PERMFILE66233

• Permit No: M1985091
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/15/1985
• Doc Name: FN M-85-091 SALIDA PIT
• From: BOARD OF CNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CHAFFEE CNTY
• To: MLRD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

- ~ " The Board ~ounty Commissioners , III IIIIIIIIIIIII III
of Chaffee County 999
P.O. Box 699
NAFFEE Salida, Colorado 81201 August 13, 1985
OUNTY
~ OLORADO [phone]
Bradford Janes, Reclamation Specialist
State of Colorado
Department of Natural Resources
Mined Land Reclamation Division
1313 Sherman St., Room 423
Denver, CO 80203
Re: File No. M-85-o91; Salida Pit
Dear Mr. Janes:
RE~EI~'E®
AU615 9985
MINED LAND
RECLAMATION DIVISION
The following information is submitted in response to your letter dated July 30,
1985 and the list of concerns about the Chaffee County-Salida gravel pit
application.
1&2 The drainage mentioned in the S.C.S. report refers to one (1) major
drainage that is a very long deep xash and shown on the enclosed Exhibit
C. It does not intersect the actual pit areas. The xash is betxeen the
txo (2) areas that x111 be mined.
The excess drainage is created due to heavy rains; the xater runs along
an existing roadxay and then crosses into the xash area. The County has
installed culverts to control xater into the xash and has rip-rapped
portions of the sides of the xash to protect it from erosion. The ditches
within the pit area are designed to control excess xater from heavy rains
into the xash or borrox ditches along the existing roadxays.
A proposed road extension x111 connect to an existing roadxay xhich x111
help to divert xater into borrox ditches rather than Winning off the hill-
side into the pit area.
Diversion ditches within the site will be removed, if that proves beneficial,
as part of the final reclamation; hoxever all borrox ditches x111 remain
to channel xater axay from the site.
3• Chaffee County Ss the applicant operator for the Salida pit. The County
x111 have an agreement xith the City of Salida for the use of material
from the pit.
4. The proposed pit and surrounding area have a historic use of sand and
gravel mining operations as shown on the enclosed Exhibit C. The area
consists of gravelly alluvial soil. There is little or no plant cover
and xhere vegetation does exist it Ss mostly xeeds, rabbitbrush and
traces of grass. (see page 1~ of the Soil Survey)
Topsoil that exists xithin the site is minimal and is estimated to be
a depth of i inch. Salvage x111 be difficult as indicated in the S.C.S.
report-Exhibit E. Topsoil, overburden or other materials encountered
in excavation and suitable for revegetation will be stockpiled. The
stockpiled materials will be applied to the site at a depth of 2 inches.