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~~ <br /> <br />a'rn 5•rdry and SnWy Mew <br />LKiC) Fs`npnawSvnnmy <br />4.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS <br />From the available information: <br />• Neazest residents aze 16 miles away. <br />• Area poorly suited to either recreational or homesite/urban development. <br />- Soils used extensively for prospecting and mining of uranium and vanadium, <br />poorly suited for recreational or urban development. <br />• Minor impacts to wildlife (deer, elk, antelope) <br />- human presence, activity and mine-related disturbance discourages use as winter <br />range. <br />• Natural levels of radioactivity in many azeas surrounding mines aze greater than at mine <br />site. <br />• Groundwater in contact with irregulazly-distributed ore canes may contain naturally <br />elevated levels of uranium or other minerals. <br />- infiltration from surface is highly unlikely, due to net evaporation and shales <br />underlying land surface. <br />- groundwater encountered azound the 500-foot level of the mine. <br />H.\USE0.5V.1FIMW P~A9tAYEl'fFltS 9s W SUNSUNPRE <br />Page 20 <br />