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<br />PERMITTED, 110(1), 110(2), AND PROSPECTING OPERATIONS
<br />" Preeentat ion Form III III III III IIII III
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<br />General Information: Gold Hill (Cash) Hill and Mines
<br />Date: September 21, 1994 Commodity: Au, Ag
<br />File No: H-83-083 Acreage: 7.638
<br />Operator: Colina Oro Holino, Inc. and Specialist: Bill York-
<br />Hi Vida Enterprises, Inc. Feirn
<br />Location: Sec. 12, T1N, R72W, 6th P.N., Existing Bond: $43,277.00
<br />CD's
<br />Nature and Duration of Violation:
<br />Lose of containment of mill tailings from the mill building and the
<br />tailings impoundment.
<br />Duration: From 8/14/94 to 8/17/94 Division Inspections = 3 days
<br />Seriousness: ~ Zone~~
<br />D C / B / A
<br />(A) Administrative Violation, or Some On-Site Damage
<br />(B) Little Off-Site Damage, Moderate On-Site Damage, No Health or
<br />Safety Hazard
<br />(C) Little Off-Site Damage, Significant On-Site Damage, and/or
<br />Possible Health or Safety Hazard
<br />(D) Off-Site Damage, and/or Significant Health or Safety Hazard
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<br />H/i~tory of Violations in Paet Twelve Nonthe: None
<br />/Staff Recommendation: Find a violation of C.R.S. 34-32-116(7)(c) and (d) of
<br />VVV the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act and Rule
<br />3.1.5(5) of the Rules and Regulations of the Mined Land
<br />Reclamation Board and Permit No. H-83-141
<br />ease and Desist: Recommend a cease and desist on the use of the /~ -~
<br />mill and tailings impoundment until a properly engineered
<br />(1j~ ~ ~~ ~ plan is submitted to the Division in the form /~~L~s
<br />~q ~"~" of a new permit application which solves the problem
<br />~ti'l~Yl ~~,.,,,,~fl- of the lack of safe freeboard in the impoundment, th re~"'~~
<br />~~I~I~I( instability of the currently deposited tailings in t e O.Fvc(C
<br />~-. impoundment and the spilling of tailings in the mill ~~
<br />~nJ~rl~n• Ip.~a ~g building. The engineered plan must be acceptable to he
<br />c~,~.~. a ~ Division and the use of the mill or impoundment cannot /
<br />'~ "` - V~. be restored until the operator receives written
<br />ryzi~ ''u(r'. ~ app~val from the Division.
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<br />~(~c'°rrective Acttions: Submit a new permit application to the Division by
<br />[skS o..l~.4s•~nl 11/1/94 which includes a plan which provides for a safe
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<br />freeboard level and an engineered design to either modify
<br />C~ 'ry+, the existing impoundment or build a new impoundment which
<br />~) l,.Lrm ~'`~ Nk~ ~ )can handle the expected amount of tailings in a et able
<br />(Lem. /~~S mann''er((~~. rObtain aQQn~ a~pprove appl/~ic~ation by 12/1/94~jj ~~_ ,~~~"~- r
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