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Table 1 Partial Chronology of US Mining
Decade TABLE 1 Partial Chronology of U.S. Mining versus Enactment Dates for Environmental Laws and Regulations Affecting Hardrock Minirjg Commencement of Enactment Dates for State & Federal Selected Western Mining Activities G I Laws and Regulations 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1930s 1940s 1950s CA: Mother Lode -gold WY: Atlantic City - gold CO: Cherry Creek, Clear Creek, - gold NV: Comstock Lode - silver & gold WA: Okanogan District - gold CO: Front Range - gold & silver ID: Boise Basin - gold SD: Black Hills - gold CO: Leadville, San Juan Mountains - silver, gold & base metals AZ: - Superior, Morenci - copper NM: Silver City - silver UT: Park City - gold, silver, lead CO: Aspen - silver, lead, zinc MT: Butte - copper ID: Coeur d'Alene District - silver NM: Socorro- silver, copper CO: Cripple Creek - gold WA: Republic District - gold AK: Klondike, Nome - gold WY: Kirwin - copper, silver UT: Bingham Canyon - copper NV: Round Mtn., Tonopah, Goldfields, Ely: - gold, silver copper CO: Climax - molybdenum CO, UT - AZ vanadium, radium NM: Pecos - silver, zinc, lead ID: Stibnite - antimony, tungsten CO, UT, AZ, NM: CO Plateau - uranium NM: Grants - uranium WY Sandstones - uranium NV: Yerington - copper OR: Riddle - nickel 1960s 1970s NV: Carlin - gold CO: Henderson - molybdenum NV: Round Mountain - gold •National Historic Preservation Act •Air Quality Act •National Environmental Policy Act •Occupational Safety and Health Act •Clean Air Act •CA Environmental Quality Act •MT Metal Mine Reclamation Act , •MT Environmental Policy Act •Federal Water Pollution Control Act/Clean Water Act •Endangered Species Act .U.S. Forest Service 36 CFR 228A regs •CA Surface Mined Land Reclamation Act , •Federal Land Policy and Management Act Decade 1970s (cont.) TABLE 1 Partial Chronology of U. Enactment Dates for Environmental Laws and Commencement of Selected Western Mining Activities 1980s NV: Jerritt Canyon, Sleeper, Gold Quarry, Goldstrike, Chimney Creek — gold ID: Thompson Creek — molybdenum CA: McLaughlin - gold MT: Stillwater — platinum/palladium 1990s AK: Ft. Knox — gold NV: Pipeline, Lone Tree - gold 2000s NV: Marigold expansion, NV — gold NV: Phoenix Project — gold NM: Copper Mtn. South expansion — copper AZ: Carlota, Safford — copper S. Mining versus Regulations Affecting Hardrock Mining Enactment Dates for State & Federal Environmental Laws and Regulations •Resource Conservation and Recovery Act •Clean Water Act Amendments •CO Mined Land Reclamation Act •Mine Safety and Health Act •Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act •WI Metallic Mining Reclamation Act •ID Surface Mining Act •Archaeological Resources Protection Act •Comprehensive Environmental Response, •Compensation, and Liability Act/Superfund •BLM 43 CFR 3809 Regulations •SD Mined Land Reclamation Act •Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments •Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act •UT Mined Land Reclamation Act •NV Water Pollution Control Law •NV Mined Land Reclamation Act •Clean Air Act Amendments • NM Mining Act •BLM updates 43 C.F.R. 3809 regulations to include mandatory bonding requirements for all surface - disturbing activities • USFS updates bonding requirements • NV expands and updates bonding requirements •MT updates bonding requirements