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` ~' OPERATORS RECLA*1ATI0?Z PLAN IP]TRODUCTION The following proposed reclamation plan has the established objective to return the effective lands to the same conditions as existed before mining operations were commenced with the additional objective of the replantation of native grasses which are not presently located in significant quantities upon the affected area. DESCRIPTION OF AFFECTED LAND The permit area consists of 9.93 acres comprised of the side of a shallow foothill together with the bank and bed of S Mile Creek. The general elevation of the area is approximately 5,500 . Information obtained from the United States Government Soil Conservation Service lists this area as being basically made up of sand stone soil and in some area, stoney or rocky sand and loams.. The layer of surface soil in the general area is less than twenty inches deep and is a good deal shallower over the majority of the permit area. The main area for excavation is located in the broad meandering creek bed of 8 Mile Creek and no over burden or surface soil is located in that area due to the periodic water flows which occur in the 8 Mile Creek area in the form periodic drainaee and flooding. aloud bursts occurina north of the permit site in the foothill region annually results in spring floods which denude the permit area of vegetation with the exception of some catus, sun flowers and other hardy species. The average annual percepitation in the area is between 11 to 16 inches per year. The area is best described as unimproved-arid ranch pasture. Underlying the entire area is a benched gravel and sand deposit found to be generally between 2 to 10 feet in depth. Almost the entire bulk of the 9.93 acre permit area is located within the bed and banks of 8 Piile Creek and as such, does not support sufficient growth of native or olanted grasses to