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~'~., } -. <br /> <br />L <br />CONTROL PLAN - FUGITIVE PARTICULATE EMISSIONS <br />Climax Mine <br />Operations Address and Contact: <br />Climax Mine (Climax) <br />Climax, Colorado 80429 <br />Attn: Bob Kilborn, Mill Superintendent <br />(303) 486-2150 <br />Company Address and Contact: <br />AMAX Mineral Resources Company (AMAX) <br />1707 Cole Blvd. <br />Golden, Colorado 80401 <br />Attn: Jeffrey W. Todd, Senior Staff Ecologist <br />(303) 234-9020 <br /> <br />Background and Description <br />The Climax Mine (Figure 1), located at the summit of <br />Fremont Pass (elevation 11,318 feet) on the Continental <br />Divide, is a large molybdenum mine which has been in <br />production operation since 1918. The mine and its ancillary <br />industrial and milling facilities and related operations <br />extend below Climax within the drainages of the East Fork <br />Arkansas River, East Fork Eagle River, and the South Fork <br />Tenmile Creek. <br />Colorado State Highway 91 passes through and connects <br />the Climax property to the town of Leadville (13 miles south) <br />and the town of Frisco (18 miles north). The ski resort of <br />Copper Mountain is located at the intersection of Highway 91 <br />and Interstate 70 approximately 10 miles north of the mine <br />site. The Climax Mine site includes approximately 11,600 <br />acres of contiguous land within the Colorado counties of <br />Eagle, Lake, and Summit. <br />The Climax Mine can, at its discretion and depending <br />upon economics at a given time, produce molybdenum disulfide <br />from molybdenite ore from either an open pit and/or an <br />underground operation. Production rates may vary (again <br />depending on economics) from less than 6000 tons per day to <br />more than 48,000 tons per day. After milling, processing, <br />and the removal of the product, the remaining waste material <br />or tailing is transported in a water slurry via tailing <br />