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' Denver Brlck Camparry <br />Stevens Leasa Clay Mine <br />Douptes County, Colorado <br />AEE Project E95.7084 <br />January 8, 1996 <br />Papa 1131 <br />' Consultant: AGRA Earth & Environmental, Inc. <br />17301 W. Colfax Avenue, Suite 170 <br />Golden, Colorado 80401 <br />Attn: Paul Banks, Senior Project Manager <br />' (3031 277-9988 <br />5.0 EXTRACTIVE LAND USE MANAGEMENTIOPERATIONAL PLAN NARRATIVE <br />' The applicant is proposing to mine the site for red clay reserves. Red-colored brick is a major <br />product of the Denver Brick Company. Availability of the red clays required is limited, as it <br />' may only occur in occasional lenses within the Dawson Arkose (the major surficial geologic <br />structure within Douglas County!. The total acreage within the Use by Special Review Permit <br />boundary is 40 acres, of which approximately 21 acres will be mined. Existing site features <br />ere shown on the Mine Plan Map. <br />;' 5.1 Qeneral Description <br />In order to minimize environmental impacts to wildlife habitat, mining will involve only the <br />I' north portion (approximately 21 acres) of the 40-acre property (except the access road!. No <br />~ more than five to ten acres will be disturbed before reclamation commences. Vegetation and <br />' surface debris will be removed, and then available topsoil will be stripped and stockpiled for <br />later use in reclamation. Overburden material will then be excavated and stockpiled. <br />Overburden will subsequently be used for reclamation backfill and subsoil material. Clay will <br />~~ then be excavated and stockpiled. There will be no clay processing on-site. <br />Mining is expected to commence in Spring of 1996. As the clay usage will be subject to <br />market demand for brick products, the life of the mine is expected to be a minimum of ten <br />years. Average annual production is estimated at approximately 17,500 tons per year. <br />Stockpiles and equipment will move around the property as the mining advances. <br />Number of emolovees <br />It is anticipated that one person will be employed at the site, based on a full-time equivalent <br />basis. <br />5.2 Extraction Ooeratlon <br />~' No blasting will occur during mining operations. Excavation will be accomplished by using a <br />dozer and scraper. Hours of operation (operation is defined as mining, reclamation, loading <br />i and hauling) will be 7:00 am to 5:00 pm averaging 80 days per year. Hauling and loading will <br />' occur an average of 80 days per year and.mining and reclamation an average of 60 days per <br />.. year. <br />' Operations will avoid the ephemeral channel and associated vegetation along Mellon Gulch and <br />will avoid disturbance of the south and western portions of the property, as recommended by <br />the CDOW. <br />~1 <br />~A~RA <br />Earth & Environmental <br />