Laserfiche WebLink
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII /oc~ 5I13I2COZ 3-1 <br />sss <br />rj1~: 3.0 RECLAMATION PLA N ~ <br />This reclamation plan addresses rehabilitation of the Munger Canyon <br />Mine located in Garfield County, Colorado. The area is located in <br />a zone of transition between the regional ecosystems known as salt- <br />bush desert and pinyon-juniper woodland. Precipitation is about <br />10 inches annually and soils are derived primarily from sandstone <br />alluvium/colluvium. Although precipitation is low, soils are more <br />favorable for reclamation than the shale-derived soils of many <br />salt desert areas. Research and demonstration of reclamation in <br />salt desert has been reported in the works of McKell, VanEpps, <br />and coworkers in Utah. See McKell 1978, McKell et al. 1979, VanEpps <br />and McKell 1978, 1980, and Monsen and Plummer 1978. This work has <br />demonstrated the need for (1) use of adapted native species, (2) <br />planting live stock of woody plants because of severe problems in <br />direct seeding of same, and (3) attention to maintenance of favor- <br />able soil moisture through mulching, surface manipulation, and/or <br />limited irrigation. <br />Land uses prior to mining activity have been grazing (rangeland) <br />and wildlife habitat; the same land uses are proposed for the post- <br />mining landscapes (See Sections 4.1.2.1 through 4.1.2.3). <br />Sites to be reclaimed include the mine portal and facilities area <br />that portion of the haul road which was widened for mining activi- <br />ties, the new haul road added for mining operations, the waste rock <br />stockpile, and the sediment pond and topsoil storage area (Figure <br />3.1-1). Of the 29.2 acres to be reclaimed,/9.2 acres have been <br />e,. {,.Q ....I wctw rL <br />