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Case: Enclosed is a copy of Staff Findings concerning your ap- plication for a use permit to allow blasting, re-aoval of riprap material, .rock crushing and the a.ppiova.l c.f a reclamation plan on the above -referenced' parcel: A hearing by the Planning Commission has been,: set. for June 25, 1980 at their regular meeting. This meeting .d will be held in the Board.of Supervisors' Room; 25 County Center Drive, Oroville and is scheduled tc.begin at 7:30.P. M. Should you have- any questions, please feel free' 'to contact our office.. Sincerely, .Betty lair Director of Planning /hd Enc. cc: ble Engel, P. 0. Box 923, Red Bluff, Ca.. 96-080 1ay Castleberry, Director of -Public Works i6 File No. G BUTTE COUNTY . (For Action 1, 2,3) ` Public Works Dept. (F r Information ✓) qF-�'• s. + 'D irector' / _ pep. Dir. Sec. 1 + .. Rd. & Br. Mtce. Shop & Yards i 4 + Bldg. Insp. Admin.i { D&C / Traffic ^' Const. E 1. 'Rd. Des.• .i IBr. Des.• H Sur. & Loc. { r i n Transp. *. R/W Mapping i Land Dev. nl� ;l 4 ' Ref. Disp•♦ Drng. / S.I. Sub. & Pcl. Maps Permits ' L 4r4� 1 41 f r SA3unU ..;� 17 0 1d3Q j uNn O� i BUTTE COUNTY PLANIITING COMMISSION STAFF FINDINGS - June 25, 1980 1. F.W.. Case Corporation - Use Permit to allow blasting, removal of riprap material & rock crushing and approval of reclamation plan on property zoned "A-2" (General) -located on.the south side of Cohasset Rd., approx. 'I/2 milesnortheast of. Keefer Rd., identified as AP 47-23-55, Chico. The applicant states: "The proposed 'use is rock riprap removal fo, river bank protection to prevent erosion and flood damage. Rock will be blasted and reduced in size to meet Corps. of Engineers specs. Crushing may be required." The Butte County General Plan designates the area as Open. and Grazing. The area surrounding the subject property is open undeveloped foothill grazing land with a few.rurai residences within a half mile to the west on the Cohasset Hwy. Surrounding parcels. are generally large. This is an application for a reclamation plan and a use permit pursuant to Section 13 et. seq. of the Butte County Code. The applicant.proposes an open pit mining method by drill and blasting. The anticipated operation annually would be 5,,000 to 50,000.tons removed a,year for a total anticipated -production of 500,000 tons over a ten .year per- iod. The applicant states that reclamation of the site will be done after an area of the.bor.row pit is no longer in use, also -.that any top soil removal shall be stack piled so that it can be spread over the reclaimed portion of the site. The reclamation plan will cover an area of approxi- mately 23 acres. The applicant proposes that after.the site is mined and the reclamation has been accomplished the site will support annual grasses and fortis and should -support grazing animals. The applicant proposes on line 27 of the reclamation plan application their method and seTjence of reclamation, and that is identified.as exhibit E which is page 24.of the reclamation plan. Staff would draw to the Commissions' attention Subparagraph. JJ, particularly this reclamation plan does not propose to ., until.. the tent year period of mini .ag, in this location has ceased. The Commission may wish to recommend that real.a- mation in fact be achieved annually at the termination of the mining season in va:t.,yirig locations to provide for the slow and continuous reclamation of the arta. It would not seem appropriate to wait until the opk:;:nation has been com- pleted and the removal of. the operat,;:r:� paid the equipment and the resulting responsibilities i'cr the reclamation plan. Staff would also comment that evenLYtc:tzr;i`� the app-icant has BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDINGS - June 25, 1980. suggested in Subparagraph I the revegetation of the project with the stated planting, that in fact in their.statement on line. 23 that the physical condition of the site.after recla- mation will support grasses and forbs would sound _more like a natural regrowth factor than an effort.to reclaim through planting. Staff would recommend :to the Commission ... that the operation be phased so .that when a portion of the quarry site is aban- doned annually that the reclamation commence. If approved subjectto the following conditions: 1. Obtain necessary blasting permits. 2. An approved toilet and handwash facilities shal_ be pro- vided for employees. 