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Phase 3: This phase will consist of the eastern cell and will take approximately 3 years <br /> to mine and 2 years to reclaim. <br /> Reclamation will begin immediately after mining is complete. When possible, <br /> concurrent reclamation practices will be used to minimize site disturbance and to limit <br /> material handling to the greatest extent possible. Please refer to the Mining Plan Map <br /> in Exhibit C for phase areas to be mined, locations and areas. <br /> (� Use Mining Plan Map in conjunction with narrative to present: <br /> (i.) Nature, depth and thickness of the deposit and thickness and type of <br /> overburden to be removed <br /> Exploratory borings drilled (December, 2017) primarily along the perimeter of the <br /> site, encountered approximately two to four feet of overburden topsoil, silty sands <br /> and sandy lean clays overlying approximately 22 top 45 feet of sand and gravel on <br /> top of primarily claystone bedrock. Refer to the Stability Analysis (Exhibit S)for <br /> locations of the property extents and boring locations. The bedrock depths in the <br /> proposed mine areas ranged from approximately 25 feet to 45 feet below the <br /> ground surface. <br /> (n.) Nature of the stratum immediately beneath the material to be mined in <br /> sedimentary deposits <br /> The site is located approximately 20 miles east of the foothills of the Colorado <br /> Front Range on the western flank of the Denver Structural Basin. The basin is a <br /> downwarp of sedimentary strata that tends north-northwest, parallel to the <br /> mountain front. In the project area, the sedimentary bed dips gently eastward <br /> toward the axis of the basin east of the site. Based on regional geologic mapping <br /> (Colton, 1978), the near surface bedrock in the project area is the Paleocene and <br /> Upper Cretaceous Denver and Arapahoe Formations. The bedrock is overlain by <br /> upper Pleistocene and Holocene (Quarternary age) gravel deposits and eolian <br /> (wind blown) overburden soils. The gravel deposits exist primarily within the <br /> Broadway Alluvium deposit. The bedrock unit consists mainly of claystone and <br /> may contain lenses of siltstone and sandstone. <br /> (g) Identify the primary and secondary commodities to be mined/extracted and <br /> describe the intended use. <br /> The primary commodities are sand, gravel and fill; intended for construction materials. <br /> (h) Name and describe the intended use of all expected incidental products to be <br /> mined/extracted by the proposed operation. <br /> There are no expected incidental products to be mined. <br /> Burnco Colorado, LLC—Inouye Gravel Mine—MLRB 112 Permit Application <br /> Exhibit D-3 <br />