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• •- <br />EXHIBIT D-MINING PLAN <br />L. TIi1S iS AN APPLICATION FOR A REGULAR (11Z) OPERATION <br />RECLAMATION PERMIT. THE AFFECTED AREA WILL BE ZO ACRES. MOST <br />OF WIiICH WILL BE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY BY THE EXCAVATION AND <br />STORAGE OF MATERIALS. THE CROSS MOl1NTAIN PIT N0. I IS <br />EXPECTED TO OPERATE l1NTIL TIIE YEAR 2003. <br />Z. THE TOPSOIL IN TIIE PROPOSED AFFECTED AREA IS ESTIMATED <br />TO BE 6" TO H" 1N DEPTIi. THE OPERATOR WILL SALVAGE AT LEAST <br />H" OF THE Sl1RFACE MATERIAL FOR RECLAMATION PURPOSES. TIIE <br />TOPSOIL WILL BE STORED, SHAPED AND STABILIZED BY <br />BROADCAST SEEDING TIIE SEED-MIX SPECIFIED IN THE RECLAMATION <br />PLAN. THE TOPSOIL AND MATERIALS WILL BE STORED SEPARATELY IN <br />TIIE AREAS DESIGNATED AS ZONE B ON THE MINING PLAN MAP. ALL <br />STORAGE AREAS WILL BE Ol1T OF TIIE WAY OF MINE TRAFFIC AND Ol1T <br />OF THE EPIiEMERAL DRAINAGEWAYS. <br />3. THE PRODl1CT TO BE MINED IS SAND, GRAVEL AND CLAY FOR <br />ROADBASE MATERIALS TO BE l1SED FOR TIIE DEVELOPMENT AND <br />MAINTENANCE OF MOFFAT COl1NTY~S ROAD SYSTEM. THIS MATERIAL <br />WILL RAVE NO WASTE ROCK BECAl1SE THE OVERSIZED ROCK WILL BE <br />USED FOR RIP-RAP. THERE WILL BE NO OVERBItRDEN TO DEAL WITIi <br />IN THE AFFECTED AREA. <br />4. TIIE GRAVEL iS A MiXTl1RE OF TIIE BROWNS PARK FORMATION <br />AND THE IMPEDIMENT Ol1TWASVi DEBRIS FROM DOUGLAS MOUNTAIN BENCHED <br />PARALLEL TO THE LITTLE SNAKE RIVER. THE MINEABLE SECTION IS <br />ESTIMATED TO AVERAGE IZ FEET DEEP. TEST I10LES INDICATE TI1AT THE <br />GRAVEL MAY BE SPOTTY IN PLACES AND THAT IT VARIES FROM CLEAN <br />RIVER TERRACE GRAVEL TO A SILTY COBBLE MORAINE TILL. <br />5• TIIE MAJOR COMPONENT OF TIIE MINE WILL BE TIIE EXCAVATION <br />PIT AREA. ROADBASE MATERIALS WILL BE TEMPORARILY STOCKPILED <br />AT VARIOl1S LOCATIONS IN ZONE B, AND LATER, iN ZONE A. THE <br />ROADBASE MATERIALS WILL BE IiAl1LED TO THE JOB-SITES AS <br />NEEDED. A PERMANENT ACCESS ROAD APPROXIMATELY IOOO FEET LONG <br />WILL BE CONSTRl1CTED, GRADED AND DRAINED FROM COUNTY ROAD #IO <br />TO THE AFFECTED AREA.TiiIS ROADWAY WILL BE A PERMANENT <br />INSTALLATION FOR POST-MINING USE BY T11E PROPERTY OWNER. IT IS <br />NOT INCLl1DED IN TIIE AFFECTED AREA OF THE RECLAMATION PERMIT. <br />NO OTIiER FEATl1RES OR STRl1CTl1RES WILL BE DEVELOPED ON TfiIS <br />MINING SITE. <br />6. MosT OF TIIE AFFECTED AREA WILL BE Sl1BJECT TO SOME <br />DISTl1RBANCE AND RECLAMATION DEPENDING ON TIIE SITE SPECIFIC <br />GRAVEL RESOl1RCE. <br />~. THE ACCESS ROAD WILL BE CONSTRl1CTED ACCORDING TO TIIE <br />PLAN SI10WN ON EXHIBITS C-2 AND C-3. <br />