3. Blasting operations shall be conducted during daylight hours only. The handling and.firing of explosi-res shall only be performed by.the person possessing a valid explo- sive -certificate. No smoking or matches permit -:;ed while handling explosives. Notify public utilities &-Calif. Dept. of Forestry.at Oroville 533-6365 (24 hour3).in ad- vance of blasting each day. Before blasting, make certain all explosives (surplus) are in a safe place. _Keep per- sonnel & vehicles a safe distance away during blasting. Tools for opening packages of explosives shall ee,o.f.non- sparking material. No blasting during electrical storms. Post signs "no radio transmitting 500' from blasting area,,. Explosives shall -not be abandoned. Get prior approval from State Fish & Game Department.if blasting near creek/ creek bed. List.of "litigation Measures, agreeable to applicant 1. - Preserve, the. trees Hest and north of th-2 quarry site to provide a visual screen from Cozassct Highway,. ,1 . i 2. The 'western and northern portions of the site to be preserved in a natural state, leaving the visible bluff promontory undisturbed. quarry operation to.be conducted in the southern and eastern areas of site as proposed (150 foot Tide and 300 feet lonb, . 50 foot deep) . 3. Provide traffic control and stop Cohassct. Ilighway . traffic during actual blastin roperations. 4. Operation to be limited to 8 AM - 6 P,�,1, daylight hours. 5. Construct an access road approach to iT-4-,rove the encroachment drivel -ray and to protect the Colhasset highway roadbed. BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING COMISSION STAFF FINDINGS - June �5, 1.980 6. Erosion control measures s;iall be `implcrerited at the time of construction, including: a. aStabilization of all graded areas ' anal exposed soil.surfaces. . Access road to be cra•velled. b. Proper. •deve,lopment of roadside drainages . .7. Grading permits shall be obtained where required as per .the 1976 Uniform Building Code. 8. The access road to be regularly. cratered as needed. to control dust. 9. If any archaeological sites are encountered during quarry operations-, a professional archaeologist is to be contacted immediately to survey the d.i scovery prior to further site disturbance. (Society for California Archaeology, Chico State University, Dr, Keith.Johnson, (916)• 895_6.192; CSU Archaeology Lab ,at (916) 895-6256. James F. Davis, State Geologist Re: Reclamation ?lan for Division of Mines & Geology F. W. Case Corporation State of California 1416 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Mr. Davis: . y 'u AGtached'is a copy of a Reclamation Plan'for the F. W. Case Corporation. -The plan covers a proposed operation on Cohasset Road in Butt=s County. t, A 4 It will be uy iewed by the Butte County Planning Commission a a public hearing in the immediate future. Yours' very truly, Clay Castleberry Director,of Public Works CC/ss Attachment,' a ' i cc: '.Floyd, Case, 'P 0: 'Box '306, Red B1uff,CA -96080 'wo/encl i t Bettye Blair, Planning Director Clay Castleberry, Director of Public Works Reclamation Plan - F. W. Case Corporation Cohas„et Read June 4,. 1980 J Attached is a copy ofi.the Reclamation Plan for F. W. Case Corporation for a quarry on the south side of Cohasset on the east side of Keefer Road.- 1 have reviewed the plan for conformance with the County's Reclamation Ordinance and the State Surface Mining Act and find it to be in order. The comment that "any top soil will be saved and spread over the quarry wi`_h subsequent r reseeding" probably would be difficult considering the circumstances'of the site. The plan, however, appears to meet the requirements of our ordinance. and state law, which appear to me to be minimal. Generally, when you are through with a quarry all youihave left is a hole. It would riot be expected that waste areas such as.those from the big strip mines would result.' Mr. Gaiser from your department has received the $25.00 fee and I believe he has deposited it with the Treasurer. , I am sending the only copy of the Reclamation Plan and will be receiving additional copies forlour file and -for the state geologist within a day or two. Whenever you schedule this for public hearing would you notify Mr. Case, the operator, Mr. Noble Engle, the engineer and me? We will attempt to be present to answer any questions that you or your commission might have regard- ing this plan or operation. l Clay Castleberry f 1-1 -k - - _---.