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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-NM-L000-2022-0020-EA
Project Name: Little Rock 2020 MPO Amendment

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NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-NM-L000-2022-0020-EA
Project Name

Little Rock 2020 MPO Amendment
Project Type

EA
NEPA Status

Completed - Completed
Lead Office

Las Cruces District Office
Last Updated

Project Description

Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc. (Tyrone) submitted the 2020 Amendment to Mine Plan of Operations NMNM091644 for the Little Rock Mine (MPO Amendment) for the Little Rock Mine Project (Project) to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District Office (LCDO) on June 21, 2021, to support continued mining and related operations on BLM-managed public land. The 2020 MPO Amendment proposes expansion of the current pit configuration through the anticipated Life of Mine (LOM) and the surface disturbances necessary for the construction, operation, monitoring, closure, and postclosure of the mine (the Proposed Action). The Project is located approximately 11 miles southwest of the town of Silver City within Sections 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, and 21 of Township 19 South, Range 15 West, of the New Mexico Principal Meridian in Grant County, New Mexico

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Buckhorn	New Mexico	88025	Grant County

Application Information

Applicant

Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc. (Tyrone)
Case File Number

NMNM-91644
Program

Mining

Project Dates

Start Date

4/26/2022
FONSI Date

12/8/2022

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Las Cruces District Office
Offices

Las Cruces DO

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Joseph Navarro
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

(575) 525-4363