Nixon Fork Mine Archive
Financial Assurance
None at this time.
Permits and Approvals
Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Large Mine Permitting Program
Annual Reports and Meetings
2012 Annual Reports
Other Supporting Documents
Mystery Creek Resources, Inc.
March 22, 2012 Public Notice
Draft Reclamation Plan Approval and Draft Waste Management Permit
30-day Public Comment
Nixon Fork Mine is a small underground gold mine located about 32 miles northeast of McGrath, Alaska on claims on U.S. Bureau of Land Management-administered lands. The project applicant, Fire River Gold Corp., operating as Mystery Creek Resources, Inc., has updated the mine's Plan of Operations and monitoring plan for the current operation and requested the reissuance of two state authorizations.
On March 22, 2012 the State of Alaska released the draft Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Waste Management Permit (WMP) for a required 30-day public review and comment period and the draft Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Reclamation Plan Approval for a concurrent review. These proposed decisions and support documents are posted below.
Draft Nixon Fork Mine Reclamation Plan Approval (A20125562) PDF Draft Nixon Fork Mine Waste Management Permit (2012DB0001) PDF Joint Public Notice of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation relating to proposed activities at Nixon Fork Mine PDFContact
Ashlee Adoko
Executive Director
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Office of Project Management and Permitting
Phone: (907) 269-8732
Fax: (907) 269-5673
Email
Mail or visit at:
550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 1430
Anchorage, AK 99501