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Spruce Stomp Exploration Plan -7- September 23, 2010 <br />Land Description <br />Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M. <br />Section 29: S% <br />Section 31: S%(Lots 12 through 26) <br />Section 32: All <br />Section 33: W%NWl/ <br />Township 12 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M. <br />Section 36: Sm <br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M. <br />Section 5: Lot 3 (E%NWl/), N%SW%, SWl/SWl/ <br />Containing 2,200 acres, more or less. <br />Surface and coal ownership in the XPA is all owned by the Federal Government. Surface <br />ownership in the XPA and surrounding area is shown on Map 3, Surface Ownership. Coal <br />ownership in the XPA and surrounding area is shown on Map 4, Coal Ownership. <br />Topography <br />The moderately rugged terrain of the XPA consists primarily of the East and West Fork <br />Terror Creek drainages and the ridges that separate them. Elevations vary from <br />• approximately 8,800 feet at the northwest of the XPA to 7,150 feet where Terror Creek exits <br />the XPA, for a maximum relief of about 1,650 feet. Topography is shown on Map 2, <br />Topography & Drill Hole Locations. <br />These proposed exploration holes are accessible by Stevens Gulch Road, some well <br />defined Jeep trails, the remnants of earlier exploration roads and a major access road along <br />Terror Creek. Travel access is gained primarily from the east by the Terror Creek Road and <br />from the south by Stevens Gulch Road. Additional access routes from the east and north <br />through private property are shown on Map 2, Topography & Drill Hole Locations. <br />The XPA includes portions of the Terror Creek drainage. The West and East Forks of <br />Terror Creek pass through the boundaries of this XPA. The West Fork crosses the XPA <br />from West to East. The East Fork crosses the XPA from North to South. The Terror Creek <br />Reservoir lies northeast of the XPA. <br />Geology <br />The XPA is contained within the Somerset coal field, in turn part of the Uinta coal region <br />and lies on the southwest flank of the Piceance basin, a large structural basin of Laramide <br />age in western Colorado. The Piceance basin is separated from the larger Uinta basin to <br />the west by the Douglas Creek arch, an anticlinal structure located just east of the Utah <br />border. The southwest portion of the Piceance basin is bounded by the Gunnison uplift to <br />the south and the Uncompahgre uplift to the west. Immediately south of the XPA the coal- <br />bearing sequence is severely intruded to destroyed by the intrusions of the West Elk <br />• Mountains.