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• Permit No: M1978116
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 1/31/2001
• Doc Name: MINERALS PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 1/17/2001
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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MINE Ip k OR PROSPECTING ID rY M-1978-116
INSPECTION DATE 1!17/01 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS WHE
OBSERVATIONS
This inspection occurred as part of DMG routine monitoring of permitted sites. The SM-18 Mine
is located approximately 2 miles north of Uravan, within DOE lease block AT105-1)-60.8-C-SM-18.
Permit History The original 112 permit was issued on October 31, 1979, to Cotter Corporation,
for 14.9 acres affected area. Operations went into temporary cessation on October 31, 1980. On
August 22, 1985, the 5-year extension of temporary cessation was approved. On August 31,
1990, TR-01 was approved automatically, addressing intermittently active status for the permit.
On February 28, 2000, DMG approved TR-02, addressing the requirements of Rule 4.2.1(8) for
operations having a reclamation bond with a federal land management agency. Under TR-02, DMG
accepted the $37,000 DOE bond as financial warranty. Pursuant to Rule 4.2.1(81, DMG holds
$100 financial warranty.
Portal Area Affected area at the portal was approximately 2.15 acres. The mine identification
sign was posted. Access into underground workings by unauthorized individuals is controlled by
locked steel gate at the portal entrance. Vegetative cover for the topsoil stockpiles could not be
verified due to snow cover. However, during the last inspection, the DMG inspector observed that
the vegetative cover appeared sufficient to protect the stockpiled topsoil.
Venthole Areas The ventholels) were not inspected. The permit is approved for 6 ventholes.
However, DMG documents indicate that only 1 venthole, 7' diameter, has been constructed.
Please clarify the number of ventholes constructed and their locations.
Financial Warranty On February 10, 2000, DMG calculated the cost of reclamation totaling
$17,180. Under TR-02, DMG has accepted the $37,000 bond, held by DOE, as financial warranty.
Therefore, pursuant to Rule 4.2.1(81, and because the amount of bond held by DOE exceeds the
calculated cost of reclamation, DMG holds $100 financial warranty. DMG has reviewed its latest
reclamation cost estimation and has determined that the existing amount of financial warranty is
sufficient to ensure reclamation.
Responses to this inspection report should be directed to the Division of Minerals and Geology, 701
Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, Attn: Wally Erickson, phone no. 970-247-
5469.
I & E Contact Address
NAME
OPERATOR
STREET
CITY/STATE/ZIP
Dave Diss
Cotter Corporation
P.O. Box 700
Nucla, CO 81424-0700
cc: Tom Gillis, DMG
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