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Major components and facilities of the Climax mining <br /> operation are the orebody, open pit, open pit waste rock dumps , <br /> underground mining , crushing and milling , tailing deposition, <br /> domestic and industrial water circuit and aggregate mining , and <br /> are briefly described in the sections following the Mining and <br /> Reclamation Timetables . <br /> 2 . 1 MINING AND RECLAMATION TIMETABLES <br /> The Climax Mining and Reclamation Plan has been de- <br /> veloped in relation to the time sequence of land disturbance <br /> associated with the two basic mining methods utilized at Climax <br /> and to the time sequence of land reclamation. To effecter yet y <br /> portray the planned sequence of land disturbance and land <br /> reclamation, mining and reclamation activities have been broken <br /> into five time intervals and treated as Phases I through V. <br /> Since Phase I has lapsed , additions and changes by this amend- <br /> ment do not regard Phase I of the Mining and Reclamation Plan. <br /> By December 31 , 1982 (end of Phase,_IIY 7671 .acres will be <br /> _affected. Table 2. 1 provides the time interval for each phase <br /> and a summary of the affected and reclaimed land acreages <br /> existing during each phase. Within each phase the Table shows <br /> the net number of additional acres affected during the phase , <br /> the number of acres reclaimed during the phase and the total <br /> number of affected acres existing at phase end . <br /> Mining and Reclamation Phase aps (Appendix I ) have <br /> been drawn to graphically illustrate t e time sequence of the <br /> changing acreages for the affected an reclaimed lands. Each <br /> affected parcel or acreage of land-.-shown on the maps is coded <br /> and referenced in the text by a number as described in Section <br /> 6 , DISTURBANCES. Phase II indicates the status of Climax lands <br /> as they will be at the end of the year 1982 . Phases III and IV <br /> indicate the changing land status in relation to mining and <br /> reclamation activities until mining is expected to cease around <br /> the year 2020 . (Long range dates such as this are present best <br /> estimates and will probably be altered between now and then by <br /> the economy. ) Phase V map illustrates the final physical <br /> appearance of the Climax property. <br /> 2-2 <br />