PERMFILE71264

• Permit No: M2004008
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/5/2004
• Doc Name: Incomplete App letter to operator
• From: DMG
• To: Joseph Curtis Harden
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
February 5, 2004 ~
Mr. Joseph Curtis Harden /
6903 Parfet St.
Arvada, CO 80004
/ /
Re: The Mountain Mining Claim, Fife No. M-2004-008, Incomplete 110(2) Hard RocklMetal
Mining Reclamation Permit Application Package
Dear Mr. Harden:
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
0.EC LANATION•NINING
EAEETY•ECIENCE
Bill Owens
Govertror
Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resourtt Trustee
On January 30, 2004, the Division of Minerals and Geology received your the 110(2) Hard ]tock/Metal Mining
Reclamation Pemut Application package for the The Mountain Mining Claim, File No. M-2004-008.
Preliminary review of the information received determined that the following items must be received before the
Division can consider your application as being submitted and technical review can begin:
APPi.if'ATinN FnRM~ The Division of Minerals and Geology did not receive a copy of the application
form. Please submit a copy of the n; ,nlirnt;nn form plus a copy of 911 P~+hit~ and two copies of the
missing exhibits listed below.
F.XHiRiT R _ Cite 1k•arrintinn nle, 6.3 2(Tll~ you must address Item (a) to the extent necessary to
demonstrate compliance with the applicable performance standazd requirements of Rule 3. At a
minimum, you must include a description of the vegetation and soil charactersstics in the azea of the
proposed operation. The local office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (MRCS) may
pmvide you with this information as well as recommendations for Exhibit D -Reclamation Plan;
r'.XittRiT P _ RerlaTnntinn Pl9n (Role 6.i_41- (1) The purpose Of the lteclamatiOn Plan lS to describe
the timing, procedures, criteria and materials that will be used to reclaim the affected land to the proposed
future land use. This plan must be correlated to Exhibit E -Map. The description of the Reclamation
Plan must be adequate to satisfy the requirements of Section 3.1 and demonstrate compliance with
Rule 3. At a minimum, the Application shall include the following information;
(2) All 110 or 110d Limited Impact application must provide an estimate of the actual costs
to reclaim the site based on what it would cost the State of Colorado using an independent contractor to
complete reclamation. (Such estimates are not required for activities contemplated by the operator and
approved by the Office to be outside the scope of the proposed reclamation plan.) The unite costs should
include estimates for the following activities as appropriate to the operation: bacldilling; grading, topsoil
application, seeding, mulching, fertilization, and labor to complete rec]amation. Determine and specify
the poi during the operation when the site has reached a point of maxirnum disturbance. The cost to
reclaim the site to the specifications of the Reclamation Plan at this pointmust be estimated. Unit costs
(cost per cubic yazd), volumes, haul or push distances, and grades must be included when backfilling and
grading are part of the Reclamation Plan. Volume and unit costs for finish grading, subsoil and topsoil
application must be provided in terms of cost per cubic yard. The estimated cost for fertilizer, seed and
mulch acquisition and application must be provided as cost per acre.
Office of Office of ~ Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation ~ ~ Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey