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Coal Basin Mine Facilities Map <br /> • ■ G—Road <br /> • DMG Map Drawn From <br /> Coal Creek Mid Continent Permit Maps Coal Basin Mine <br /> �� �• The Coal Basin Mine is located <br /> � �+ `• southwest of Carbondale, and covers <br /> Mine # 5 Are <br /> ` `•� 11,000 acres, of which 430 were <br /> y ; � �`•�• disturbed by coal mining activities. The <br /> •�,� coal mine operated from about 1954 <br /> o • through 1991, producing approximately <br /> � f <br /> one million tons of coal per year. <br /> Light Use Road Sutey Pile <br /> Fan / Vent Portals ` 0 <br /> %% - The Coal Basin Mine is composed of <br /> _ o <br /> ,�"• l • five separate underground mines, all of <br /> , ` �• .` which are located within about five <br /> Mine # 3 Are 1 ` �• miles of each other within Coal Basin. <br /> >r. • ■ . ' �� The mine entries have been sealed and <br /> Su backfilled, so that there is no <br /> ✓�, `• F,R•�.�,•� •�F�Ro Coal Creek` 1eooy Main Foci ities Area underground access. The entries were <br /> . oy <br /> Vent Portals ••�.� �• `• To Redstone developed at an elevation of 10,000 feet <br /> + -0 �. near the top of Huntsman Ridge, which <br /> Rock Tunnel Area ` �'� <br /> 1 North Fork ' �� forms the western margin of Coal Basin. <br /> Dutch Creek ^ arm Conve or '• The Basin is drained by two stream <br /> Light Use Road / • �' s •�`���� • systems, Coal Creek and Dutch Creek. <br /> t� •� �0� - -•'. These streams are tributary to the <br /> oa oo Roc 'runnel A—Road Dutch reek se P <br /> Mine # 2 Area 1 ',moo ,-�% K'as a pump Refs Crystal River, near Redstone, Colorado. <br /> o • i �� In order to access the mines, a network <br /> ■ �����/� �� 100, ear Creek of haul roads was developed. <br /> Approximately fifteen miles of roads <br /> Mine # 1 Area 10 \pJ P • .� aa� �• •�� were constructed in the Basin. The <br /> 23 4#i <br /> roads cross numerous drainages and <br /> canyons. In many cases, as a road <br /> Fan Vent Portals�• j <br /> 'o intersected a drainage, the runoff from <br /> / ■ �Q <br /> �• �.,P that drainage was diverted to another <br /> t ��y drainage system via a network of ditches <br /> South Fork . �. and culverts which was constructed to <br /> Dutch Creek , / compliment the road system. The result <br /> 1. of this practice is that in many areas, <br /> Mine # 4 Area ' • severe erosion has occurred within or <br /> Bear Creek <br /> adjacent to the receiving drainage. <br /> The map depicts the location of the <br /> / mines, haul roads and major drainages <br /> HuntsmarYRidge Road within Coal Basin. <br />