PERMFILE64098

• Permit No: M1995012
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT D MINING PLAN
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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EXHIBIT D MINING PLAN
TOPSOIL WILL BE STRIPPED WITH A DOZER AND STOCKPILED
IN THE AREAS SHOWN. GRAVEL AND ROCK WILL BE EXTRACTED
AND HAULED AWAY. EXCAVATION WILL BEGIN WHERE SHOWN ON
MAP AS GRAVEL BANK AND PROCEED SOUTH TO NORTH. THE
ROADS SHOWN ON THE MAP ARE EXISTING ROADS AND WE WILL
NOT HAVE TO BUILD ANY. THE SURROUNDING LAND IS BLM.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 455 EMERSON, CRAIG, CO
81625 [phone].
SITE DESCRIPTION
THERE ARE NO EXISTING STRUCTURES WITHIN THE 200 FT.
AFFECTED AREA.
THIS IS AN OLD PIT THAT HAS BEEN MINED YEARS AGO,
THIS PIT WILL NOT AFFECT ANY WATER RESOURCES. IT
IS A DRY PIT. THERE IS A DRY BED NATURAL DRAINAGE
INDICATED ON THE SURVEY MAP.
I HAVE ALSO APPLIED FOR THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE PERMIT.
A COPY OF THAT APPLICATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS
APPLICATION.
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2 WE WILL DIVERT ALL SURFACE RUNOFF INTO EXISTING NATURAL
DRAINAGE. THE GROUND WATER IN THIS VICINITY IS APP-
~ ROXIMATELY 80 FT. OF THE DEPOSIT.
THE THICKNESS OF-OVERBURDEN TN THIS AREA VARIES FROM
AS MUCH AS 0 ft. TO 2 FT. AS MUCH OF IT IS CLIFF AREA.
A D-7 CAT OZER WILL B USED TO EXCAVATE AND STOCKPILE
THE OVERBURDEN. A LOADER WILL THEN BE USED TO LOAD AND
DUMP TRUCKS TO TRANSPORT THE GRAVEL.
A PORTABLE NG S. SCREENING PLANT WILL BE
;~y- SET UP. N SPHA AS BEEN PROPOSED AT THIS TIME
b~„> ~ BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE. IT WOULD BE
A PORTABLE ASPHALT PLANT AND ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
1J~~M WOULD BE TAKEN, SUCH AS LINING THE LOADING AREA WITH
SOME TYPE OF MATERIAL TO GUARD AGAINST SPILLING WHEN
„~`' S~ ~~`~ ~ LOADING TRUCKS. A WEIGH STATION WILL ALSO BE SET ON
,~~+ SITE. THERE WILL BE NO CONCRETE FOOTINGS, BUILDING
~ SLABS OR OTHER STRUCTURES WHICH WILL REQUIRE DEMOLI-
TION DURING RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES.
THE ACCESS ROAD CONNECTING U.S. HIGHWAY 40 IS AM EXISTING
ROAD AND WILL REMAIN AFTER MINING ACTIVITIES.