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• 6.0 Mine Water Information <br />Elk Creek Mine Water <br />The Elk Creek mine continues to exhibit little inflow of natural groundwater from surrounding <br />geologic strata. The water in the mine is all imported from the North Fork of the Gunnison <br />River per the OMLLC water rights. Water that is collected and routed to the underground Elk <br />Creek mine sump comes from overspray on mining equipment and beltlines for dust control, <br />motor cooling and general leaks and spillage, etc. See the D2B well discussion above for <br />information regarding the transfer of collected Elk Creek mine sump water to the abandoned <br />Somerset B/C seam workings. <br />Outfall 011 -Sanborn Creek Mine Water Discharge <br />Outfal( 011 was the OMLLC - CDPS mine water discharge point from Sanborn Creek Mine that <br />discharged into Sanborn Creek <br />The Sanborn Creek Mine water drainage system was decommissioned on May 21, 2003. Since <br />the mine completed the last panel, the underground hardware was removed and the entries were <br />sealed in accordance with MSHA requirements. <br />During 2004, CDMG approved PAP TR-45 which removed Outfall 011 as a monitoring point. <br />• <br />• <br />14 <br />