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records have been updated to account for this re- disturbance and each year Trapper will report <br />re- disturbed acreages in the annual reclamation report if necessary. <br />Describtion of the Environment <br />Location of Permit Area <br />The Trapper Mine is located in Moffat County, Colorado on lands within: <br />Township 5 North, Range 90 West <br />Portions of Sections 5 and 6 <br />Township 5 North, Range 91 West <br />Portions of Sections 1, 4, and 5 <br />All of Sections 2 and 3 <br />Township 6 North, Range 90 West <br />Portions of Sections 30 and 32 <br />All of Section 31 <br />Township 6 North, Range 91 West <br />Portions of Sections 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 32 <br />All of Sections 33, 34, 35, and 36 <br />Physiographic Setting <br />The Trapper Mine extends across the northern slope of the Williams Fork Mountains between <br />elevations of 6,500 ft. and 7,800 ft. The crest of the Williams Fork Mountains forms a long ridge <br />extending east/west at elevations between 7,400 and 7,800 ft. The Yampa River flows generally <br />from east to west a short distance north of the permit area. The Williams Fork River skirts the <br />south side of the mine site and flows into the Yampa River one mile west of the mine. <br />Geologic Setting <br />The bedrock at the ground surface in the Trapper permit area is an interbedded sequence of <br />sandstones, siltstones, shale, and coals that are part of the Cretaceous -age Williams Fork <br />Formation. The Williams Fork Formation is part of the regionally extensive Mesa Verde Group. <br />The Williams Fork Formation crops out along a six -mile wide belt that extends along the entire <br />length of the Williams Fork Mountains. Younger unconsolidated alluvial deposits of Quaternary <br />age form a thin mantle on top of the Williams Fork Formation in stream drainages in the permit <br />area and surrounding areas. The alluvium is thickest in the Yampa and Williams Fork River <br />valleys. Structurally, the mine is situated on the south limb of the northwest - plunging Big <br />Bottom syncline. Major faults extend across the region, but none have been found in the permit <br />area. <br />Trapper Mine 11 July 9, 2013 <br />