0
<br />— V� Ow'—
<br />y
<br />DITCH WATER RETURN �'•�
<br />/ (SEE NOTE 2)
<br />OHU-- Q4Hg1IH— OYM/ --- OiMH— ONIH— ONU-- OHIF -- 01NF— 011l�— om I -- O"U-- O"I — OHU— OHI
<br />EXISTING ACCESS ROAD
<br />OPTION 1 TO BE MAINTAINED
<br />SEDIMENT PONDS OPTION 2
<br />DISCHARGED TO SEDIMENT PONDS
<br />LUPTON BOTTOMS DITCH DISCHARGED TO
<br />"•,� _ (SEE —NCTE 5)
<br />2 19— PLATTE RIVER
<br />\�( 25 30 (SEE NOTE
<br />OHU M4,— mu OHU-- ON 0�1 OHU— OHU— OHU— OH
<br />/ ar x /
<br />/ \/ / PROPOS�S
<br />\\
<br />POWER DI
<br />H— OHU— OHU� / OHU— OH U— 01
<br />OHU— OHU OHU— OHU-
<br />u
<br />/ ,�' �& N'G�i ,`� , y7— r r T r �1 / PROPOSED \ _
<br />1 , r „� I , i r , —„ I L,,, 2500 GPM
<br />r Bff dE�%JAfEFtEfJ F` L \
<br />1 ftl� { a%fACt L�NS`U�O L , • ; : c L , y J , _ I \ WELL SITE
<br />✓ERBURDE 1 �.�1 I� ti p p— p 1 1\
<br />STOCKPIL
<br />OVERBURDEN::: I I 1 1 1
<br />,1 r GGREGATE 1 d l PROPOS D 24"
<br />I� i PILE STOCKPILE
<br />i FILL PIP I w 1
<br />EXISTING ( ;, �! I I >
<br />�OTSEEE� ,. EXISTING DISTURBED i� I TOP SOIL I
<br />SCALE
<br />AREA ��� EXISTING I I STOCKPILE I I
<br />DISTURBED HOUSE
<br />I / EXISTING AREA I IVl �(Jl I I I I
<br />MINING LIMITS
<br />�i EXISTING LUPTON �� PLANT
<br />BOTTOMS DITCH / IO
<br />/
<br />(SEE NOTE 2) I (SEE NOTE 1)
<br />MATCH EXCAVATION
<br />/ I i EXISTING ACCESS / TO EXISTING PIT FLOOR , \> > , f i r I 10 ER EN
<br />\rr / / J
<br />/ J i ROAD —!' i l l AGGREGATE I I TOCK I _E
<br />, PILE I 1 /
<br />" -� SEE NOTE 4) I I /
<br />., r.: ......- I
<br />EXISTING POND �r rl l r r 1 "r) 1 /
<br />I � I
<br />I
<br />/
<br />GAS
<br />L /
<br />/ Z
<br />T BED F IN
<br />� EWATERED LOW G
<br />I
<br />r
<br />r
<br />'SLURRY Y WALL CONST UCTION
<br />I
<br />r � � r F T I
<br />r ,, I I /
<br />�r'r r , , r
<br />/ WETLANDS ,.r ,, ry," r rrrA I I
<br />, rrr r
<br />/ l /
<br />;i r 1,, ))L,! l, r r r I I
<br />' IPRESERVATION, � �� - �
<br />UPTON BOTTOMS
<br />/ ENHANCEMENT, ITCH NO. 1 r 1 '' , 1 6 i
<br />/ MENDE[1 x r ">
<br />NO MITIGATION OVERBURDEN , �' r r r r r" r' r
<br />AREA s5 �rrr PT ,' As )AM' N If�Ci Jrf rr I I f \ l
<br />STOCKPILE / _ �. I
<br />i (APPROIT. � AIPPROX. LIMITS,'
<br />8� 3 TOTAL A�NR E
<br />10
<br />Y _ /
<br />�— —G—
<br />—r,r_. ,r -� �;t A ES) �� I r fr
<br />41
<br />L
<br />/ SEE NOTE
<br />IVERT DITCH -
<br />0,0— ONU—_. ONU _ I — — — \ — _ i'� D RING MINING
<br />— — — — — — — — — a«r _ — — "- �., ,,.i �S _tE—NOTE 2)
<br />oxw__
<br />' au` _
<br />LUPTON BOTT MS ` I
<br />DITCH BRANCH
<br />r
<br />r
<br />WETLANDS I I I !
<br />PRESERVATION, 1 1 1 I
<br />ENHANCEMENT, AND \ l o l
<br />MITIGATION
<br />)"30
<br />GRAPHIC SCALE
<br />( IN FEET )
<br />1 inch = 200 ft.
