REV99907

• Permit No: M1984168
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/27/1985
• Doc Name: TRAPPER MINE PIT M-84-168
• From: MLRD
• To: TRAPPER MINING IN
• Type & Sequence: CN1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

RICHARD D. LAMM
Governor
OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
1313 Sherman Street-Room 818
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]
MEMORANDUM
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JERIS A. DANIELSON
Stale Engineer
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November 15, 1985 µ~NEp LAND RECIAfiU1TIfN1
Calo. Oept. of f+leturel Restourcas
James B. McArdle, Mineo Land Reclamatio/'n•Divrision
Hal D. Simpson, Deputy State Engineer I~~-y ~
SUBJECT: Williams Fork Sand and Gravel Pit, Trapper Mining, File N1-84-168
37-90-137, CRS (1973).
As requested, we have reviewed the above referenced application fora permit
to mine sand and gravel on 83.3 acres, five miles southwest of Craig, Colorado
in Moffat County. The applicant proposes to create a 57 acre pond to be used
for fisheries and wildlife habitat after the mining is completed. Using an
impoundment of water for recreational purposes, including fishery and
wildlife, has been defined in Section 37-92-103, CRS (1973), as putting the
water to beneficial use. Since the source of water for the pond that will be
created by the gravel pit operation is ground water and the ground water will
be used beneficially, we require that a well permit be obtained from our
office. The well permit must be obtained prior to excavation of the gravel
pit. Otherwise, Trapper Mining, Inc. will be in violation of Section
The application states that Trapper Mining, Inc. has filed an application with
the State Engineer far the well permit. A search of our files shows no record
of it being received.
Since the Yampa River basin is not considered over-appropriated in the mine
site area, it presently would not be difficult to obtain a well permit. When
filing for the well permit, Trapper Plining Inc. should identify all of the
planned uses of ground water and the amount being appropriated in addition to
the evaporation losses. We suygest Trapper Mining Inc. also obtain a court
adjudicated water right for the well. Evaporation from the pond surface
should also be calculated and added to total diversions when filing for a
decree in Water Court. A decreed water right for the pit would protect
Trapper Mining from subsequent rights in the Basin becoming senior to Trapper
Mining. The well permit application should also include evaporative losses
when stating the total amount of water that will be diverted by the well.
In Table G-1 of the application, the consumptive use of water for product
handling and processing is listed as 100 galJday in one place and 1000 galJday
in another. We believe the 1000 gal/day figure to be the one used to
calculate the total annual loss.