HYDRO24187

• Permit No: M1980244
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 8/13/1998
• Doc Name: CARLTON TUNNEL BYPASS CDPS PN CO-0024562
• From: COLO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
• To: CRIPPLE CREEK AND VICTOR GOLD MINING CO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

CvLORADO DISCHARGE PERMIT SYSTEM (~..PS)
SUtYIMARY OF RATIONALE RECEIVE D
THE CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING CO A
CDPS PERMIT NUMBER CO-0043648, TELLER COU TY AUG 1 3 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. TYPE OF PERM? ............................. ............ 1
!/. FACILITY lNFORMATlON ....................... ............ l
lll. RECEMNG S'TREAM .......................'... ............ 4
fV. FAC/LlIY DESCRIPTION ........................ ........... 12
V PERFORMANCE NISFORY ....................... ........... 12
VI. TERMS AND COND?IONS OF PERM(T .............. ........... 12
V71. CHANGES MADE AFTER PUBLIC NDTICE ............ ........... 27
/. TYPE OF PERMIT New
I/. FACILITY INFORMAT ION
A. Facility Tvpe: Hardrock Mining
Fee Category: Category 03, Subcategory 2
Category Flow Range.• 50, 000 gpd up to 999, 999 gpd
(based on ave. flow of Aregua Gulch at station AG-1.0)
Annual Fee: $992
B. S/C Code: 1041
C. Legal and Local Contact: John Hardaway
Manager, Environmental Affairs
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company
2755 State Highway 67
P.O. Box 191
Victor, CO 80860
[phone] or [phone]
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company is a Joint Venture of.• (1) Pikes Peak Mining Company and (2)
Golden Cycle Gold Corporation. Golden Cycle Gold Corporation is self-owned. Pikes Peak Mining Company
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of /ndepertdence Mining Company, Inc.. Independence Mining Company is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Minorco (USA), Inc., awholly-owned subsidiary of Minorco, an international
company.
E. Facility Location: Section 30, TI SS, R69W, at 2755 State Highway 67
F. Discharge Points:
This permit addresses discharges that are associated with the Cresson Project. The mining project involves the
relocation of pre-existing tailings deposits, construction of cyanide heap leach facilities, construction of
roadways, waste rock and overburden disposal, excavation and processing of ore from the Cresson Mine Pit,
and mined land reclamation. Figure I of the permit is a map reflecting pre-project conditions, while Figure 2
shows the Etna! configuration of the main features of the project. A detailed view of the final Arequa Gulch Rock
Storage Area and Arequa Gulch Leach Facility is shown in Figure 3. The location of the Ironclad Waste Rock
Storage Area, which is located within the Squaw Gulch drainage, is shown in Figure 4.