INSPEC24342

• Permit No: C1981037
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 10/24/1997
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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This was a complete inspection of the GEC Mine conducted by Susan Burgmaier of
DMG. The permit for the mine has been revoked and the bond forfeited.
Roads
The main access road to the site was in poor condition. The ditch along the roadway
is cutting into the road surface, so the road is becoming quite narrow.
Hydrologic Balance
The sedimentation pond was dry, but very full of sediment. The sediment level is now
up to the top of the elbow-jointed pipe riser, so there will not be detention time in the
pond unless inflow is sufficient to back up at the discharge pipe.
The energy dissipating impoundment at the head of the east/west drainage in the east
pit was dry. The drainage channel had further eroded since last inspected. The gully
is now approximately 8' deep and 10' to 12' wide at the widest point of the top.
The main channel of the East pit did not appear to have eroded significantly since it
was last inspected. The feeder channels from the roadway have eroded, but once the
flow is in the main channel, the concrete checks appear to be reducing the velocity
and controlling severe dovmcutting.
Revegetation
Vegetation in the East and West pit areas was in excellent condition with fair cover,
but still apparently not adequate to control erosion. Previously existing gullies have
further degraded with no indication that the rate of erosion has slowed.
There were no signs of erosion in the reclaimed Section 24 areas, with the exception
of the existing gully in the main channel of the Orphan Pit. This gully did not appear to
be actively eroding, but has not yet been fully stabilized with emergent vegetation.
GEC Strip Afire C~1-031 October Z4, 1897