1980-07-11_REVISION - M1977493 ‎(8)‎

• Permit No: M1977493
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 7/11/1980
• Doc Name: Submittal
• From: Climax
• To: MLRB
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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8. WATER
The Climax property encompasses the headwaters of
three watersheds: the East Fork of the Arkansas River , the
East Fork of the Eagle River , and East Fork Tenmile Creek. The
Tenmile Creek watershed includes tributaries of Kokomo Creek
and Searle Creek from the west and McNulty Gulch, Clinton
Creek, Mayflower Creek, and Humbug Creek from the east.
The base map, Exhibit C, shows the locations of major
tributary water courses, reservoirs , canals ( and water handling
facilities) on the affected land. There are no known aquifers
on the Climax property.
8 .1 CLIMAX WATER RIGHTS
The Climax Molybdenum Company has purchased and
developed the water rights which are currently used as a water
source for development and operation purposes. The water
available to Climax under its decreed water rights is diverted ,
in some cases stored , and applied to beneficial use in an
integrated water system and the diversions are made in priority
under these decreed water rights as water becomes legally
available. The diverted water is used in such a manner that an
adequate supply is provided for domestic use , mining ,
milling , and tailing deposition. Future development, operation,
and reclamation phases at Climax will not cause measurable ,
material injury to owners of senior water rights . Table 8 . 1
lists the Climax water rights as they are listed in the most
recent tabulatin of decreed rights prepared by the division
engineers for water divisions 2 and 5 . These water rights are
capable of meeting current Climax water needs and are
sufficient both physically and legally to_satisfy all project
water requirements.
8 . 2 CLIMAX WATER REQUIREMENTS
Domestic water requirements at Climax are
approximately 400 gpm and mining requirements for drilling and
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