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in jasperoid and manganosiderite gangue. In upper levels, the ore minerals are oxidized to <br />cerussite, anglesite, and smithsonite. <br />The site is located between the Mosquito Range to the east and the Sawatch Range to the west in <br />Southern Rocky Mountain province. The province elevation ranges from 6,000 feet to over 14,000 feet. <br />The rocks range in age from the Precambrian (950 to 1,800 million years old) consisting - -of igneous and <br />i <br />metasediments largely granites, gneiss, and schist; and geologically recent Tertiary.volcanic and intrusive <br />rocks. The units are fractured crystalline aquifers that supply most of the domestic needs in:fhe <br />mountainous portion of the state. (Groundwater Atlas of Colorado, 2003) <br />The deposits in the Leadville district include precious and base metalr�ssive sulfide veins'aiid carThe to <br />hosted deposits near surface oxidized deposits, gold bearing magnetite skarns, Etii&gold richveins. <br />major ore bodies are hosted in Paleozoic aged, shelf carbonate rocs- s; a f6Ul hi6 ... s of 600 feet. <br />These sedimentary rocks have been intruded by a series of sills -;and dikes and; faulted, resulting in <br />complex geology. Our properties are located on Breece:Hill, which is a major;intrusive center, containing <br />deposits of gold, silver and base metal mineralization..;,' = <br />Water Resources and Hydrology (Section, ,632(c):� <br />Leadville and the mine site are locatedin «theArkansas:Riv tasin flowing south - southeast before it <br />turns east near Pueblo, Colorado. The'Arkansas`River Basin defines the Colorado Division of Water <br />Resources Management Division�2.witfi'its. division offiee located in Pueblo. <br />A thin veneer of soil withAAerate f ;: high perinedbility generally less than 5 feet thick overlies the <br />, <br />bedrock. The surficiat materiaT's'.�re`generally riot extensive enough to yield suitable quantities o water <br />but are an importanf Git "foi:_recharg and shallow, seasonal groundwater. Recent studies suggest <br />approximately 80/o of the available precipitation is evaporated and only a fraction of the 16 % of the <br />available moisture t charges the aquifer systems. <br />:.• -KN <br />The porosity 6 Jhe Wecambrian`crystalline rocks is very low ( <1 %). Transmissivities are less than <br />:. <br />..... . <br />galloiis4,per day '&`foot (Apodaca and others, 1996). Groundwater discharge and storage in crystalline <br />rocks ocoiirs in fracfur- e s,Rredominant recharge is from snowmelt between the middle of May and the <br />first part ofJuly. Water levels can vary as much as 10 feet depending on the season and amount of <br />precipitation. Depths to water in crystalline rocks generally are less than 150 feet deep and depend on the <br />topography andbe fracture system. Water well yields from the majority of domestic wells are generally <br />less than 5 gallons per minute (gpm). <br />The alluvium and alluvial terrace deposits are the primary groundwater sources for domestic uses with <br />well yields ranging from a few gallons a minute (gpm) to over 50 gpm with a mean production rate of 25 <br />gpm. Alluvial well depths range from less thatn10 feet to over 100 feet with the mean depth of 53 feet. <br />January, 2013 <br />Lockland, LLC <br />Hopemore Shaft <br />Leadville, Colorado <br />