Book Description

The Kootenai National Forest's (KNF) Rock Creek Project Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) describes the land, people, and resources potentially affected by RC Resources, Inc.'s (RCR) proposed Rock Creek Project. RCR (a subsidiary of Hecla Mining Company) proposes to construct, operate, and reclaim an underground copper and silver mine along with associated facilities (the Rock Creek Project) in northwestern Montana, near Noxon and Sanders County. RCR currently owns the mineral estate for the Rock Creek ore deposit beneath and adjacent to the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (CMW) in the Cabinet Ranger District of the Kaniksu National Forest, which is administered by the KNF. The Rock Creek Project would include constructing a mill for ore processing, a paste tailings disposal facility, a rail loadout for transportation of concentrate, and water treatment facilities.