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thence N03°14'E 2,800 feet, thence N88°12'W 1,350 feet,
<br />thence N03°14'E 1,400 feet, thence N87°30'W 2,200 feet,
<br />thence 803°20'E 1,050 feet, thence N88°12'W 2,700 feet,
<br />thence N00°36'E 6,400 feet, thence N40°W 150 feet,
<br />thence N00°36'E 1,500 feet, thence due West 625 feet,
<br />thence S00°36'W 1,800 feet, thence due West 350 feet,
<br />thence S29°20'W 1,100 feet, thence due West 150 feet,
<br />thence S00°36'w 1,150 feet, thence due West 3,250 feet,
<br />thence N00°36'E 1,100 feet, thence N51°42'W 1,000 feet,
<br />thence N20°W 3,950 feet, thence 888°35'E, 2,900 feet,
<br />thence SO1°17'W 1,200 feet, thence 888°35'E 600 feet,
<br />thence NO1°17'E 2,300 feet, thence S88°35'E 4,800 feet,
<br />thence NO1°17'E 1,250 feet, thence S88°35'E 1,800 feet,
<br />thence NO1°17'E 6,700 feet, thence N88°35'W 1,800 feet,
<br />thence NO1°17'E 1,400 feet, thence S88°35'E T,800 feet,
<br />thence NO1°17'E 1,250 feet, thence S88°35'E 100 feet,
<br />thence 1,650 feet following the north bank upstream of the
<br />Yampa River, thence NO1°32'E 350 feet, thence S88°35'E
<br />2,500 feet, thence, 1,750 feet following the south bank
<br />upstream of the Yampa River to a point described as 2,700
<br />feet SO1°10'E of the corners of Sections 8, 9, 16 and 17
<br />in T6N, R91W, thence SO1°10'E 2,500 feet, to the point of
<br />beginning. Containing 6,850 acres, more or less.
<br />The permit area includes all or portions of the following sections:
<br />Township Range Section
<br />5N 91W 4 (portion), 5 (ail), 6 (portion), 8 (portion)
<br />5N 92W 1 (portion)
<br />6N 91W 17 (portion), T9 (portion), 20 (all), 21 (portion), 28
<br /> (portion), 29 (ali), 30 (portion) 31 (all), 32 (alij,
<br /> 33 (portion)
<br />6N 92W 25 (portion), 26 (portion), 35 (porti on}, 36 (portion)
<br />The permit area is shown by Figure 2. The U.S.G. S. 7.5 minute quad maps of
<br />Round Bottom and Castor Gulch Colorado show the areas covered by this permit.
<br />Geo1o
<br />The axis of the Williams Fork anticline passes through the western edge of the
<br />proposed permit area (Figure 3). The Williams Fork anticline is asymetric
<br />with its steepest dip on the west flank where it dips into the Round Bottom
<br />syncline. The east limb dips into the Big Bottom syncline. Thg,orientation
<br />of the fold axis is approximately NNW. Several faults have been identified
<br />within the permit area.
<br />Geologic formations within the vicinity of the mine are, in ascending order,
<br />the Mancos Shale, the Iles and Williams Fork formations of the Mesaverde
<br />Group, and the Lewis Shale (See Figure 41. These strata were all deposited in
<br />the late Cretaceous period. Generally, the strata within the permit area dip
<br />to the north at approximately 7-10 degrees. Quaternary alluvial deposits
<br />exist in the valleys of the Yampa and Williams Fork Rivers.
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