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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1994-121 <br />INSPECTION DATE 11/21/03 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ESC <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was an inspection of the Vasquez Quarry No. 2 conducted by Erica Crosby of the <br />Division of Minerals and Geology. Phil Vasquez of Interstate Stone was present for the <br />inspection. <br />The Vasquez Quarry No. 2 is located 10 miles north of Lyons off Stone Canyon Road in Boulder <br />County, Colorado. A mining and reclamation permit was issued with conditions on April 13, <br />1995. The permit area is 7.4 acres in size, and the Division holds a financial warranty in <br />the amount of $1,491.00. The condition of permit approval is that the operator must contact <br />the Colorado Department of Health and the Environment and Boulder County before any landfill <br />is constructed. <br />The mine identification sign consist of a large sandstone rock painted with the name of the <br />operation and the permit number. Permit boundary markers were also identified. The quarry <br />was not being mined at the time of the inspection. According to Phil Vasquez, the mining <br />operation is closed for the season. <br />The site consists of 2 major benches along a cliff that runs from the northern portion of the <br />site towards the southeast and southwest. The exposed face of the cliff is roughly 30 feet <br />high and opens toward to the canyon to the north, The reclamation plan states that there <br />will be no backfilling into the excavation due to the exposure of the cliff. The reclamation <br />plan calls for a new cliff ledge when mining is complete. However, overburden piles and <br />topsoil is to be graded and placed on site. The Division did not depict any evidence of the <br />construction of a landfill on the lower regions of the site. <br />The Division currently holds $1,491.00 in the form of a Certificate Deposit. The Division <br />will reevaluate the reclamation cost estimate for the site to determine if this amount is <br />sufficient to reclaim the quarry in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. Notice of <br />any bond increase will be sent under separate cover. <br />I & E Contact Address <br /> ^ CE <br />NAME Lucio Vas quez ^ BL <br />OPERATOR Lucio Vas quez ^ FS <br />STREET 2425 I-25 W. Frontage Rd. ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Erie, CO 80516 ^ HMWMD (CH) <br /> ^ SE <br /> ^ WQCD (CH) <br />Cc: Carl Mount; DMG (via electronic transmission) <br />