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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY ~-
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<br />DATE: Du;cmbcr 20, 2004 'H °b'i+ - -
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<br />TO: Bob Oswalt ("'""n°'
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<br />The Olxrauv of the Golden Wonder ~1inc is ronsldenng dti, ing an adit in an e:utcrly direction with the
<br />portal at approximately 3S.(I decrees north L•uitudc and 107.3 du~urccs west longitude. 'The portal is to he
<br />at an elevation of uppmximately 3c~0 feet. 7•he Dicuiun of Minerals and Geology (DMG) inspected the
<br />proposed portal toeation and surrounding envinms un Ocutbcr 13. 3(kl-i. Lance Barker of Au dining
<br />attended [he inspection representing [he Operator. D\7G personnel conducting the inspection w•crr Boh
<br />Os,vald, Icad sl,eci;,Lis[ ti,r the Golden Wonder ~1ine. Harry Puscy, gecxhemisdScnior Environmental
<br />Protection Specialist. Kathleen Sullivan. chemical and rivll engineer. and L :Alen Somnwn, geological
<br />engineer. The fcx•u. of the inspection and of this memo is the potential hydrologic impacts of driving the
<br />nc„ ad1:.
<br />The scttinA, for the proposed edit, as descrihed in this paragraph, ,Yas inv'estigatcd during the inspection
<br />and through research followinc the inspection. The mountain that contains the Golden Wonder ore body
<br />is Icxatcd southeast o1 Lake City. Based on the Operator's description of the geology, and D41G
<br />ohse 'vations of the surface:, the mountain has an outer shell of regolith, including colluviun3, alluvium,
<br />anet till, underlain by un:dtcrcd andesite, with a variable inner corn i>f al[ereil rhvo!ite, ,which i. the host
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