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ATTACHMENT <br />ITEM 3.0 WFC is in the process of obtaining land owners consent giving WFC the <br />rights to enter and explore the drill holes shown in Table 1. WFC will submit the consent <br />documents to DRMS once they are received. <br />ITEM 4.0 The New Horizon North Adjacent Area and the Cyprus Block area are set in a <br />region of variable terrain. Both areas are higher than the land to the west and are defined <br />by numerous drainages. The New Horizon North Adjacent area is located in Second Park <br />which is bounded on the north by Coal Canyon, on the west by the San Miguel River and <br />on the south by Tuttle Draw, all of which are fed by several smaller tributary incised <br />valleys. Within these incised boundaries, Second Park is a terrain dominated by a plateau <br />of high elevation (5600-5800 feet). To the northeast, the Uncompaghre Plateau rises <br />above Second Park and the surrounding terrain. <br />The Cyprus Block area is approximately three miles southeast of Second Park and <br />consists of similar terrain. The area of interest is on the west side of what is known as <br />First Park and is cut by several small incised drainages. Cyprus Block is confined to the <br />north by Calamity Draw, a deeply incised stream valley, and to the west and south by <br />the San Miguel River. Elevations vary from approximately 5500 to 5800 feet. <br />Grazing land is the primary use of both Second Park and Cyprus Block. The eastern <br />portion of Second Park is irrigated to support agriculture and grazing. Both the western <br />portion of Second Park and the Cyprus Block area are not irrigated, and their primary <br />use is dry-land grazing. Dyno Nobel, Inc. also maintains an explosives magazine in the <br />Cyprus Block area. <br />Soil composition and type are not well known in the area, but it can be reasonably <br />assumed that it would be similar in composition to that of the underlying and surrounding <br />geologic formations. The Mancos, Dakota and Morrison Formations have all been eroded <br />and weathered over time. The San Miguel River, Coal Draw and other streams <br />subsequently have transported their sediment into the Second Park area and these <br />sediments have the composition of the modern quaternary soils. Collectively, these <br />lithologic bodies would contribute a light-colored sand dominated composition with <br />variegated silt and clay and possibly some coal fragment. <br />The dominant vegetation species at the Second Park average elevation (5500-6000 feet) <br />is the sagebrush-grassland complex (Bureau of Land Management 1984). The Division of <br />Wildlife (DOW) supports this in illustrating only the Big Sagebrush Shrubland type and <br />Pinyon Juniper in Second Park on their land cover map (Thompson, et Al 1996)