<br />TYPICAL CROSS SECTION OF PIT EDGE
<br />SCALE: 1" =200'
<br />RESERVOIR SLURRY
<br />WATER SURFACE TOP OF WALL
<br />CUT (30 ")
<br />(SEE NOTE 6) PERMIT
<br />CONCURRENT BOUNDARY
<br />BACKFILLING AT
<br />3:1 SLOPE
<br />BASE OF USING
<br />RESERVOIR OVERBURDEN
<br />FROM SITE
<br />III III III I _.III III III III III 'III
<br />II III III III II III III III III Ilf 111
<br />I III III III I III III III- III III :III
<br />III IF . , I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l l I
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<br />v
<br />;�
<br />/ \ BACK FI LL GROUND GROUND
<br />/ III III I :III II III III I
<br />I I I III I III III -III III III- III-
<br />`''
<br />/SHALE BEDROCK'
<br />SLURRY WALL
<br />KEYED INTO
<br />SHALE MIN. 3 FT.
<br />PL
<br />PROPERTY LINE \PERMITTED AREA
<br />— — — — — —
<br />PROPOSED MINING LIMITS
<br />SECTION LINE
<br />— —
<br />EXISTING MINING LIMITS
<br />WATERWAY
<br />DITCH
<br />— OHU— OHU— ON'] — OHU—
<br />OVERHEAD UTILITY
<br />— cis —
<br />UNDERGROUND GAS LINE
<br />UNDERGROUND FIBER OPTICS CABLE
<br />SLURRY WALL
<br />UNPAVED ROAD
<br />----- - - - - --
<br />EASEMENT
<br />r
<br />�—
<br />EXISTING INDEX CONTOURS
<br />®OIL /GAS
<br />OIL /GAS WELL
<br />AMENDED MINE AREA
<br />''/
<br />AGGREGATE STOCKPILE
<br />TOPSOIL STOCKPILE
<br />1
<br />I
<br />1
<br />1
<br />1
<br />1
<br />1
<br />,
<br />1
<br />1
<br />EXISTING ACCESS ROAD
<br />OPTION 1 TO BE MAINTAINED
<br />SEDIMENT PONDS OPTION 2
<br />DISCHARGED TO SEDIMENT PONDS
<br />LUPTON BOTTOMS DITCH DISCHARGED TO
<br />"•,� _ (SEE —NCTE 5)
<br />2 19— PLATTE RIVER
<br />\�( 25 30 (SEE NOTE
<br />OHU M4,— mu OHU-- ON 0�1 OHU— OHU— OHU— OH
<br />/ ar x /
<br />/ \/ / PROPOS�S
<br />\\
<br />POWER DI
<br />H— OHU— OHU� / OHU— OH U— 01
<br />OHU— OHU OHU— OHU-
<br />u
<br />/ ,�' �& N'G�i ,`� , y7— r r T r �1 / PROPOSED \ _
<br />1 , r „� I , i r , —„ I L,,, 2500 GPM
<br />r Bff dE�%JAfEFtEfJ F` L \
<br />1 ftl� { a%fACt L�NS`U�O L , • ; : c L , y J , _ I \ WELL SITE
<br />✓ERBURDE 1 �.�1 I� ti p p— p 1 1\
<br />STOCKPIL
<br />OVERBURDEN::: I I 1 1 1
<br />,1 r GGREGATE 1 d l PROPOS D 24"
<br />I� i PILE STOCKPILE
<br />i FILL PIP I w 1
<br />EXISTING ( ;, �! I I >
<br />�OTSEEE� ,. EXISTING DISTURBED i� I TOP SOIL I
<br />SCALE
<br />AREA ��� EXISTING I I STOCKPILE I I
<br />DISTURBED HOUSE
<br />I / EXISTING AREA I IVl �(Jl I I I I
<br />MINING LIMITS
<br />�i EXISTING LUPTON �� PLANT
<br />BOTTOMS DITCH / IO
<br />/
<br />(SEE NOTE 2) I (SEE NOTE 1)
<br />MATCH EXCAVATION
<br />/ I i EXISTING ACCESS / TO EXISTING PIT FLOOR , \> > , f i r I 10 ER EN
<br />\rr / / J
<br />/ J i ROAD —!' i l l AGGREGATE I I TOCK I _E
<br />, PILE I 1 /
<br />" -� SEE NOTE 4) I I /
<br />., r.: ......- I
<br />EXISTING POND �r rl l r r 1 "r) 1 /
<br />I � I
<br />I
<br />/
<br />GAS
<br />L /
<br />/ Z
<br />T BED F IN
<br />� EWATERED LOW G
<br />I
<br />r
<br />r
<br />'SLURRY Y WALL CONST UCTION
<br />I
<br />r � � r F T I
<br />r ,, I I /
<br />�r'r r , , r
<br />/ WETLANDS ,.r ,, ry," r rrrA I I
<br />, rrr r
<br />/ l /
<br />;i r 1,, ))L,! l, r r r I I
<br />' IPRESERVATION, � �� - �
<br />UPTON BOTTOMS
<br />/ ENHANCEMENT, ITCH NO. 1 r 1 '' , 1 6 i
<br />/ MENDE[1 x r ">
<br />NO MITIGATION OVERBURDEN , �' r r r r r" r' r
<br />AREA s5 �rrr PT ,' As )AM' N If�Ci Jrf rr I I f \ l
<br />STOCKPILE / _ �. I
<br />i (APPROIT. � AIPPROX. LIMITS,'
<br />8� 3 TOTAL A�NR E
<br />10
<br />Y _ /
<br />�— —G—
<br />—r,r_. ,r -� �;t A ES) �� I r fr
<br />41
<br />L
<br />/ SEE NOTE
<br />IVERT DITCH -
<br />0,0— ONU—_. ONU _ I — — — \ — _ i'� D RING MINING
<br />— — — — — — — — — a«r _ — — "- �., ,,.i �S _tE—NOTE 2)
<br />oxw__
<br />' au` _
<br />LUPTON BOTT MS ` I
<br />DITCH BRANCH
<br />r
<br />r
<br />WETLANDS I I I !
