2008-07-02_REPORT - M1977403hr

• Permit No: M1977403hr
• IBM Index Class Name: REPORT
• Doc Date: 7/2/2008
• Doc Name: Annual Fee/Report/Map
• From: Idarado Mining
• To: DRMS
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Fee/Report
• Email Name: RCO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Idarado Mining Company
2007/2008 Annual Report
Permit Number: M-1977-403-HR
Anniversary Date: July 1, 2008
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 have been completed
and the monitoring and maintenance of these reclamation and remedial activities are
being conducted and will continue to be conducted, at least until calendar 2011. No
amendments to the Consent Decree and RAP were completed during the 2007/2008
anniversary year (July 1, 2007 - July 1, 2008).
Site activities conducted during the anniversary year included:
1. RAP monitoring and maintenance (e.g., soil erosion, slope stability, revegetation,
diversion structures, etc.) were conducted where monitoring activities determined
repairs or maintenance was required. Spring and fall season diversion channel
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. Spring 2008 Mill level
lagoon maintenance was conducted during May and a 24" pipeline was installed
from the Mill level lagoon flume to the inlet of the infiltration ditch. Lagoon
maintenance activities included the cleaning of infiltration basins 1, 3, 4 and 5.
2. Mining and milling operations associated with the Idarado Red Mountain,
Pandora, and High Country sites are not and were not operationally active during
the permit year. No mining, beneficiation or waste rock disposal operations were
conducted during the permit year.
3. As discussed in previous annual reports (2005/2006, 2006/2007) the reclamation
work permitted under the 2004 Technical Revision (TR) was completed during
the 2005/2006 anniversary year. No further work in the area is contemplated in