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Eackfillir~o ar~d S~~il Stabilizati~~r~ <br />R11 areas affected by the ~~.rrface facilities within the <br />7perrnit area will 6e ret~.rr•r~ed t~~ a s~.rr•face cor~fig~.rr•ati~~r~ that- ,/~~' <br />-~r7ese.rn'b.`hes ~tih:e land s~.rrface pr.i _~r 't? ~ vmi~rciweigr.~ This <br />~config~.rration will approximate the overall pre-rnir~ing <br />topography;. Fc~ll_~w~r~y gr-adir~g, all distr-~.ibed areas will <br />blend in wrth the ~_rndist~_irbed areas ~~~.itside the limit ..f the <br />affected areas. <br />F'~~rtal Rreas. Reca~_ise the 1_~cati~~n f_~r• the La p'lata #1 <br />portals has been previ~~i.rsl•y .affected by past mining, no <br />changes will be r~eressary by "a {='lata goal Corp. ire _~rder to <br />pr-~epare the site f~_,r r•es~_irned miming. In the canyon areas of '11,1 <br />'Hay G~_rlch, the steep t,~pography resem.`.::es in many places ~~~0'~N~ ~1~" <br />awhat could be c:allad a "nat~.rral hiyhwall. " The plarrr~ed ~1~~W" <br />post-rnininy s~_rr•face landscape ...f the portal face-up f~~r- the <br />'La F'lata #11 w311 blend intr. ar~d c_~mplemer~t that existing <br />-;t~, ~pography. <br />The c~~al deposits al_~nq Hay G~.rlch lie in Cretaceous rocks. <br />F7s a res_rlt =~f regional ~.rplif~t and constant erosional <br />processes, the f~~rmati_~ns with Cretaceo~ss r~~ck.s ar-e <br />characteri<-ed by s_~rnewtrat steep tvpc~graphy along Hay G~_rlch. <br />Hence, the c~_~al is exp~_~sed iri are essentially r~ar-r•~~w car~y~~r~ <br />on the faces :~f what Colc~r•ado characterises as nat~_iral ly <br />W: GuaLLl <br />~~cc~.rr^r•irig ~, f~~r•rned _~ver cer~t~_rr•ies. Due t~~ the <br />increasing ~:~verb~.rrder~ thicknesses in this area with these <br />_~~.rt cr-c~ps, rit~_~st ~~f tF.e p_~rtal areas alr_~r~g Hay Gcrlch lie along <br />~. ~rJ-JJ <br />