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<br />(Page 2) <br />MINE ID $ OR PROSPECTING ID # M82-020 <br />INSPECTION DATE 06/17/94 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of high priority <br />metal mines. The operator was contacted about the inspection and was present at the site <br />during the inspection. <br />The operator has a sign at the entrance identifying the MLRB permit number. There is <br />correspondence in the file reflecting recent contact with the CDOH about a stormwater plan, <br />and no plan is apparently needed. The financial warranty ie $9200, and was calculated in <br />1993, and considered adequate. <br />The site features include a shaft with headframe structure, large metal mill and processing <br />building, fenced and lined pond, primary and secondary tail pond e, equipment storage yard, <br />runoff diversion atructuree, topsoil stockpile, and historic waste pile and cabin. Some of <br />these atructuree will remain after reclamation, as the site will become industrial. <br />The mine was currently being dewatered, with discharge filling the lined pond. This pond was <br />originally designed and installed ae part of a proposed cyanide leach operation. There ie <br />no leaching being conducted presently. The mill building contains milling and separating <br />equipment, several vats and numerous pipes. There is an adjoining room set up as an assay <br />lab. The equipment and building were clean and in good shape. It ie a well equipped <br />operation. The chemicals in the assay lab were present in small amounts, including one <br />bottle of cyanide. There were no metallurgical activities occurring presently, nor <br />sufficient chemicals onsite to perform production-level activities. <br />The pond was securely fenced and posted, though there was no cyanide in it according to the <br />operator. The liner was in good shape where exposed, and there was no seepage evident around <br />the lower aide. The mine water ie regularly pumped into the pond for evaporation. There was <br />approx 2 feet of freeboard at the time of the inspection. The pond water was sampled, both <br />at the outlet of the discharge inlet pipe and from the surface water about 40 feet north of <br />that inlet point. The sample results will be sent to the operator when made available from <br />EPA. <br />The tailings area was dry. There was a runoff control structure observed, at the north end <br />of the pond leading into the primary tail area, which appeared in functional condition. The <br />topsoil stockpile was placed in a well-protected location, graded and revegetated. Drainage <br />from the building roof and surrounding areas was also routed to the primary tails area. <br />There was a small erosional feature noted at its point of inlet, but ie not regarded to be <br />a problem or unstable. There were no problems noted during the inspection. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Bill Gvdesen <br />OPERATOR <br />STREET 229 County Road 11 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIPGunnison CO 81230 <br />cc: Jim Stevens/DMG <br />^ CE <br /> ^ BL <br />^ FS <br /> ^ HW <br /> ^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />cc: <br />Melanie Pallman <br />US EPA - Waste Mgmt Div <br />NPDES Branch 8 WM - C <br />999 18th St Ste 500 <br />Denver CO 80202 <br />Sarah Johnson <br />Colo Dept of Health <br />Water Quality Control Div <br />4300 Cherry Creek Dr S <br />Denver CO 80222 <br />