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EXHIBIT D -MINING PLAN INTRODUCTION -This proposal calls for the establishment of a new 264.63 acre sand and gravel mining extradion operation together with gravel screening and crushing. Asphalt and concrete production is not induded as part of this request LOCATION -The site consists of 264.63 acres 5 5 miles southeast of Whitewater, 1 5 miles east o1 US Highway 50 and approximately one half mile south of Kannah Creek Road m Mesa County. The site is also located in part of the south haH of Section 3. Township 3 South, Range 2 East of the Ute Meridian EXISTING 1J1N0 USE -The site under consideration is part of a single parcel of land. vad of any structures and is presently owned by Martin and Danna Ascarraga of Cdlbran, Colorado The srte is irregular in shape and i9 2,840 feet in length norttUSOUth, and 3!4 mile al its widest eastlwest point. The primary present use is considered to be fallow range land. Ground cover ranges between non-existent to natural grasses, fortis, and shrubs There is no evidence that the cullrvation of crops may have occurred on the site m the past Irrigation on the site is non-existent The main channel of Kannah Creek, a predaninate drainage feature in the area, lies 185 feet below the properties mean elevation and north of the site The topography of most of the site "flat" and generally slopes to the west at a rate of two percent and is dominated by a large draw m the northwesterly regions of the property Areas along the properties northerly and southerly boundaries exceed 30 percent and are depicted on the accanpanying Exhibit C. Pre-mining Plan Map. The map also shows the location of other resources In relationship to the property boundary ~_ The site viewed towards the east- Grand Mesa Is fn the background. s, I - • ~ Y~_v f _. .~ ~~~ ~~ w A view of the draw area and access road located in the northwesterly regions of Ure property. Rev OSnpq~