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Memo to PCPC <br />Re: SUP. No 1999-002; <br />September 13, 1999 <br />Page`? <br />as to be capable of economic recover`, The term; includes, but is not limited to, <br />any area in which there has`been significant mining activity in the pest, where, <br />_ mining development is planned or in progress, or where mineral ri5:,ts are. held <br />by mineral patent. or valid mining claims with the intention of mining. The term <br />also includes an area of oil and gas- or geotherma.l:resource development if such <br />has been identified by the State Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, for <br />designation., <br />There are three basic kinds of deposits; that are of concern: <br />(1) .. Mineral Fuels - coals, petroleum, natural gas; <br />Metalliferous deposits - from which metals are extracted; and <br />(2) <br />(3) Nonmetallic deposits - phosphate. rock , gypsum,..sulfur, <br />graphite, cement rock, and many others. The formation and <br />location of these deposits are determined by a variety of <br />very complex geological conditions. <br />D2-1. Overview <br />House Bill 1529 (1973) established the policies which most of the local <br />Mineral Resource. Plans in the State of Colorado follow. The law declares <br />that the State's commercially extractable mineral deposits are essential to <br />the State's economy.and as such these deposits should be extracted <br />according to a rational plan. House Bill 1529 was followed by House Bill <br />1041 (1974) and served to reiterate the importance of the State's mineral' <br />deposits by designating extractable deposits as "areas of State and Local <br />Interest." <br />Pueblo County responded to the State enabling legislation with <br />corresponding County Resolutions. Resolution No. 100 (1975) adopted a <br />Mineral Extraction Master Plan for the purpose of preserving commercially <br />extractable. sand and gravel deposits within the County of Pueblo. <br />Resolutions 229, 230, 231- and 232 (1976) establish a permit procedure <br />designed to regulate development in both Natural Hazard and Mineral <br />Resource Areas (1041 Permit process), <br />In the case of a conflict between the exploration and extraction of a <br />mineral and another potential development which would. preclude future <br />mineral exploration and extraction, the local' government having