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Reclamation Feasibility Report - Virginia Canyon <br />Reclamation Measures <br />The preferred reclamation measure for this site is to remove the waste rock. Access to remove the <br />mine wastes is along the stream channel. Some stream sediments will have to be removed along <br />with the mine waste. It is likely that the overall volume of sediment and mine waste will double. <br />Bullion Tunnel (Site #40) <br />Location <br />The Bullion Tunnel is located on the west side of Boomerang Gulch immediately below the road and <br />above the Rattler Tunnel (Figures 3 and 30). The Bullion Tunnel mine waste pile was sampled as <br />site # 40. Site #40 is located at LAT. N390 45'28.3", LONG. W1050 31' 23.7". The estimated volume <br />of mine waste is 4,100 cubic yards. <br />Historic Structures <br />There are no historic structures or artifacts at this site. <br />Water Quality Impacts <br />This waste rock pile is eroded by drainage from the road above and erosion by Boomerang Gulch. <br />Currently, most of the erosion occurs from road runoff, but an active head cut in Boomerang Gulch is <br />subjecting the toe of the waste rock pile to slumping. A small vegetation kill zone exists below the <br />pile. The vegetation has been killed principally by sedimentation. <br /> <br />• <br />56 <br />Figure 30. Bullion Tunnel (Site 940)