<br />PRESERVATION, 1 1 1 I
<br />ENHANCEMENT, AND \ l o l
<br />MITIGATION
<br />)"30
<br />GRAPHIC SCALE
<br />( IN FEET )
<br />1 inch = 200 ft.
<br />TYPICAL CROSS SECTION OF PIT EDGE
<br />SCALE: 1" =200'
<br />RESERVOIR SLURRY
<br />WATER SURFACE TOP OF WALL
<br />CUT (30 ")
<br />(SEE NOTE 6) PERMIT
<br />CONCURRENT BOUNDARY
<br />BACKFILLING AT
<br />3:1 SLOPE
<br />BASE OF USING
<br />RESERVOIR OVERBURDEN
<br />FROM SITE
<br />III III III I _.III III III III III 'III
<br />II III III III II III III III III Ilf 111
<br />I III III III I III III III- III III :III
<br />III IF . , I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l l I
<br />iii —iii III II Ili lil III III Ilf_III
<br />v
<br />;�
<br />/ \ BACK FI LL GROUND GROUND
<br />/ III III I :III II III III I
<br />I I I III I III III -III III III- III-
<br />`''
<br />/SHALE BEDROCK'
<br />SLURRY WALL
<br />KEYED INTO
<br />SHALE MIN. 3 FT.
<br />NOTES:
<br />1. PLANT LOCATION MAY BE MOVED AS OPERATIONS PROGRESS. PLANT MAY BE LOCATED IN PIT
<br />BOTTOM AREA WHEN DRY MINING OPENS UP SUBSTANTIAL AREAS.
<br />2. DURING MINING OF LUPTON BOTTOM DITCH AREA, DITCH WATER WILL BE DIVERTED, VIA A WEIR
<br />SYSTEM, TO DEWATERING DITCHES AND /OR SETTLING PONDS FOR CLARIFICATION PRIOR TO DISCHARGE.
<br />DIVERSION OF LUPTON BOTTOMS DITCH WILL TAKE PLACE IN STAGES, ALLOWING MINING TO
<br />POTENTIALLY PROCEED TO COMPLETION IN EAST CELL PRIOR TO REROUTING THE CHANNEL. ALL
<br />ISSUES RELATED TO DITCH OPERATIONS RESOLVED BY AGREEMENT OF THE APPLICANT AND THE DITCH
<br />COMPANY. (SEE APPENDIX B)
<br />3. TOPOGRAPHICAL CONTOURS TAKEN FROM USGS FORT LUPTON COLORADO QUADRANGLE AT 10'
<br />CONTOUR INTERVALS AND INTERPOLATED AT 2' CONTOUR INTERVALS.
<br />4. STOCKPILE LOCATIONS AND SIZE WILL VARY DURING THE COURSE OF OPERATIONS. STOCKPILE
<br />PLACEMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO DISTURBED AREAS.
<br />5. THE LOCATION FOR THE SETTLING POND IS THE NORTHERN EDGE OF SITE. THE SETTLING POND
<br />AREA WILL MEET APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, TO KEEP SETTLING PONDS ABOVE PIT
<br />EDGE AT THE FINAL STAGE OF MINING, SETTLING PONDS MAY BE TEMPORARILY LOCATED TO THE TOP
<br />OF AN OVERBURDEN STOCKPILE OR BACKFILL IN AN AREA ALREADY MINED OUT WITHIN THE BASIN
<br />AREA. THE PIT FLOOR IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE SETTLING POND AREA WILL SUPPLY WATER FROM THE
<br />PIT THROUGH A PUMP OR - PUMPS.