-Director...o Pu is Woi s CC/ss r Attachment cc: " Noble Engle, P. 0. Box 923,..,Red..Bluff,.,CA-, 960$0 `r Mr. F. W. Case, F. W. Case SCorporation, P. 0. Box 306, Led Bluff; --CA 96080.x.._ Jame3 F. Davis, State Geologist,. Division of Mines &Geology, N ~ 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 9.' AA r .}'p ,M NOBLE;ENGLE ENGLE' & ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING I PHONE (916)".,527-6810 PLAN(yING '• { - P. O: BOX 923 _- -"SURVEYING- - RED_BLU.FF,._CA._;,.96080_ BUTTE COUNTY. Public Works Dept. (For Action 1, 2,3) ) (For In;. J) Director Dep: Dir. 1. Sec. t Rd. & Br. Mtce.'` C 'Shop& Yards r , r Bldg. Insp. Admin.. J D&C / Traffic + r Const. . Rd. Des. Br. Des. Sur. & Loc. ` F Transp. r R/W Mapping { Land Dev. Ref. Disp. i. Drng. / S. I. Sub. & PcI. Maps Perm its 1. C r , x J r F r . �, � -r a June 3, 198.D Reclamation Plan for the, F.W. Case Corporation ENGLE &-ASSOC LATES • ENGINEERING - PLANNING - SURVEYING P.O. BOX 923 ■ RED BLUFF. CALIFORNIA 96080 PHONE 19161 527-6810 June 3, 1980 To: All Concerned Agencies Re: Use permit AP # 47-23-55 (Butte County, California), ERD Log # 80-03-27-01 . -The attached reclamation plan was prepared at the request of Mr. Jake,Case representing. the F.W. Case Corporation. The plan makes specific analyses of the proposed rock quarry operation and makes specific recommendations .as to the reclamation opportunities and the project'operatioris prior to reclamation activities taking place. The report is separated for user convenience intc a summary outline and appendices which go into details regarding the operation and provide accurate location maps and vicinity maps shoLld.agency reviewers wish to inspect the site. If there are any questions on this material please contact Engle and Associates at the address • ;or.phone shown above. Thank You for your consideration. Very Truly Yours: //� Apperidix B County o{ --- • SUGGESTED MODEL RECLAMATION PLAN As a guide to Counties and Cities for. Compliance with Section 2772, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 O WNER, OPERA TOR, A ND A GENT. 1. A(f�liCBnt a F. W.. Case Corporation P.O. Box 306 ;lame. Red Bluff, California, 96080 Address Telephone .(916)'529 0664 Garner Ranch - 2. N: me (if any) of Mineral Property none 3: Fi-opci7y Owners, or owners of surface rights "(List all owners). rJame Jay Garner. ,\ddress , . Route 1, Box 437 Chico, California, 95926 c)cphonc ( 916) -.-3-42-:8028.-j .. ------ ----4. 4.Owners of Mincrel rights. . Name Jay Garner Address Route 1, Box 437 Chico, Cali forrita- , 95926 -cichone p .._.-_._ ... _ - ---"----m.._.. _._...... _-...._....... . ---( 916) 432-8028 S. I Lesser. Name F,W. Case Corporation ' Address P.O..Box 306 Red Bluff, California, 96080 T cicphone .(916) .529-0664 . .._ --- ----- 6. Opera tor. F.W. Case Corporation gamc P.O. Box 306 kddress Red Bluff, California, 96080 `t'cicphonc (916) 529-0664 7. ABcnr of Process. (Person dcsignai.:d by operator as his agent for the service o� p-ocess). Name Noble L. Engle and Associates • Address Consulting Engineers, Surveyors P.O. Box 923 Telephone Red Bluff, .California, 96080 527-6810 L OCA TIOA'. 8. Brief dcsrtiplion, including Icgal, of the cx'teni of the mined lands (to bc) involved t-y this opetalion, including total acreatc. Approximately 100 acres of land is included in the parcel to be mined. • This parcel is Assessor's Parcel #47-23-22 lying on the South side of Cohassett Road in Section 23, Township 23 North; Range 1 East MDB&M in the unincorpoarated territory of'Butte'County. Section (s) 23 , Township —2 N —, Range _ 1 � E . .Mnunt Diablo—Base and _ Meridian. 9. Describe the access route to the op:.ration site. From Interstate Highway 5 take Cohassett Road North about five miles to the site, which.lies south of the road. 10. Atta< h Location and Vicinity Map. See Attached Exhibit '.'A" for. Location Map See attached exhibit "B for vicinity map DESCRIPT,'ON. . 