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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID N OR PROSPECTING ZD k M-84-154 <br />INSPECTIOIJ DATE 11/9/99 ZNSPECTOR'$ Ifi=TIALS A.JW <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection conducted by Tony Nla ldron of DMG. Patrick Mason of <br />the City of Lamar was contacted prior to the inspection buC could not attend due to a <br />pressing work commitment. The site is located approximately 2 miles southeast of Lamar, <br />Colorado along the west bank of Clay Creek in classic sand and sage rangeland. The City of <br />Lamar owns a sizeable piece of property in this area that is used in conjunction with their <br />municipal water supply and storage system and a portion of this mine pit will be added to <br />that system once mining is completed. <br />The mine identification sign was properly posted at the mine site entrance as required. <br />There were a number of t-posts located around an obviously mined area where the pit should <br />be located, however, the area these posts were enclosing did not seem to match the permit <br />area as reflected on the mining plan/reclamation plan map. The permit area is basically <br />trapezoidal in shape and the marking posts did not seem to represent this. Therefore, this <br />is being cited as a problem on page three of this report along with appropriate corrective <br />actions which will include locating distinguishable posts or markers at each corner or <br />direction change around the entire permit area. Since there are numerous other unassociated <br />disturbances in this area, it is critical to clearly mark the affected area associated with <br />this permitted activity. <br />There were numerous small piles of topsoil stockpiles around the mining area. These piles <br />should be seeded with a temporary seed mix iE they are not going to be replaced soon. The <br />mining plan map included in the original application did not show the location of topsoil <br />stockpiles as required and the location of the existing piles appears to be somewhat <br />haphazard. This is also being cited as a problem on page three of this report along with <br />corrective actions which will include submitting an updated mining plan map showing topsoil <br />stockpile locations. Also, the topsoil stockpiles should be consolidated to the extent <br />possible and located in areas that are out of the way traffic and erosion hazards. <br />This concluded the inspection. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Patrick Mason <br />OPERATOR City of Lamar <br />STREET 102 E. Parmenter Street <br />CIT7/STATE/ZIP Lamar, CO 81052-3299 <br />R~rIJ~tN Fe.i:;ciNl' r~CUc3 i ED <br />cc: Jim Stevens <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />S ( ~ ^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />