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SITE DESCRIPTION EXHIBIT B <br />1. Location and General Land Use Information <br />The site is located relatively flat, approximately 4490' elevation, 2.5 miles southeast of Fruita, and <br />south of Interstate 70 on 19 Road. The site is primarily in the 100 year floodplain of the Colorado <br />River on the first main gravel terrace above the river. Access to [he site is from 14 Road, which is <br />immediately adjacent to the site on the east side. All the lands within the permit and the surrounding <br />area are private although a golf course exists a short distance north of the site. The primary existing <br />land use is two small ranches with dry rangeland for grazing and residential use. Part of the area to <br />be disturbed is heavily grazed dry rangeland and the other part consists of corrals. An old irrigation <br />ditch exists immediately north of the permit area, which, according to the landowner, was aban- <br />doned decades ago. Evidence of the past irrigation is the presence of very old cottonwoods along the <br />old irrigation ditch. <br />Surrounding properties have also been mined for gravel in the past, leaving lakes of 5-20 acres in <br />size, which have wetland edges and ate used by wildlife. The Treece and Leany properties, which <br />are located immediately east of the permit area, contain such lakes. The pond located immediately <br />south of the permit area was created by mining gravel years ago. The lakes are now part of residen- <br />tial properties of 10-40 acres in size. <br />Immediately north of the Rigg property is a large golf course with many watered areas. West of the <br />permit area is piece of land mostly covered with cottonwoods and tamarisk, which also contains a <br />narrow slew that extends to the northwest. This slew was dry in 2002 but has been wet in previous <br />years. <br />2. Site Geoloav <br />The site will mine a sand and gravel deposit which is a alluvium of the recent period of Quaternary <br />age. The alluvium is relatively shallow (less than 25 feet thick) and is underlain by the fine grained <br />siltstones and mudstones of the Mancos Shale Formation. This formation is of Cretaceous age and is <br />19 Road Pit 10!02 3 <br />