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T <br />Detailed information on the King Coal Operations Pla is found in Section 2.05.3 of the <br />permit application. Details of the Reclamation Plan i in Section 2.05.4 of the permit <br />application. <br />Description of the Environment <br />The King Coal Mine is located approximately seven <br />along La Plata County Road 120 in Sections 31 and <br />An on site survey and a review of the records m. <br />Preservation Officer indicate no sites eligible for <br />Historic Places. No new surface disturbance is 1 <br />;s southwest of Hesperns, Colorado <br />T35N, RI1W, N.M.P.M. <br />j by the Colorado State Historic <br />m on the National Register of <br />for this site. <br />The proposed permit area lies in the upper rim of the~San Juan Basin. This basin is an <br />asymmetric structural basin in northwestern New Me ico and southwestern Colorado. <br />Sedimentary rocks in the area are of both marine andnnn-marine origin. <br />The formation of interest in the area of the mine site rs the Mesaverde Group which overlies <br />the Mancos Shale. The Mesaverde Group is cornpos of three major units (in ascending <br />order): Point Lookout Sandstone, Menefee Formatio ,and Cliffhouse Sandstone. <br />The coal seams to be mined occur in the Menefee. ~he forntation is composed of <br />interbedded sandstone, shale, carbonaceous shale, an coal. The King Coal operation <br />predominately mines the upper coal seam from the enefee during the course of its <br />operations, but will soon mine.[he lower seam in the Northwest part of the property near the <br />abandoned Burnwell Mine. <br />Ground water occurs in the Hay Gulch alluvium adj en[ to the mine site and in the Point <br />Lookout Sandstone. The Hay Gulch alluvium is nea ly saturated year round. The Point <br />Lookout Sandstone aquifer, nearly 275 feet below th mine floor is unaffected by mining <br />operations. <br />There are no perennial streams within the penttit ar <br />ephemeral drainage basin in which the mine is local <br />snowrnelt events. Runoff from the undisturbed upp <br />the disturbed areas through a ditch system. Runoff <br />disturbed area is conveyed through a system of ctrl <br />the base of the 86 acre contributing area. Discharg <br />tributary of the La Plata River. There is no flowin, <br />at the location of the mine. Historically, streamflo~ <br />ditch on the north side of Hay Gulch. <br />The climatic regime is classified as semi-arid, c <br />and a limited amount of precipitation each year <br />southwest and west with an average annual prec <br />r. Surface water within the small <br />~ is limited to rnnoff from rainfall and <br />• parts of the east basin is routed around <br />root the undisturbed west basin and the <br />rts and ditches to two sediment ponds at <br />from the ponds enters Hay Gulch, a <br />stream within the valley of Hay Gulch <br />has been diverted into an irrigation <br />prized by hot surnmers, cold winters, <br />prevailing winds are from the <br />~n rate varying form 15-19 inches. <br />4 <br />