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S 1 • <br /> TUNGSTEN MINE ROAD PROJECT <br /> CLOSEOUT REPORT <br /> M-1984-191 Rocky Mountain Minerals <br /> Bond Forfeiture and BLM Funds <br /> I. PROJECT OVERVIEW <br /> The Tungsten Mine Road Project (Permit# M-1984-91) is a mineral bond forfeiture site. The <br /> operator, Rocky Mountain Minerals, forfeited their bond on the open pit mine and mill site. The <br /> mine and mill site are both located on BLM lands. The mine and mill are both accessed from <br /> Road Gulch Road in southern Fremont County. The elevation of the site ranges between 7,000 <br /> and 7,400 feet. <br /> The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety permitted this mining operation in 1984 and the <br /> operator posted a bond of approximately $12,000.00. A small amount of tungsten bearing <br /> scheelite material was removed from the quarry site, located near the top of a ridge. The <br /> pioneer access road leading to the quarry from Road Gulch snaked its way across ridges and <br /> hill slopes for 3/4 of a mile and contained areas of serious erosion do to its unstable <br /> configuration. The road has since been used for recreational four wheel drives and all terrain <br /> vehicles. The mining company also used a side road half way up to the quarry for their powder <br /> magazine (explosives storage). The powder magazine was left locked on-site at the termination <br /> of mining activity. The BLM and DRMS were concerned about possible remnant explosives <br /> inside the locked powder magazine. The mill site for the mining operation was located 1.5 miles <br /> down Road Gulch from the quarry area. The mill site consisted of an abandoned metal-sided <br /> building, mine waste piles, a metal water tank standing 50ft high with a ladder to the top, a <br /> portable crusher, an old dilapidated truck, a screen, miscellaneous materials, and a portable <br /> loadout. The mining permit for this site was revoked by the Division's Minerals Program and the <br /> bond was forfeited to the state to reclaim the site. <br /> In 2006 the Bureau of Land Management, surface owner of the site, requested the reclamation <br /> of the tungsten mine site. The BLM also contributed another$12,000.00 to the project budget in <br /> order to help with rising labor and materials costs which were unaccounted for in the original <br /> bond. The total project budget was approximately $25,000.00. The project spreadsheet is <br /> attached to this report. <br /> Kirstin Brown was the project manager for the mill site reclamation. Jeff Graves and Gary <br /> Curtiss shared project management work for the reclamation of the access road. <br /> II. LANDOWNER CONSENT <br /> See Attachment <br />