Augusta Resource submitted their Mine Plan of Operations for the Rosemont mine to the Forest Service on July 11, 2007.
On Oct. 19, 2007 the Forest Service sent out a Press Release requesting more information from Augusta Resource.
Read the Executive Summary of Augusta Resource's Mine Plan of Operations, submitted to the Forest Service on July 11, 2007
Pima County's comments on Augusta's Mining Plan
Protecting Pima County's natural resource assets from mining activities, Pima County, Feb. 20, 2007
Hydrogeology of the Santa Rita Rosemont Site, by Tom Myers, for the Pima County Board of Supervisors, Aug. 8, 2007
(link to the report on the Pima County website)
Pima County's comments on water impacts from the proposed mine
Read Augusta Resource's Drilling Plan, submitted to the Forest Service on March 1, 2007
Read Augusta Resource's first Mining Plan of Operations submitted to the Forest Service in July 2006.
Geologic Survey of the Rosemont Area, Dec. 2006
Mining's potential economic impacts in the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains Region of Southeastern Arizona, by Josef Marlow, the Sonoran Institute, Dec. 2007
Mining's potential economic impacts Executive Summary
Mining's potential economic impacts study area map
Pima County's Memo and Resolution regarding the Green Valley CAP pipeline proposal by Augusta Resource, Dec. 4, 2007
Southern Arizona Public Lands Act of 2007, bill to withdraw Forest Service lands in Southern Arizona from mineral entry, from Congressman Grijalva
Mining in the sky islands, special report by the Sky Island Alliance
Preserving the Santa Rita Rosemont Ranch
(This report was prepared in Dec. 2004 by Pima County, to propose purchase of the Rosemont Ranch properties with 2004 Open Space Bond money.)
The Borderlands Jaguar Protection Project: A Report on the Jaguar in Southeastern Arizona (warning! this is a very large file!)
Ecosystem Services Discussion Paper
Under the Mining Law of 1872, mining claims must be valid for a mining company to develop a mine on public lands. Even though the Pima County Board of Supervisors passed their resolution opposing the mine, the Forest Service is the agency that has the authority to approve or deny the mine proposal.
Pima County's letter to the Forest Service requesting that the validity of Augusta's mining claims at Rosemont be examined.
To read written testimony submitted by the six invited witnesses at Grijalva's Feb. 24 hearing in Tucson, go to: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=15
Look behind the scenes to see who Augusta really is - do we really want to trust them with our precious Santa Rita Mountains? Information on Augusta Resource from their SEC filings, Dec. 31, 2006
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better,
it's not."
The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss