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Historic and current mining operations also exist in the general area. The Bowie No. (Mine is <br />located west of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area. The Terror Creek Loadout is located to the <br />south of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area. The reclaimed new Blue Ribbon Mine is also located <br />neazby along Hubbard Creek, as are outlying facilities associated with the Sanborn Creek Mine. <br />Historic coal mines located within and adjacent to the Bowie No. 2 permit boundary include the <br />King Mine, the Gelwick Mine, the old Blue Ribbon Mine and the Farmers' Mine. The old <br />townsite of Bowie is located within the Bowie No. 2 permit area. <br />Geology - <br />Detailed information regazding the geology in and adjacent to the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area <br />is provided in Sections 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the pen-nit application document. A brief summary <br />is provided below, and this summary is derived from the information presented within Sections <br />2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the permit application. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area is located in the North Fork Valley of the Gunnison River, <br />near the western margin of the Colorado portion of the Central Rocky Mountains. The elevation <br />of the permit area ranges from about 6,000 feet above sea level to over 8,000 feet above sea <br />level. The general area is situated along the southern flank of the Piceance Creek structural and <br />sedimentary basin. The area is bounded by Larimide structural and physiographic features on the <br />following sides: West Elk and Elk Mountains on the east; the Gunnison Uplift on the south; the <br />Uncompahgre Uplift on the west-southwest; and the Grand Mesa-Piceance Basin on the north. <br />The geologic structure of the permit area exhibits an attitude of N66'W, with a 3to 5-degree dip <br />to the northeast. There is one identified fault located in the southwest corner of the permit area. <br />The fault trends approximately N55'W and it dips 70 to 80 degrees to the northeast. The throw of <br />the fault ranges from 7 to 30 feet, with the downside located on the south side of the fault. <br />The coal in the area is situated within Mesaverde formation which contains interbedded <br />sandstones, mudstones, shales, siltones and coal beds. The Mesaverde forration lies upon the <br />Rollins Sandstone Member of the Iles formation and below the Wasatch formation. The coal <br />bearing member of the Mesaverde formation locally contains up to nine (9) coal seams. These <br />seams are located within a stratigraphic interval of approximately 500 to 600 feet above the <br />Rollins Sandstone. These coal seams are, in ascending order, the A-Seam, the B- I Seam, the B-2 <br />Seam, the C-Seam, the D-1 Seam, the D-2 Seam, the E- I Seam, the E-2 Seam and the F-Seam. <br />The B-2 and D-2 Seams are mineable within the permit area, and mining will occur within the <br />D-2 Seam during the first five-year permit term. The D-2 Seam overlies the Rollins Sandstone by <br />350 to 450 feet, and it ranges in thickness from about 8 to l6 feet. <br />Hydrology - <br />Detailed information regarding the surface and groundwater hydrology in and adjacent to the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area is provided within Sections 2_04.5 and 2.04.7 of the permit <br />application document. A brief summary is provided below, and the summary is derived from the <br />information presented in permit application Sections 2.04.5 and 2.04.7. <br />7 <br />