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Information For this application was obtained from geologic mapping <br />and reports, exploration drilling, sample analyses, hydrologic <br />monitoring results, field investigation and hydrologic modeling. Since <br />the General ,Area was previously studied by Energy Fuels Coal Inc. <br />(EFCI), both current and previously submitted data is included in this <br />application. Bishop-Brogden Associates water consulting performed <br />hydrologic rriodeling to estimate surface flows (Exhibit K). Ongoing <br />monitoring activities have provided additional monitoring information <br />on both surf~~ce and ground water (Exhibit L). The Northfield area was <br />originally studied by GEM Consulting with topography, vegetation and <br />geology reports prepared in 1990 (Exhibit H). <br />2.04.6 Gea-Iog~Description <br />The following) discussion focuses on the geology of the Northfield mine <br />area. Surface disturbances will be limited to approximately 20 acres in <br />Section 13 just north of County Road 79, approximately one mile west <br />of the intersection of County Road 79 and 11A (McCumber Hill Road). <br />The geology of all areas to be disturbed by mine operations is <br />described to and including the stratum below the Ocean Wave coal <br />seam. As discussed in Section 2.05, Operation and Reclamation plan, <br />no aquifers leave been encountered in boreholes or monitoring holes <br />completed to depths in excess of 800 feet below the surface. <br />Location <br />The Northfield mine will be located approximately 3 miles south of <br />incorporated Canon City, Colorado. Access will occur from Colorado <br />State Highway 115, -south on McCumber Hill Road (County Road 11A) <br />then west on Chandler Road to the mine entrance. The site is directly <br />south of Brookside and approximately two miles west of Florence, <br />Colorado (Map 7, Mine Plan). The legal description for the mine permit <br />area is as follows: <br />A TRACT OF LAND BEING IN SECTIONS 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23 AND <br />24, TOWNSHIP 19 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF THE 6th P.M., <br />FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO; MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRTBED AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 14, <br />WHICH IS THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE HEREIN <br />DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND; THENCE ON THE FOLLOWING 21 <br />COURSES: <br />1) S 87°08'59"EON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 14 A <br />DISTANCE C)F 1322.63' TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE <br />SOUTHWESTf ~/a OF THE SOUTHWEST ~/a OF SAID SECTION 14; <br />2.04-5 Revised 5/01/07 <br />