11. Mineral commodity (to bc) mined: Rock for Slope Protection Note: This is the same mineral commodity which has been minec at this site. 12. . Geoh gic description, including brief general geologic setting, more d,:tailed,geologic description of the mineral dcpo-.it (to be) mined, and princi-)al minerals or rock types present. The stone quarry•is located entirely in Cohassett R'-dge Basalt. Also, the quarry is shown on the geologic map of the Ricittardson Springs quadrangle. See-attached exhibit "C" for more details on geology for this site. 13. flricf .icscription of environmental setting of the site and the surrounding areas. Describe existing arca land soil, cFctation, t.round water elevation and surface w-itcr characteristics, average at,nual rainfall and/or other facto• s pertainin:; to environmental impacts and their mitigation and reclamation. (See attached) PR OPOSELi (EXISTUA'G) SURFACE t.flh'IA'G OPERA TION': 14. Proposed starting date of operaticn_ upon approval of this plan and accompanying use permit • Estimated Life of Operation 10 years Duration of First Phase seasonal operations. lu } x 15, Operation will be (is): Continuous , Seasonal — Intermittent ._ .— _... DcvrluExd, x not :ci in operation , Termporarily deactivated • Stoc :pile in ?.Sint 16. Oper-ation will be (is): Under 5,000 tons cu. yds/yr. 5.000 - 30,000 tons xmx) ids/yr. x 50,D00 - 250,000 tons cu yds/yr.. 250,000 - 1,000,000 tons cu.yds/yr. - Over 1,000,0:0 tons cu. yds/yr. 17. Total anticipated production Mineral commodities to be removed 50,000 -to 500;000 tons V Wa:te retained on' the site - 500 tons of --silt tons bgxI0&•) — Wa! to disposed off site - garbage tors •) - Ma -:;mum anticipated depth 60 to 70 {� • IS. MI -ling Method: (Check all apRlicable) Open Pit � — x Grbvd/Sand Pit - -- Single Bcnch Drill and .Blast x Qu..rry: Hill Top r-- Clay Pit NIultibcnchTruck to processing S:dc Hill — x plant (To RR) LUragline BotTow Pit x I.ow Level Tailings Pond !-hovel Slurry Pump ` Uridcrgrouncl _ Waste dump - ;ravel bar skimming _ Ra"l Ot.'ter rat & 1 ria rl er Other _ 19a.. if .iroccssing of the ores or minerals mined is planned to'be conducted at or adjace:lt'to the site, briefly describe the nature of the processing and. explain disposal method of the tailings or waste from processing. ^ Not Applicable 19b. Es:�matc qu"amity (gallon's per (Jay) 'and quality of water required by the proposed operation, specifying proposed sources of this water, of method of its conveyance to this property and the quantity and quality and method of dist��.r of used and/or surplus water. Not Applicable �. 20. If the nature orIthe dcposit and the rnining method used will Ixrmit, describe and show the steps or phases of the mining olxration that allow concurrent reclamation, and include a proposed time.%chcdule for such concurrent activiNcs. Reclamation of the site will be aperiodic. • -Reclamation of the site will be done after an area :)f the borrow pit is no longer in use:. 21. Attach a map of the mined lands and/or suitable aerial pnotograph showing: (a) Boundaries• and topographic details of the site, See attached exhibit "D" (b) Location of all streams,'roads, railroads, water wells, and utility facilities within 500 feet of the site; (c) La ation of all currently proposed access roads to be constructed in conducting the surface mining .. operation(s); (d; Location of areas (to be) mined, and of,waste dumps and tailings ponds - (C ):. onds;(c;. By use cf overlay symbol or color, depiction of separate mining phases if applicable. (Sec Item 20). (f The source of map base, orientation (North arrow), and scaie (e.g., 1' _. `'00', etc.) of the map. RECLA MA TION PLA N.- 22, Indic.11e on an overlay of map of Item 21; or by color or symbol on mop those areas to be covered b, reclamation plan. see exhibit "D" ' Acr-..a.,c 23 23. Dcsc•ibe the ultimate physical condition of the site and specify proposed use (s), o- I otential uses, of the mined land-. as reclaimed. ' After reclamation the mined site will support annual grasses_ -and forbs and should support grazing animals. 24. Dcsc• ibc relationship of the interim uses other than mining and the ultimate physical condition to; (a) Zoning regulations. (b) General plan and plan elements.. Grazing -Open Land 25. Prov.de evidence that all owners of a possessory inter,-st in the land have been rectified of the proposed use(s) or Ixttcntial uses identified in Item 22. (Attach copy of notarized ststcment of'acknowledgmcnt, etc.) Notarized—letters of acknowledgement shall be'attached to the final draft. 