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American Magnesium Submits Plan of Operation, Environmental Assessment to Follow, New Mexico

Published: August 9, 2019 |

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting a public meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 25 to provide information on a proposed magnesium/dolomite quarry mine in Luna County, and to gather input in the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA). The meeting will be held at the Mimbres Valley Learning Center at 2300 E. Pine St.

The late David Tognoni was the engineer behind the proposed magnesium-dolomite mine on federal land near the foothills of the Florida Mountains and was aggressively seeking local investors for the project before his death early this year.

In 2017, local debate over the project began with supporters welcoming industrial and manufacturing jobs to Deming and Luna County. Other residents raised questions about groundwater impacts, dust at the quarry site, mountain views and the plausibility of the project.

In June, Carol Brewka, a local advocate for American Magnesium LLC, presented a packet to the Deming City Council for review that was submitted to the BLM.

American Magnesium first took its plan of operation to the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division in 2017 and it was declared administratively incomplete. The plan of operation was revised later that year.

The plan of operation was submitted to the BLM in the Las Cruces District proposes to develop a 40-acre site as a dolomite quarry mine on BLM-managed public land located 12 miles south of Deming, and estimates the mine would be operational for 20 years.

The meeting initiates a 30-day public scoping period for the EA. The proposed action for the project will consist of improvements to an existing BLM road, construction of a new mine site access road, lay-down yard and temporary structures, as well as resource verification drilling, excavation and removal of dolomite resources.

Permits would allow exploratory drilling to begin on federal land near Camino Doce Road in the Florida Mountains. The foothills are believed to be rich in dolomite. Rock would be hauled to a proposed refinery north of Deming for extraction of magnesium for metal products, with left-over material sent to a manufacturer.

The meeting will provide detailed information on the anticipated total surface disturbance; phases of the mine development; dolomite blasting and removal; and site reclamation once mining is completed.

Dolomite is a form of the mineral magnesium which has been identified as a critical mineral by Executive Order 13817, Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals, and is listed on the Department of the Interior’s Final List of Critical Minerals.

Public comments on the proposed project will be accepted through August 16, 2019. Comments can be submitted by one of the following methods:

• Email
- File your comments electronically by sending them to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) 
- Please include “Foothill Dolomite Mine EA” in the subject line of the email.

•  Mail
BLM Las Cruces District Office, ATTN: Foothill Dolomite Mine EA, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM, 88005.

• Public Meeting
Written comments will be accepted at the meeting on designated forms provided by the BLM.

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised your entire comment may be made publicly available at any time. While you can request for your comment to be withheld from public review, the BLM cannot guarantee it will be able to do so.

For more information on the project, how to comment, contact BLM project lead Leighandra Keeven at 575-525-4337 or via email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


About BLM
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Diverse activities authorized on these lands generated $96 billion in sales of goods and services throughout the American economy in fiscal year 2017. These activities supported more than 468,000 jobs.

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