<br />6. SLURRY WALL OFFSETS WILL VARY. FINAL SLURRY WALL DESIGN AND DETAILS TO PROVIDED FOR
<br />DMG APPROVAL PRIOR TO INSTALLATION.
<br />7. SAND AND GRAVEL RECOVERY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE MINED AREA MAY BE REDUCED
<br />IN SCOPE. THIS PLAN ILLUSTRATES A MAXIMUM IMPACT SCENARIO FOR PERMITTING AND BONDING
<br />PURPOSES.
<br />EXHIBIT C -3: MINING PLAN MAP
<br />RECEIVED
<br />OCT 19 2001
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology
<br />101111IIIII IIIII NI IIIII lil I IIIII IIIII IIII IIII
<br />0 0 0 1 2 1 6 8
<br />PL
<br />PROPERTY LINE \PERMITTED AREA
<br />— — — — — —
<br />PROPOSED MINING LIMITS
<br />SECTION LINE
<br />— —
<br />EXISTING MINING LIMITS
<br />WATERWAY
<br />DITCH
<br />— OHU— OHU— ON'] — OHU—
<br />OVERHEAD UTILITY
<br />— cis —
<br />UNDERGROUND GAS LINE
<br />UNDERGROUND FIBER OPTICS CABLE
<br />SLURRY WALL
<br />UNPAVED ROAD
<br />----- - - - - --
<br />EASEMENT
<br />EXISTING INTERMEDIATE CONTOURS
<br />�—
<br />EXISTING INDEX CONTOURS
<br />®OIL /GAS
<br />OIL /GAS WELL
<br />AMENDED MINE AREA
<br />''/
<br />AGGREGATE STOCKPILE
<br />TOPSOIL STOCKPILE
<br />OVERBURDEN PILE
<br />NOTES:
<br />1. PLANT LOCATION MAY BE MOVED AS OPERATIONS PROGRESS. PLANT MAY BE LOCATED IN PIT
<br />BOTTOM AREA WHEN DRY MINING OPENS UP SUBSTANTIAL AREAS.
<br />2. DURING MINING OF LUPTON BOTTOM DITCH AREA, DITCH WATER WILL BE DIVERTED, VIA A WEIR
<br />SYSTEM, TO DEWATERING DITCHES AND /OR SETTLING PONDS FOR CLARIFICATION PRIOR TO DISCHARGE.
<br />DIVERSION OF LUPTON BOTTOMS DITCH WILL TAKE PLACE IN STAGES, ALLOWING MINING TO
<br />POTENTIALLY PROCEED TO COMPLETION IN EAST CELL PRIOR TO REROUTING THE CHANNEL. ALL
<br />ISSUES RELATED TO DITCH OPERATIONS RESOLVED BY AGREEMENT OF THE APPLICANT AND THE DITCH
<br />COMPANY. (SEE APPENDIX B)
<br />3. TOPOGRAPHICAL CONTOURS TAKEN FROM USGS FORT LUPTON COLORADO QUADRANGLE AT 10'
<br />CONTOUR INTERVALS AND INTERPOLATED AT 2' CONTOUR INTERVALS.
<br />4. STOCKPILE LOCATIONS AND SIZE WILL VARY DURING THE COURSE OF OPERATIONS. STOCKPILE
<br />PLACEMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO DISTURBED AREAS.
<br />5. THE LOCATION FOR THE SETTLING POND IS THE NORTHERN EDGE OF SITE. THE SETTLING POND
<br />AREA WILL MEET APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, TO KEEP SETTLING PONDS ABOVE PIT
<br />EDGE AT THE FINAL STAGE OF MINING, SETTLING PONDS MAY BE TEMPORARILY LOCATED TO THE TOP
<br />OF AN OVERBURDEN STOCKPILE OR BACKFILL IN AN AREA ALREADY MINED OUT WITHIN THE BASIN
<br />AREA. THE PIT FLOOR IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE SETTLING POND AREA WILL SUPPLY WATER FROM THE
<br />PIT THROUGH A PUMP OR - PUMPS.
<br />6. SLURRY WALL OFFSETS WILL VARY. FINAL SLURRY WALL DESIGN AND DETAILS TO PROVIDED FOR
<br />DMG APPROVAL PRIOR TO INSTALLATION.
<br />7. SAND AND GRAVEL RECOVERY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE MINED AREA MAY BE REDUCED
<br />IN SCOPE. THIS PLAN ILLUSTRATES A MAXIMUM IMPACT SCENARIO FOR PERMITTING AND BONDING
<br />PURPOSES.
<br />EXHIBIT C -3: MINING PLAN MAP
<br />RECEIVED
<br />OCT 19 2001
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology
<br />101111IIIII IIIII NI IIIII lil I IIIII IIIII IIII IIII
<br />0 0 0 1 2 1 6 8
<br />
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