Persistence Mine Reclamation Plan
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025070443
Lead Agency
San Bernardino County
Document Title
Persistence Mine Reclamation Plan
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Vacant Desert / Resource Conservation (RC) / Resource/Land Management (RLM)
Document Description
The applicant proposes to extract gold from semi to unconsolidated
gravels, sands, and silts (sediments located within placer mining claims managed by the BLM.
The sediments have been extensively tested and show economic gold grades suitable for surface
mining extraction down to a tested depth of 24 feet, covering approximately 106 acres on 267
acres, across two non-contiguous pits. These two pits are referred to as the western and eastern
pits. The proposed operation capacity is to process up to 96,000 cubic yards of material per
month.
Contact Information
Name
Derek Newland
Agency Name
San Bernardino County Land Use Services
Job Title
Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Red Mountain
Counties
San Bernardino
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Southern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
3 miles south of US Highway 395 and Kelly Mine
Zip
93555
Total Acres
267
Parcel #
0503-341-01 & 0503-081-13
State Highways
US HWY 395
Township
30 S
Range
41 E
Section
20
Base
MDM
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
Development Types
Mining (Mineral Gold )
Local Actions
Reclamation Plan
Project Issues
Biological Resources
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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