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Material to be mined consists of the upper fractwed and weathered surfaces of the sandstone <br />outcrop and loose rock from sheer faces and gullies on the outcrop. The fractured and <br />weathered rock (possible upper 2 to 4 feet to solid un-weathered bedrock) will be removed off <br />the slopes or scaled offthe more sheer faces as/when necessary. As stated above in (c); some <br />scaling and rock fall mitigation will be done as necessary on the higher angle slopes and cliffs <br />above the county road. Rock fall and slide rock will be collected from the slope toe and <br />roadside to assist in county maintenance. Rock-fall cleaned from the road would be moved [o <br />the operations area for temporary stockpiling. <br />(e) Major components of the mining operation. <br />I . Access to the site will be off Moffat County Road 1 using the landowner's private road/ramp, <br />which was used for the previous site mining operations, to access the site operations area. <br />This access will be utilized for the duration of the mining activities. The access will also be <br />part of the Moffat County Special Use Permit <br />2. The 1.34 acre "previously mined area" will be used for temporary process operations and <br />stockpiling. <br />3. There are no shop, office or maintenance buildings presently onsite or proposed. <br />4. There are plans to provide for portable crushing or screening plants and/or a temporary <br />asphalt plant to process material at this site as needed. Alt material will be handled onsite <br />using tracked excavators, bulldozers and front-end loaders to temporarily stockpile and load <br />to haul trucks. Material stockpiles may be temporary or may be produced and reduced on a <br />daily basis and will be conveniently located adjacent to active mine pit areas as excavation <br />activities proceed. <br />5. There will be no under ground openings such as ventilation facilities or adits. The operation <br />will be an open pit operation. <br />(f) Dimensions of any significant disturbance to land surface. <br />1. Mining will start at and follow [he limits of the previously disturbed area (1.34 acre) and will <br />move along the general existing slope and (rock) high-wall (very slowly) extending the <br />disturbed area to the west then north. The fractured and weathered rock (a possible upper 2 <br />to 4 feet to solid un-weathered bedrock) will be removed off the slopes or scaled off the more <br />sheer faces as/when necessary. Due to the nature of the outcrop, the sheer faces and limited <br />annual production from the site the total disturbed area at the end of 20 years would be less <br />than 3 acres. (Note: the 20 yr. limit line on Exhibit E Map) including the current 1.34 acres <br />previously mined. Slopes would be 3:1 or less when possible, however remnant high-walls <br />will resemble the current steep to sometimes vertical in places outcrop profile. <br />2. There will be no mine benches or impoundments. <br />3. Material stockpiles could be temporary or produced and reduced on a daily basis and will be <br />conveniently located adjacent to active mine areas as excavation activities proceed. <br />4. There will be no waste rock or disposal aeeas, waste rock will be processed into grave[ and <br />fill materials. Some residual fines will be used for reclamation soil as previously done at the <br />site. <br /> <br />