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•` <br />.. <br />Mill facilities: 95 ac + 28 ac* = 123 acres (13 buffer) <br />8-9 lbs. concentrate/ton of ore processed = <br />1,191 lbs. tailing/ton of ore processes <br />Tailing Deposition: 1,196 ac + 50 ac (TR 02;i + 1,132 <br />acre* = 2,378 acres. Will not be reclaimed until <br />termination of mine (continual surface deposition) <br />Mill Water Reservoir: 108 acres (63 surface + 45 shore) + 55* _= 163 ac. <br />(45 buffer) <br />Potable Water Reservoir: 12 acres (9 ac shore) <br />Lost Creek Reservoir: Water right + mill water storage: 658 acres (70 ac <br />surface; 50 ac construction; 20 ac roads; 10 ac fence <br />508 ac buffer) <br />Note: reservoir surface areas were not permitted because the rE~servoirs <br />are "permanent" and will not be reclaimed. <br />Flood Control: At mill/rail facilities <br />Pipelines and canals "capable" of handling tfre 200-yr <br />storm event. <br />Ryan Gravel Pit: 35 ac + 19* ac = 54 ac (5 buffer) <br />Railroad Gravel Pit: 5 ac. <br />Topsoil: salvage enough fora 12-18" replacement depttr atop <br />tailing; <br />stockpiles graded to no steeper than 3H:1V and seeded <br />with reclamation grass seed mixture for consE~rvation <br />purposes. <br />Section 4 CLIMATE <br />Mine: 10,324 ft. elevation at the mine yard <br />average temperature = 32°F (32°F to 77°F) <br />average precipitation = 24.6 inches (17.5 in to 36.6 in) <br />Mill: 8,400 to 9,400 ft elevation <br />average temperature = 33.3°F )-42°F to 88F) <br />average precipitation = 25 inches with 170 inches as <br />snowfall <br />prevailing NW winds <br />18 avalanches along 1.5 mile mine access road <br />Section 6 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES <br />6.1 Vegetation <br />Monitoring Programs: <br />1) Overall monitoring of vegetation through time: IR photography <br />2) Chemical analysis of forage spp. harvested from around <br />mill complex + control <br />- analyzed for F, M0, and Cu every 3rd year in conjunction with <br />chemical analyses of soils. <br />