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• <br /> • SSR <br /> MINING <br /> 2 AFFECTED LANDS AND GEOLOGY <br /> 2.1 Affected Lands <br /> The affected lands boundary for the mine site, and all adjacent land owners are shown in Exhibit C <br /> on Drawing C-1. The affected lands boundary, adjacent land owners, and permanent manmade <br /> structures are shown in Exhibit C on Drawing C-1 and Drawing C-1a. After Amendment 13, the <br /> affected lands boundary at the Carlton Tunnel was reduced by 4.3 acres through TR-124. An <br /> additional 14.83 acres have been added to the affected lands boundary for Amendment 14 to <br /> accommodate an access road that was constructed in Grassy Valley to support monitoring well <br /> installation (0.63 acres) and a proposed employee parking lot located along County Road 821 <br /> (14.20 acres). These areas are shown in more detail in Drawing C-3. The total affected lands for <br /> Amendment 14 constitute 6,017.53 acres, including the Carlton Tunnel area. The affected lands <br /> boundary is shown on the drawings provided in Exhibits C, G, and F. <br /> The existing mine facilities present within the affected lands boundary are shown on Drawing C- <br /> 2 and Drawing C-2a, and the existing utilities at the mine are shown on Drawing C-2b, all of which <br /> are provided in Exhibit C. Mining facilities, buildings and utilities proposed for construction within <br /> • the affected lands under this amendment are shown on Drawing C-3. <br /> Under Amendment 14, portions of the existing affected lands will change disturbance categories <br /> (i.e., mine areas, OSAs, and VLFs). Disturbance categories under Amendment 14 are shown on <br /> Drawing C-4. To accommodate the changes, growth medium storage areas (i.e., soil stockpile <br /> locations) within the affected lands boundary are being modified. The current growth medium <br /> storage areas are shown on Drawing C-4a. As described in Technical Revision (TR)-115, <br /> approved by DRMS on September 25, 2019, changes to non-process facilities with minor effects <br /> to the financial warranty calculation, including but not limited to movement of topsoil stockpiles, <br /> and the subsequent changes in reclamation accounting will be submitted as letter notifications to <br /> DRMS, rather than as TRs. Otherwise, growth medium will continue to be managed in accordance <br /> with Hard Rock Rule (Rule) 3.1.9 and other relevant requirements within the Rule(s). A current <br /> list of TRs is provided in Appendix 2. <br /> Mining and reclamation activities will change the features of the affected lands over time as mining <br /> activities are implemented under this amendment. The sequence of mining activities is <br /> summarized in Section 3 below'. The maximum height of the proposed VLF expansions is <br /> approximately 722 feet. Details of the reclamation plan are provided in Exhibit E. <br /> 2.2 Geology <br /> A summary of the geology in the North Cresson Mine area and Maize Gulch is provided below. <br /> • Cripple Creek&Victor Gold Mining Company Exhibit D <br /> Cresson Project Amendment 14 <br /> 4 <br />