2008-03-03_PERMIT FILE - C2006085 (2)

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15) THENCE: S 44°20'52" W A DISTANCE OF 3768.40' TO INTERSECT THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 24; 16) THENCI: S 77°18'14" W A DISTANCE OF 1391.38'; 17) THENCI. S 57°27'26" W A DISTANCE OF 1267.90'; 18) THENCI: N 70°54'50" W A DISTANCE OF 2999..78' TO INTERSECT THE WEST L]:NE OF SAID SECTION 23; 19) THENCIE N 70°54'50" W A DISTANCE OF 704.15'; 20) THENCIE N 0°32'10" W A DISTANCE OF 1342.66' TO INTERSECT THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 22; 21) THENCIE N 86°47'17"EON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 22 A DISTA~ICE OF 654.47' TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 1174.20 ACRES. Topography The area is characterized as a high plains mesa dipping gently to the east-northeast. Steeply sloping foothills of the Wet Mountains bound the mesa to the west and southwest. The mesa is dissected by northeasterl~~ intermittent drainages or dry stream beds that flow only during severe storm events with headwaters in the Wet Mountains. The terrain vvithin the permit area is composed of several mesa tops and small riclges. The elevation ranges from approximately 5200 to 6000 feet. Geologic Structure The General Area is located in the physiographic area known as the Canon City-f~lorence Basin. This area is a structural basin bounded on the west and south by the over thrust faults of the Wet Mountains, and the north by the Front Range uplift. This basin is asymmetric, gently dipping from the east with moderate to steep dips on the west corresponding to the Wet Mountain over thrust shown below on Figure 1, Geologic Structural Setting. The Permit ~~rea rests inside the eastward bend of the Chandler syncline between Sand Creek and Chandler Creek. The Chandler Ridge, a fingier of the Wet Mountains, lies to the south. The Arkansas River lies between one to two miles north of the mine site, depending on specific location on the site. 2.04-7 Revised 5/01/07