the Carlin Trend. The Carlin Trend is a 46-mile-long, northwest-trending, mineralized belt in northern Nevada that contains gold, silver, barite and other minerals ... The purpose for the proposed Woodruff Creek Exploration Project is to define the nature and extent, shape, and economic value of precious metal-bearing deposits within the proposed project area.  Proposed drilling operations are needed for the preparation of future mine development"--Page 1-1-1-2.
Notes: Cover title.

"BLM/EK/PL-97/008."

"April 1997."

"File: 3809, N16-96-002P."

Includes Finding of No Significant Impact and Decision of Record.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 6-1-6-4).

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