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<br />LESCRIPTIOiJ OF P..°.E E9?'IPOPif/°:dT <br />The Traooer Mine is Iocated on the northern slope of the ..'iLlians nri: .,ocn- <br />;:ains bet:rE _n approximately o,5C0 ar.d 7,500' eieva ti on. The Yampa River <br />flo,os Gene-aliu west to east to the north of tre permit gran, vhilz fiche <br />~iil'iams Fork River flews into the Yampa from the south, and is 'orated <br />soutY.- of the permit area. <br />Land uses in tP.e area consist of rargelard, :viidlife t,abitat, and agriculture. <br />Cattle and sheen are crazed in the [~Jilliams Fork mountains a.nd cn .he tce- <br />siopes of tine :aovrtais in `_he suing and fa_'I. Gtyland wheat is cu_tivated <br />in favorable areas on tre ccllcvial toe-slopes of the W'_'lia.as Ferk mcancains. <br />.Va ti ce ha E' and soma drgland wneat is rul t' r ted on the soils of the Yampa and <br />:ailliams Fort: River valleys. The Williams cork mountains provide habitat and <br />migration routes for the Iarge game ungulates, eI?: and mule dear. P.aptcrs, <br />several species of aanE birds, and numerous smaller .-arrvrals are found in the <br />[di l2i~sms ForF: mountains, and surrounding areas. <br />ThE Trapoe_* bfine is Zocated on the north-_`acinc s~cpe cf t:ne Wi_'Iiams Fork mcun- <br />tains. The c-Est cf tte G7i11iars Fcrk mountains forms a long ridge running <br />east-west at eievaticns betc,~een :,~00 and '.700 feat. The mine is located on <br />a near dip-slope, with the strata dippinc sligF.tly bore than the clone of the <br />topcaraphy. <br />• T<~ro rec.^gnized bedroc.: formations outcrop in t1:e i.mnediate vicinitu of the mine; <br /> ti:e Williams Fort. formation or the i~fesa Verde Group, ar.d tiro .,eras Shale for- <br /> .-r..ar ion. Unconsolidated alluvial deposits are _`ound in the valleys of the -'ampa <br /> and Williams Fork P.ivers, and portions of several ephemeral drainages adjacent <br /> to the mine area. <br />The Wi_'Ziams Fork formation is conformably ovarlain by the Le.ris Shale formation. <br />The coal seams being recovered at the Trapper Mire !.Y, I, L, 9. '7 rider, and R <br />rifler) e:rist :oholly w_thin the [ailiiams Fort: fornatior.. <br />The [dilli.ams ForF: forrnatien is stratioraphica'_'v scbdivided into three units. <br />They ara, in ascending order, the Lower G.'-1liams Fork, the 4t~enty .'Mile Sand- <br />stone, and tte Upper Williams Fork nea-ibers, :pith individual t4ic}tresses of 9~0', <br />00' gad o80' respectively. The Upper :dilliams FcrF: member is the only bedrock <br />strata pre cased to be disturbed by minine. <br />No major faults Pave Seen identified fir, the vicinzt•: of tilE mine, :which lies on <br />the south limb cf the dig Eottorrt Sync~ine. <br />Trapper Mine is situated on the north slope cf `he 'rainacE di vi deeetteen the <br />_°ampa River ans a rra jcr k'am ca Rivet tr~huta rc, the Pil liners r'~rk Ri :per. Crain- <br />ayes :~ithin gnu adjacent ro t:~e termit Brea (o r. the north-facing slope) run <br />south to Werth down the ..lope acd ara cendrltic .n ^attern. :•;ithln ::Pe permii: <br />area are per_ions of t.Secfollowing drainages: Coyote, ;:oname, Jchnscr.. Pyeatc, <br />and Fium?. C'hese r•'rainaces are eoneme,ai and _`Icw crimarilu 'n ,._stcnse to <br />sne:melt andior heavu -gin;. .A11 cf th.ase ephemeral drainages disc.~ar~;e <br />Eventually into the Yampa River. <br />