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• ` illl III III III IIII III <br />999 <br />STANDARD METALS CORPORATION <br />Box z4~ <br />SILVERTON.COLO RnDO 81433 <br />#77-373 ....~;... ~,uu.5pon m,.,. ,.ci, <br />'987.5533' n <br />RECLAMATION APPLICATION <br />3 <br />Responses to Staff Questions* <br />1. ACREAGE TOTALS FOR THOSE AREAS LISTED ON PAGES ONE 7.'HROUGH <br />EIGHT COME TO APPROXIMATELY 125 ACRES IVHILE 140 ACRF~S IS <br />INDICATED AS THE AFFECTED ACREAGE ON TriE APPLICATION1 FORM. <br />There are four (4) additional moderately disturk~ed areas <br />which are not described in the legal description (Exhib:.t A), <br />pages 1 through 8. These four areas amount to the following <br />acreages: <br />Storm Runoff Ditch - Ponds 2 and 3 = 1.2006 ~- <br />Storm Runoff Ditch - Pond 4 = 1.65 ~~ ,~ <br />Administrative Building/Parking = 2.7789 '~ <br />American Tunnel Portal = 9.4 <br />2. ARE ALL TAILINGS AREAS IN EXISTANCE (PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE)? <br />PARAGRAP;I B PAGE 9 REFERE:dCES ~I'VERSION DITCHES ABOVE THE <br />AFFECTED LANDS. ARE THESE OUTSIDE THE PERMIT AREA? <br />Refer to Map 1; gray areas indicate existing tailings <br />areas; Ponds 1, 2, 3 were previously disturbed; Pond 4 .is <br />active; storm runoff ditches are described above as mod~=_rately <br />disturbed areas. <br />3. IS TAILINGS POND #4 THE ONLY TAILINGS IMPOUNDMENT T1-IAT WILL <br />BE UTILIZED IN THE FUTURE? <br />Pond 4 is the only tailings disposal site to be used in <br />the future. <br />4. ARE ALL TAILINGS AREAS AT THEIR MAXIMUM SIZE? <br />Refer to Map 2, showing the projected yearly development <br />on Pond 4; all other areas are at their maximum size. <br />5. WHAT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE HEIGHT OF THE TAILINGS PONDS <br />EMBANKMENTS? HOW WILL TAILINGS BE CONTAINED? HOW WILL <br />TAILINGS POND #4 AFFECT HIGHWAY 110? WHAT IS THE EMERGE~ICY <br />TAILINGS AREA USED FOR? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE THERE POTENTIAL <br />HAZARDS THAT REQUIRE THE MAILITENANCE OF AN EMERGENCY TAILINGS <br />AREA? PLEASE CLARIFY. <br />All tailings ponds, with the exception of Pond 4, are <br />at their ultimate height; refer to footnote on Map 2, concerning <br />the Tailings Pond 4 impoundment method, and page 30 (narrative) <br />sketch of the pond cross section; also, refer to the page 30 <br />sketch concerning Pond 4 affect on Highway 110; Pond 3 currently <br />has the status of an auxiliary disposal area in the event there <br />should be a tailings transport pipeline failure. <br />* Enclosed with letter from Mr. Rade Orell dated <br />December 26, 1977. <br />