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2 . PROJECT DESCRIPTION/MINING PLAN <br /> The Climax I-line, its industrial buildings and process- <br /> ing facilities are located at Climax, Colorado (elevation 11, 318 <br /> ft. ) at the summit of Fremont Pass where Colorado State Highway 91 <br /> crosses the Continental Divide. Additional Climax operations and <br /> facilities, including the Storke Level, aggregate mining, tailing <br /> deposition, fresh and industrial water reservoirs and pipelines, <br /> and fresh water delivery and runoff diversion canals , extend <br /> below Climax within the drainages of the East Fork Arkansas <br /> River, East Fork Eagle River and South Fork Tenmile Creek, here- <br /> after referred to as the Arkansas River, Eagle River and Tenmile <br /> Creek (see Base Map, Appendix F, and end of Section 2) . <br /> Colorado State Highway 91 passes through and connects <br /> the Climax property to the town of Leadville, 13 miles south, and <br /> to the town of Frisco, 18 miles north. Climax Molybdenum Company <br /> owns approximately 11, 000 acres of contiguous land within the <br /> Colorado counties of Eagle, Lake and Summit. <br /> The Climax Mine uses open pit mining and a panel caving <br /> system of underground mining to remove molybdenite ore from the <br /> Climax deposit. Current production rates average 48 , 000 tons per <br /> day from which conventional crushing and milling circuits liberate <br /> economic minerals for separation, collection and further concen- <br /> tration. Approximately 6 pounds of mineral (molybdenum disulfide, <br /> tungsten, tin, monazite and pyrite concentrates) are recovered <br /> from each 2 ,000 pounds of processed ore. The remaining 1994 <br /> 2-1 <br />