26. Describe soil conditions and proposed soil salvage plan. • Any topsbbl removed'shall be stockpiled so that it can be spread over the reclaimed portions of the sate. 27. Describe the methods, their sequence and timing, to be used in bringing the reclaribtion of the land to its end state. Indicate on map (ltem 21-22) of on diagrams as necessary. Include discussion of the pertinent items listed below. • (a) Backfilling and grading. (b) Stabilization of slopes. (c) Stabilization of permanent waste dumps, tailings, c1c: (d) Rehabilitation of pre -mining drainage. (6 Removal, .disposal, or utilization of residual equipment, structures, refuse,-e:c. (f) Control of contaminants, especially with regard to surface runoff and groundwater. (Q) Treatment of streambcds and streambanks to control erosion and sedimentation. (h) Removal or minimization of residual hazards. (i) Resoiling, revegetation with evidence that selected plants can survive givcnt-te site's topography, soil and Climate. See Attached exhibit "E" 28. If applicant has selected a short term phasing of his reclamation, describe in detail the specific reclamation to be a,complishcd during first phase. p Not Applicable 29. Des ribe how reclamation of this nitc in this manner may affect future- mining at this site and in th- surrounding arcs . Future -mining at-this.site will likely be little effectad by the reclamation plan because the reclamation process will only be applied to areas from which the basalt has already been removed. is � ; — —:=.. '�! - ,• 1. � .�, —" %/•' •' C' .—. — — .. —' �• .'_ •f } - 1'i _ _ , : i. ., 1.—= '�.:�. •" _ .� �/ ,' � � t 4z' `l .%. '�, ,/ •oma=+ ' �'[' j`\`�'=_.e�l'17•; .i'!. V Q Exhibit .. A,. — /�_ ,/ \ ';\ '. \ -� _ .�. — -'-�' •ice � .- — — 24- , A4 NOBLE_ L ENGLE & ASSOCI-ATES_ - . �P.O. BOX 903 'REb_B_ LUFF,-'CA LIFOR��t1IfiA-96080 . _ :••�' : : i •'♦'�-ice. f, �;--� + '_ -_ _ _ - -' _�� �. 13 Oeer Creek 1 Corning Richardson Springs I Paradise Quadrangle Quodrongle ♦ Promontory , Quadrangle (ry Point — -� w A Campbell 32 o e Mound j_ Singe eGreek Creek / / Ponderosa Way 080ov, loe\ leeµ 01 R°I GotoQ G Root #,Cohossei P,ne. Spring � Bell Ronch r w 'p f — ---- — —TEHAMA CO. c TECO. ✓J Y - r ,so/ \1 99 $ ` GoJe Old Span ish Gree Gor° 0 v c m' o Rock //� Hill 1484 V \ Richardson Springs �. TEHAMA CO. eek I Resort GLENN CO. Gr Chico Airport - r v� X c, _ c+ � 32 Willows Ouodrangle i i` Oroville / Quadrangle CHICO 1 N 0J� Chico Quadrangle 99 0 5 Metes Figure 1. Principal Geographic Features Mentioned in the Text Exhibit NOBLE L. ENGLE & ASSOCIATES -P.O. BOX 923 ®ARED. BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96080 r U • NOBLE L. ENGLE & ASSOCIATES 6\A P.O. BOX 923 RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96060 GEOLOGY OF THE RICHAR®SON SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA By JOHN L: BURNETT Geologist, California Division of Mines and Geology, San Franciscp, California ROBERT S. FORD Engineering Geologist, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, California and RALPH G. SCOTT Engineering'Geologist, California Department of Water Resources, Red Bluff, California ABSTRACT Manuscript submitted for publication March 15, 1967 The Richardson Springs quadrangle, near Chico in northeastern California, extends across the physio- graphic boundary between the Great Valley and the volcanic highlands that overlook the northern edge of the Sierra Nevada province. , The volcanic terrain is dominated by tuff -breccia, tuff and sedimentary rocks of the Tuscan Formation that overlie Lovejoy Basalt. The source volcanoes for both rock units are to the northwest: the Tuscan For- mation from near Aft. Lassen and the Lovejoy Basalt from Big Chico Creek. The Great Valley is covered by Pliocene to Recent sedimentary rocks and sedi- ment. The dominant structural feature is a monocline trending N30°W across the center of the quadrangle parallel to the main structural trend of the northern Sierra Nevada. INTRODUCTION Location and Purpose of Study The Richardson Springs' 15 -minute quadrangle, in orthwestem Butte County and adjoining Tehama (1) County, extends over the north, -.astern boundary of the Great Valley physiographic p-ovince of California.. The topography and culture are markedly different on either side of this boundary. The Great Valley, which covers the southwestern half of the quadrangle, is a flat, alluviated plain sloping gent}y toward the Sacra- mento River. The land is used for cattle grazing and agriculture, and includes the nor -herr suburbs of the City of Chico. The northeastern half of the quad- rangle. is a volcanic highland which has been deeply incised by streams flowing towarc the southwest. This land is used for cattle grazing end- includes a small settlement on . Cohasset Ridge and the Richardson Springs Resort. The volcanic highland in the northeastern half of the quadrangle is made up of thre p geologic units. The Tuscan Formation