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MAXWELL MINE GEOTECHNICAL STUDY <br /> Introduction <br /> This analysis was designed to address concerns expressed in the <br /> Maxwell Mine Preliminary Adequacy Review, April 10, 1981 , in direct <br /> meetings with MLR specialists, and specifically addresses the staff <br /> response, October 14, 1981 , to its on-site review of mine facilities <br /> on October 8, 1981 . Those concerns expressed in the October 14 res- <br /> ponse were based on the doubt that a theoretical analysis would corre- <br /> late with an emperical analysis presented in draft form on previous <br /> meetings with reclamation specialists and that the hydrology observed <br /> had not been incorporated into the emperical analysis. <br /> CF&I agreed to make the appropriate physical and theoretical tests <br /> to allay concerns outlined in the response of October 14, 1981 . <br /> Methodology <br /> A geologic and geochemical correlation exists between the Maxwell <br /> and Allen environments of mining as described in the Geology and Hydrology <br /> portion of this application. Because the Maxwell Mine development material <br /> represents a minute area of the material intended for placement in the <br /> disposal facility, a more valid sample for the proposed facility is re- <br /> presented by the Allen disposal facility, which collects similar <br /> material over a wider range of geologic materials expected to be mined <br /> at the Maxwell . Only one sample collected at the Allen pile is required <br /> to represent both the Allen & Maxwell piles. <br /> A random location on the surface of the Allen mine dump was ex- <br /> cavated to determine the in-place density of the dump. 97 pounds of <br />