GENERAL55221 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

the permit azea was the Wilcox Ranch Station, located east of the old Bowie townsite, in the Hubbard Creek Drainage. The period of record for this station is from 1948 [0 1983, and the average annual precipitation of record for this station is 18.50 inches. The station was moved to the West Elk Mine in November 1983, and the station is now referred to as the Somerset IE Station. Other weather stations in the area were the Paonia 3SE and Paonia 1SW stations. The Paonia 3SE and Paonia ISW stations recorded data for the periods 1905 to 1957, and 1957 to 1993, respectively. The average minimum temperature in the azea is about 45 degrees (Fahrenheit), with the lowest temperature of -28 degrees recorded in Paonia during 1913. The average high temperature in the area is about 52 degrees (Fahrenheit), with the highest recorded temperature in Paonia of 100 degrees during 1927 and 1934. Soils Information - Detailed information regarding the soils within the permit azea is located in Section 2.04.9 of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. The following summary is derived from Section 2.04.9 of the referenced permit document. The main azeas that aze disturbed by operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine exhibit the following soils: the Absazokee (Beenon-Absarokee Association), the Persayo, and the Torriorthents. The Absazokee soil at the site exhibits a silty loam and silty clay loam texture. The soil exhibits an'A' horizon depth of about 1.5 to 2.5 inches, with a combined N and 'B' horizon depth of about 22 to 38 inches. The soil is typically underlain by sandstone. The Persayo soil is a silty clay loam. The Persayo soils located at the Bowie No. 2 site exhibit an 'A' horizon of about 1.5 inches deep, with a combined 'A' and 'B' horizon depth of about 18 to 20 inches. The soil is typically underlain by the Mancos Shale. The Torriorthents soil tends to be associated with rock outcrop azeas, and the observed texture is silty loam. The site soils exhibit 'A' horizon depths of about 1.5 inches. The typical combined 'A' and'B' horizon depths range from about 6 to 7 inches. The operations approved in Permit Revision No. 3 disturbed an additional 11.0 acres, one azea located south of Old Highway 133 and the other area located just east of the present mine entrance. Both azeas appear to be previously disturbed. The soils present in these disturbed areas aze similaz to the "Meadow" soil found in other areas of the mine site, as depicted on Map No. 4, "Soils". The soil that was disturbed in the construction of the Freeman Gulch vent shaft, through Technical Revision No. 12, is classified as a Fughes Loam. The operations approved in Permit Revision No. 6 disturbed soils that are primarily Progresso Loam and Potts Loam. Bowie Resources, LLC requested a variance from topsoil salvaging beneath the cover fill stockpile at the train loadout azea. Pursuant to Rule 4.06.2(a), the Division 15