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<br />Exhibit J: Geology <br />• <br />This exhibit is included in the application as a <br />supplement to the :mining and reclamation plan for information <br />and clarity. (See Exhibit J-1) <br />The regional geology was developed from the "Reconnais- <br />sance Geologic Map of the Canyon City Quadrangel, Fremont County, <br />Colorado" by Glenn R. Scott, 1977, US Geological Survey. <br />The name of the map units and the discription of the <br />units near the proposed mine area are as follows: <br />Qpp - :Post-Piney Creek Alluvium (Holocene) <br />Qp - Piney Creek Alluvium <br />QL - Louviers Alluvium (Bull Lake Glaciation) <br />QS - Slocum Alluvium (Sangam on Interglaciation <br />or Illinoian Glaciation) <br />QV - 'Jerdos Alluvium (Yarmouth Interglaciation or <br />Cansan Glaciation) <br />]Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceons <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />Kns - Smoky Hill Shale Member <br />Knf - ]?ort Hays Limestone Member <br />Kcgg - Carlile Shale, Greenhorn Limestone and Graneros <br />Shale (Upper Cretaceons) <br />Kc - Carlile Shale <br />Kgh - Greenhorn Limestone <br />Kg - c;raneros Shale -- Dark-gray fissile noncal- <br />careous clayey shale and shaly silstone about <br />L15 feet (39.Sm) thick <br />Kdp - Dakota Sandstone and Purgatoire Formation <br />(Lower Cretaceous) <br />]>akota Sandstone -- Yellowish-brown crossbedded <br />:Fine-grained sandstone about 110 feet (33m) <br />thick <br /> <br />