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3.3 Mine Plan Area <br /> <br />The Trapper Mine mine plan area lies on the north slope of the Williams <br />Fork Mountains. Exhibit IV shows the mine plan area~and associated <br />drainages. Mining will occur along the crest of these mountains in a <br />strip approximately 6 miles long by 2 miles wide. The mine plan area is <br />divided into two sections. The West Panel where mining is presently <br />occurring and the Eas[ Panel where future operations are planned. Drain- <br />ages in the Eas[ Panel include Flume and Pyeatt Gulches. In the West <br />Panel, Johnson Gulch, No Name Gulch, Coyote Gulch, and Buzzard Gulch <br />drain the land. <br />3.3.1 Topography <br />• ~ The crest of the Williams Fork Mountains forms a long ridge run- <br />Wing east and west at an elevation of approximately 7,300 feet. <br />This ridge forms part of the drainage divide between Che Williams <br />Fork and Yampa Rivers. The north slope of the mountains drops at <br />approximately a 15X grade near the crest, decreasing [0 2X near <br />the flood plain of [he Yampa River. Drainages run south to north <br />down this slope and are dendritic in pattern. Broad swales col- <br />lect water in the upland areas and yield water to channels in val- <br />leys 50 to 100 fee[ deep. The mine plan area can be characterized <br />as having bcoad ridgetops separated by these south to north trend- <br />ing valleys. <br /> <br />-13- <br />