covers most of the area; the basalt of Cohasset Ridge overlies the Tuscan along Cohas- set Ridge; and the Lovejoy Basalt, which underlies much of the Tuscan; is exposed in some of the deeper canyons. The southwestern half of the quadrangle is covered by fanglomerate, sedimentary rocks and re- cent sediments. This report contains descriptive geologic informa- tion which resulted from studicE conducted by two • CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND Gi.:01.OGY separate agencies of the State of California. The Divi- sion of Mines and Geology prepared a reconnaissance map of the area in 1961 for use on the Chico Sheet of the Geologic Atlas of California (Burnett and Jen- nings, 1962). In 1964 and 1965, J. L. Burnett resulted work in the northeastern half of the quadrangle to prepare this report. The Department of Water Re- sources mapped the southwestern half of the quad- rangle in 1962 and 1963 as a part of a regional study of ground water resources of the Sacramento Valley. A study of the water -bearing characteristics, particu- larly of the Tuscan Formation, was conducted by R. S. Ford in Butte County and by R. G. Scott in Tehama County. The results of their work were also used in preparing this report. Methods of Study The authors made extensive use of vertical aerial photographs flown for the U.S. Geological Survey in June and July 1947 at a scale of 1:23,600 (U.S.G.S. photo project GS -EJ). The rocks were studied mega- scopically, although a few thin sections were prepared for the purposes of description and comparison. Mapping of the southwestern half of the quad- rangle ,was done by reconnaissance methods with much reliance being placed on soil maps and aerial photo- graphs (Gowans et al., undated; Watson et al., 1929). In addition to geologic mapping, 12 exploratory holes werc drilled b}' the Department of Water Resources to depths of about 500 feet in the Sacramento Valley. T -,N -o of these -,N,ere in the Richardson Springs quad- rangle: one near the junction of Broyles Road and U.S. Highway 99, the other at the northern border of Sec. 22, T. 24'x'., R. 1 W. The regional dip symbols shorn within the Tuscan Formation on the geologic map are measured from the boundaries between major flows and sedimentary beds and are applicable to a wide area surrounding the map location of the symbol. Where the regional bed- ding attitude is nearly horizontal, as in the northeastern part of the quadrangle, attitudes measured with the compass clinometer were confirmed by calculating photogeologic dips from the aerial photographs and the topographic base map. In all cases, the attitude of bedding between symbols shown on the geologic map is gradational between the values shown. The local dip symbols shown in the southwestern corner of the quandrangle are measured from sedi- mentary bedding planes within the scale of a single outcropping. The attitude of these beds commonly changes within a few yards, changes thought to reflect channel scouring within a single sedimentary, bed of the Tuscan Formation. These local bedding attitudes have been included to show the variation present in local bedding and to emphasize the differences be- nveen the attitudes of individual beds internal to a unit and between individual sedimentary and volcanic MS 13 units within the IYuscan Formation. Both types of attitudes may he found at the same locality. GEOLOGIC UNITS Lovejoy Basalt The Lovejoy Basalt was described by H. W. Turner (1894, 1896, 1897, 1898) and named the "older ba- salt" to distinguish it from younger basalt flows, which were considered to be of late Cenozoic age. Cordell Durrell applied the name Lovejoy Formation and later described these rocks in a definitive paper published in 1959. For a thorough lithologic and stratigraphic description of the unit, the reader should refer to this paper. Durrell considered the Lovejoy Basalt to be late Eocene or early Oligocene in age but Dalrymple (1964, p. 13-15) has presented data based on potas- sium -argon radiometric age determinations and con- cludes that the Lovejoy is of Miocene age. There is no geologic evidence in this area to determine which age is more nearly correct. The Lovejoy Basalt here rests on Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks and is overlain by Pliocene volcanic rocks of the Tuscan Formation. Both of these boundaries are angular un - conformities. In the Richardson Springs quadrangle, Lovejoy Ba- salt typically is a