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C \ Users\cwoodwardOesMop \Sundays\FINAL - Environmental Protection Plan Sunday Mines Revised January 2012 docx <br />Section 13 <br />Geochemical Data and Analysis <br />dominant mechanisms controlling the volume of percolation through the <br />development rock areas. Minor differences in the physical characteristics and the <br />magnitude of annual precipitation are less important controls on the expected volume <br />of percolation. <br />The results of these estimates correspond to the input parameters including the <br />development rock physical and hydrologic parameters, and the available climate <br />data. Site - specific climate data are not available for the West Sunday and Topaz <br />mines, and differences between actual climate conditions at the site and the data <br />compiled from the Uravan and Montrose weather stations could result in variations in <br />percolation through the piles. There are other site - specific variations that are not <br />directly accounted for in the model. For example, a rind of highly compacted tight <br />soil /rock was encountered at the surface of the rock piles. This rind likely reduces <br />infiltration by allowing for increase runoff and increased surface evaporation via <br />ponding versus infiltration. This site - specific condition (which could further reduce <br />modeled percolation rates) was not accounted for in the model. <br />13 -10 <br />