All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

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SECTOR
Mining

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Description:

Castle Mountain Mine is a permitted and operating gold and silver open pit and heap leach mine located in San Bernardino County, California.  The Project proposes to continue mining at an increased rate within the existing Bureau of Land Management approved mine plan boundary, extending the mining schedule by approximately 20 years. 

The Phase 2 Project proposes to expand mining at the approved mine pits, waste rock sites, and leach pad over a 20-year mine plan within the current 3,910- acre approved project area.  The Project also represents an approximate threefold increase in the rate of authorized mining compared to the current approved rate.  The increased mining rate necessitates a corresponding increase in other inputs, such as water supply, fuel, and reagent use.  Electrical power and water utilities would be constructed, crossing from Nevada into California and to the Project site. The 18-mile overhead powerline would replace a former powerline that served the mine from 1991 to 2011.