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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1981034
IBM Index Class Name
General Documents
Doc Date
1/25/1996
Doc Name
CMA COAL MINING AWARDS
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DMG
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LARRY ROUTTEN
Permit Index Doc Type
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
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iiiiiiiuiiniuiu <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depan mem of Natural Resources <br />1111 Sherman 51., Ruom 215 <br />Dcnrcr. Colonidu RU?03 <br />Phone: 13011 BGGJ567 <br />F AS:13031 N3?-RIOh <br />DATE: January 25, 1996 <br />TO: Larry Routten <br />FROM: Dan Mathews <br />RE: CMA Coal Mining wards <br />I~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />tames S. Lochhead <br />E.ecm rve Director <br />Michael N Long <br />Dwrsion Dueuo, <br />I would like to nominate MINREC INC.'s Red Canyon Mine for an award <br />in the Reclaimed Mines category. Red Canyon is a small underground <br />mine located a few miles west of Cedaredge, at the base of the <br />Grand Mesa: The mine was operated by Grand Mesa Coal Company <br />(GMCC)from 1978 to 1986, when operations ceased. The 21 acre <br />surface disturbance area had been previously disturbed by <br />underground and small scale surface coal mining/exploration <br />activity dating back to the early 1900's. When GMCC acquired the <br />property, the surface disturbance area included the underground <br />portals and a small yard area, with approximately 12 to 15 acres of <br />coal slack piles, shallow strip pits, excavation trenches, and <br />overburden piles. Vegetation cover was sparse and weedy, offering <br />very little benefit for erosion protection or wildlife habitat. <br />During GMCC's operations, underground development waste and pre-law <br />coal slack was disposed of in the old strip pits, and covered with <br />overburden. The majority of the site was reclaimed in 1988, with <br />the entire site graded to blend into the surrounding topography. <br />Surface materials were prepared and amended, and seeded with a <br />diverse mixture of native and adapted species selected to support <br />the wildlife habitat postmining land use (the site is within an <br />area designated as critical mule deer winter range). Jim Stover, <br />of MINREC INC., was affiliated with GMCC in 1988 when the <br />reclamation was conducted. <br />Reclamation has been very successful. Based on the extent of <br />vegetation cover and lack of erosion, sediment pond removal was <br />approved in 1992. Vegetation is visually dominated by four-wing <br />saltbush, which is abundant throughout the site in a variety of age <br />classes. Patches of big sagebrush and rubber rabbitbrush occur in <br />some areas. An excellent grass understory is present in most <br />areas, dominated by bluebunch wheatgrass, western wheatgrass, <br />intermediate wheatgrass, Indian ricegrass, and basin wildrye, on <br />upland slopes; and smooth brome, kentucky bluegrass, orchard grass, <br />timothy, and tall fescue along the reclaimed drainage channel and <br />other low-lying areas. In the summer of 1995, grasses were <br />
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