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College in Durango, Colorado. This report can be found in Exhibit 10 of the permit document. <br />No sites were found as a result of the field study. <br />Additional surveys for Jumbo Mountain were completed by Western Cultural Resource <br />Management, Inc. (WCRM, Inc.) during October and November 1993. Map 7A shows the areas <br />surveyed during the field reconnaissance. A literature search was conducted by WCRM, Inc. in <br />September 1993. That search identified 15 cultural resource reports. Those reports are listed in <br />Exhibit I OA. Exhibit I OB contains the results of the survey. Exhibit 11 contains clearance <br />documentation from the State Historic Preservation Officer. <br />A Class II Cultural Resource Assessment was conducted by Metcalf Archeological Consultants, <br />Inc., with the results of the assessment contained in a report dated January 1995. This report was <br />submitted with Permit Revision No. 6 and is contained in Exhibit I OC. The State Historic <br />Preservation Officer was contacted by the Division on August 21, 1995, and indicated <br />concurrence with the submittal. <br />The State Historical Preservation Office indicated in a letter to the Division dated October 5, <br />2007 that the Deep Creek Ditch was found to, be ineligible for the National Register of Historic <br />Places in 1996. The State Historical Preservation Officer indicated in a letter to the Division <br />dated September 8, 2008 that one cultural resources site has been recorded in the PR-14 project <br />area. The site has been recommended as not eligible for listing in the National Register of <br />Historic Places, but adverse effects to this site should be avoided until the site can be <br />reevalauated and officially determined if it is eligible for listing. The letter was forwarded to <br />MCC who acknowledged existence of the site by email on September 25, 2008 (which is in the <br />PR-14 file). MCC has committed to stopping work wherever cultural or archaeological <br />resources are discovered during surface disturbing activities until the State Historical <br />Preservation Officer can provide consultation (Section 2.04.4 of the permit application). As for <br />most of Colorado, the PR-14 project area has not been fully inventoried for cultural resources <br />and the activities proposed in PR-14 have the potential to affect unidentified cultural resources. <br />Geology - Rules 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 <br />The applicant describes the geology of the permit and adjacent area in Section 2.04.5 of the <br />permit document. Additional information is detailed on Map 9, which details the geology of the <br />lease area, as well as the coal outcrop line and the strike and dip of the F and B Seams. <br />Stratigraphic information is shown on Maps 10 through 23. <br />The permit area lies on the southeast margin of the Piceance Basin and just south of Grand Mesa. <br />The general geology of this area consists of gently (three to five degrees) north-northeast dipping <br />beds of sandstone, shale, and coal of upper Cretaceous and early Tertiary age. <br />The geologic formations exposed in the North Fork Drainage Basin consist of Late Cretaceous to <br />Early Tertiary Age sedimentary strata, Tertiary Age igneous intrusives, and Quaternary Age <br />alluvial and colluvial deposits. The units are described below in ascending order. <br />The Mancos Shale is the oldest stratum exposed in the region, and is of Late Cretaceous Age. <br />This unit is composed of over 4,000 feet of gray marine shales and minor interbedded buff <br />7