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No materials will be discarded to produce any unsightly tailings or waste piles. All waste <br />materials aze suitable for return, and are returned, to the excavations as part of final <br />reclamation. <br />6.3.3 (1) (1) Hvdroloeical balance <br />A small impact could be possible in the hydrological balance and to downstream azeas if <br />disturbed surface areas were excessively large and extensive stands of timber were <br />removed. The total disturbance for this operation will be less than 6 acres. Only a small <br />area will not be reclaimed, or will be open at any given time, during the life of this <br />operation. Although various sites will exhibit vazious stages of re-growth, total impact is <br />negligible. <br />As a result of the very small disturbance, in relation to the watershed, no impact will be <br />noticed. On the contrary, more water will be absorbed during the near teen on the mined <br />sites than that absorbed on equivalent disturbed areas caused by the recent fire. <br />6.3.3 ~) (m) Processing <br />No ore will be processed on site. <br />No chemicals of any type aze ever used <br />Due to the nature of crystallized mineral specimens, the material is not sobbed, crushed, <br />sorted, nor substantially processed in any manner on site. Occasionally a lazger piece is <br />sobbed into a smaller piece. Otherwise, crystals will be partially rinsed with water, <br />wrapped and packed in newspaper, and hauled from site for final processing elsewhere. <br />6 3 3 ~) (n) Primate and secondary production commodities: <br />All collectible mineral specimens which originate in granite pegmatites are being sought <br />as part of our production. Over 40 different mineral species occur in the Pikes Peak <br />ganite; however, only a few are noteworthy and of collectible value. The most abundant <br />mineral found is tan or white microcline, but these only have minor commercial value. <br />The primary production specimens include blue-green microcline (variety amazonite), <br />smoky quartz, albite, fluorite, and goethite. Occasionally topaz may be encountered, but <br />none has to date. Accessory minerals include zinnwaldite mica. Trace minerals include <br />xenotime, rutile, cassiterite, phenakite, and others. These are all collectible minerals for <br />scientific study and hobby collections. <br />The secondary production commodities aze bulk (rough) amazonite and smoky quartz for <br />lapidary use. <br />We expect to produce about 300 pounds of high quality combination specimens per <br />season and about 800 pounds of medium quality specimens. <br />