2005-09-07_REPORT - M1977403HR

• Permit No: M1977403HR
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 9/7/2005
• Doc Name: Annual Fee/Report/Map
• From: Idarado Mining Company
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Idarado Mining Company
2004 Annual Report
Permit Number: M-1977-403-HR
Anniversary Date: July 1, 2005
Idarado Mining Company (IMC) is implementing remediation and reclamation activities
as per the Consent Decree (D. Colorado Civil Action No. 83-C-2385) between the State
of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the State of Colorado Office
of Attorney General, and IMC.
All field reclamation and remediation activities prescribed and required within the
Remedial Action Plan (RAP) as amended to the Consent Decree has been completed and
the monitoring of these reclamation and remedial activities is being conducted and will
continue to be conducted, at least, until calendar 2011. One amendment to the Consent
Decree and RAP was conducted during the 2004 anniversary year (July 1, 2004 -July 1,
2005), this amendment modified the conditions associated with active vegetation
management (i.e., fertilization, irrigation, mowing, etc.) of the Red Mountain and
Pandora tailing piles vegetative stands (see attached amendment).
Site activities conducted during the anniversary year included:
a) RAP monitoring and maintenance (e.g., soil erosion, slope stability,
revegetation, diversion structures, etc.) was conducted where monitoring
activities determined repairs or maintenance was required. Spring and fall
season diversion structure debris removal was conducted at the Red Mountain
and Pandora (Telluride) operations. Debris removal and clean out of the High
Country channels was conducted during the summer when roadway access
allowed entrance to the High Country areas. Periodic water quality
monitoring as per the schedule and requirements prescribed in the RAP was
conducted. All monitoring and maintenance activities under the RAP were
completed in a timely fashion and to the specifications and requirements of
the RAP. Water management from the Red Mountain and Pandora mine
workings was conducted throughout the reporting period in accordance with
the provisions of the RAP.
b) Mining and milling operations associated with the Idarado Red Mountain,
Pandora, and High Country sites are not and were not in operationally active
during the permit year. No mining, beneficiation or waste rock disposal
operations were conducted during the permit yeaz.
c) Work permitted under the one Technical Revision (TR) completed during
2004 was continued through the 2004 anniversary year. During the period of
July 2004 through October 2004 miscellaneous tailing and mill/mining related
wastes were removed from the historic Pandora town site area. These