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To reiterate,the operation will affect pre-existing waste rock on the site, handle the waste rock on pre- <br /> disturbed ground, process it without chemicals or fluids, reduce the amount of mineralization on the <br /> site, and reclaim the site using the same footprint as the existing disturbance. <br /> (9) <br /> There are no wells, seeps or springs on the site. Groundwater sampling down-gradient has provided the <br /> following water quality data, which can be used to establish baseline conditions. <br /> From the Water Decree: <br /> 8 . The London Fault is a reverse fault with considerable <br /> upthrust on the easterly portion. A fault gouge was created, which <br /> is impermeable and prevents water originating westerly of the fault <br /> free escaping through it to the east. A portion of the <br /> precipitation falling in the recharge areas enters formations <br /> dipping towards the London Fault; or generally easterly into the <br /> London Syncline. <br /> That syncline dips to the south or southeasterly. In the <br /> areas nearer London Mountain, the syncline is overlain with Belden <br /> Shale, which is essentially impervious to water. Beneath the Belden <br /> Shale is the Leadville Dolomite, sometimes called Leadville <br /> Limestone, which is highly fractured in the bottom of the syncline, <br /> particularly in close proximity to the London Fault. These <br /> fractures permit water to move down gradient from the recharge area <br /> of the Landon Mountain towards South Park and the Arkansas Valley. <br /> They do not come to the surface for many miles, and travel for tens <br /> of thousands of years before they surface, if at all. Where the <br /> syncline crosses South Mosquito Creek, it is overlain by 600 feet of <br /> impermeable Belden Shale. The syncline can neither feed the creek <br /> -Z- <br /> for be fedzhy^i.t ,, The waters in the syncline are in a geologic trap <br /> and A are non-tributary waters . The equilibrium level of water in the <br /> syncline is also well below the creek level . Generally, low <br /> discharge occurs in clay and June, and a high discharge occurs in <br /> October and November. <br /> Frgure 2Water Decree pg 2-3, V18314-76 <br /> While there is a groundwater aquifer below the London Mine, MineWater is actively reducing artesian <br /> pressure in the non-tributary decreed aquifer through intensive collection efforts and treating and <br /> discharging the mine dewatering flow at a rate of about 1.5 MGD through a permitted outfall. <br /> (10)(a) <br />