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Reclamation Feasibility Report - Virginia Canyon <br />Brighton Mine and Little Emma Mine (Sites #41 and #108) <br />Location <br />These two sites are located approximately midway up Boomerang Gulch (Figures 3 and 15). The <br />county road system bisects Boomerang Gulch in three locations. The mine sites are located <br />between the upper and middle bisection. The mine waste piles are located adjacent to each other <br />on both sides of Boomerang Gulch. Some waste rock remains in the drainage channel. The mine <br />waste piles were not sampled. The Brighton is designated site #41 on Figure 3. The Brighton Mine <br />is located at LAT. N39145' 38.1", LONG. W105131' 24.0". The Little Emma adit is designated site <br />#108 on Figure 4 and is located at LAT. N390 45'38.6", LONG. W1050 31'20.5". The estimated <br />volume of waste rock at site #41 is 11,000 cubic yards. The estimated volume of waste rock at site <br />#108 is 1,000 cubic yards. Access to the site is by an old road. The road is severely eroded in <br />places. <br />. a w 4?? x <br />.r1.5 t._:?l.fd?s-`?t ` ?.u•-s.? , x Yom'" +wr,.... <br />Figure 15. Brighton Mine Site #41) on Right and Little Emma Mine (Site #108) on left <br />Historic Structures <br />The remains of a loadout at the Brighton mine and the remains of a building at the Little Emma mine <br />are visible from the road. <br />Water Quality Impacts <br />The principal water quality effect from these sites is from erosion of the waste rock. Severe erosion <br />of the waste rock has occurred adjacent to the stream channel. The access road to these two sites <br />is constructed of mine waste, and the road crosses the streambed. The waste rock at both sites is <br />likely similar to that from sampled sites 42, 43, and 68 nearby. <br />36 <br />