INSPEC07383

• Permit No: M1983158
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 2/26/1997
• Doc Name: MINERALS PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 2/21/1997
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

IPage 21
MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M$3-758
INSPECTION DATE 2/21/97 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS WHE
OBSERVATIONS
This complete inspection was conducted by Wally Erickson from the DMG Durango office, 484
Turner Drive, Building F, Suite: 101, Durango, CO 81301, phone [phone]. Ms. M.J.
Cadgene accompanied the DMG inspector throughout the inspection. Original permit was issued
to Montrose County on 1/30/84, for 9.0 acres affected area. On 3/4/94, DMG approved transfer
of permit and succession of operator, SO-01, for M.J. Cadgene, dba Redvale Sand & Gravel, as
successor operator. DMG files do not indicate additional revisions to the original permit. Cadgene
Pit is located on the NE rim of ~Nrights Mesa, approximately 2 miles north of Redvale, in portions
of the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 29, T46N, R14W, NMPM, Montrose County.
DMG holds financial warranty in the amount of $4,000. Operation was active during the time of
this inspection. Intermittent snow cover existed at the mine site, ground conditions were muddy.
During the inspection, operator requested copy of the current Act and Rules. Please find enclosed,
copies of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials,
Construction Materials Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board,
effective 1/96, and Statement of Basis Specific Statutory Authority and Purpose. Please submit
payment for the enclosed Act, Rules and Regulations, in the amount of 58.00.
All Rules referenced within this inspection report are taken from the Construction Materials Rules
and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board, effective 1/96.
RECORDS -Confusion exists in the records concerning permitted acreage and configuration of
permit boundary. Original permit was approved for 9.0 acres affected area. Annual reports,
submitted by the operator for 1995 and 1996, indicate 9.85 acres. Application for SO-01
contained a request for reduction in affected area resulting in a permit area of approximately 7
acres. SO-01 was for succession of operator and is not the appropriate revision process for
modification of permit boundary. Should the operator desire to revise the permit boundary and
affected acreage from the original 9.0 acres, the operator should submit such request through the
Technical Revision or Amendment process described in Rules 1.1(6), 1.1(49), 1.9 and 1 .10.
SIGNS & MARKERS - Mine identification sign was posted at the ranch entrance at the intersection
of County Road HH (CR HH) and CR 35.00. Mine identification sign displayed the permit number,
but did not display the name of the operator or statement that a reclamation permit had been issued
by the Mined Land Reclamation Board, as required by Rule 3.1.12(1). Additionally, the sign was
posted approximately 1 mile from the actual mine entrance. Apparently, the operator posted the
sign at the intersection of CR HH and CR 35.00 to assist in locating the mine site. However, Rule
3.1.1211) specifically states that the mine identification sign shall be posted at the mine entrance.
Locating the sign at the ranch entrance, suggests that the ranch access road is part of the permit
area. Please ensure that sign is posted at mine entrance and displays name of operator, permit
number, and a statement that reclamation permit has been issued by the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Board, in accordance with Rule 3.1.12111.
Affected area perimeter markers, required by Rule 3.1.1212), were not observed. Please ensure
that perimeter of affected area (permit boundary) is delineated in accordance with Rule 3.1.12121.