hard, dense, tough, fine-grained rock which fractures along smooth, conchoidal surfaces. The rock is non -vesicular, non-porphyritic, black on fresh surfaces and medium brown to huff on wcath- crcd surfaces. The basalt contains three distinct systems of frac- turing and jointing present throughout the entire for- mation. The first of these are planes of fracture which pass horizontally through the unit two to 25 feet apart and mark the boundaries between individual flows. Soil zones or accumulations of sedimentary material are not found along these planes, a fact that suggests the flows were laid down with only a short time be- tween eruptions. The second system of fracture is a prominent col- umnar jointing which passes vertically through each flow, separating it into vertical. columns which have four to seven sides, each column being three to sig: inches wide. These joints resulted from cooling of the flow and attendant contraction of the rock around randomly spaced centers of cooling (Billings, 1954, p. 115-116). The third system of fracture also is vertical, but it differs from the columnar jointing in that the fractures pass continuously through two or more of the flows and some can be traced through the entire thickness of the formation. These fractures cannot therefore be related to cooling of individual flows but instead have resulted from the slight folding and -,arping of the Lovejoy Basalt that has taken place since the basalt was laid down. The basalt typically forms bold castellated 1969.RICHARDSON SPRINGS QUADRANGLE 3 outcroppings which result from differential weather- ing along the vertical fractures. In plan view, as on an aerial photograph, the basalt displays a uniform, rec- tilinear pattern of vertical fractures, the most promi- nent of which trend northeasterly. The distinctive color and fracture of the basalt and the fact that it forms bold outcroppings, which can usually be identified on aerial photographs, make this the most useful marker unit in the quadrangle. The basalt is extremely resistent to erosion and weathering. It tends to form a local base level for streams that flow over it. When a stream does erode the basalt, it does so by cutting a narrow, slot -like .canyon with a well-defined erosional terrace on either side. Weathering does not decompose the basalt but instead causes it to break up along fracture planes into massive, coherent blocks. In• Cave Creek, north of Richardson Springs, severalAoose blocks of this basalt are enclosed within the lowest tuff -breccia flows of the Tuscan Formation. One block was seen to.be un- derlain by tuff -breccia of the Tuscan Formation where a stream had undercut the block. Others 10 to 40 feet long lie with the columnar joint planes nearly hori- zontal, rather than vertical as they would be if they were in place in a flow. These blocks lie several tens of feet :above the upper surface of the Lovejoy Basalt and must have been lifted and carried to their present position by the combined bouyancy and velocity of the tuff -breccia floes of the Tuscan Formation. Lovejoy Basalt is exposed in four canyons in the tichardson Springs quadrangle: Big Chico Creek, Mud Creek, Cave Creek and Pine. Creek. It is exposed to the east in the canyon walls of Big Chico and Little Chico Creeks in the Paradise quadrangle, but it is absent in Butte Creek. The western boundary of sur- face exposures is a fault at Mud Creek, Cave Creek, and Pine Creek. Lithologicall_y identical rocks, which - have been assigned to the Lovejoy Basalt by Durrell, arc exposed 25 miles west of Chico at Orland Buttes :and 20 miles to the southeast at Orovillc Table Moun- tain. Drill-hole information indicates that the basalt is present in the subsurface as far west as the Sacra- ment River (Durrell, 1959, p. 196) and to the south between Durham and Butte City in Butte and Glenn Counties. The basalt is not known to be present in the canyon of Deer Creek to the north'; therefore, the northern limit of this basalt in the subsurface lies somewhere between Deer. Creek and the exposures at Pine Creek. These observations suggest that the Love- joy Basalt underlies all but the northern one-third of the Richardson Springs quadrangle. The thickness of. the Lovejoy Basalt cannot be de- tcrmined from surface exposures in this quadrangle because the base is not exposed. The basalt is 200 feet W. R. Hail, unpublished RculoRic map of Decr Crcek Canyon. Cali- fornia Department of water Resources, 1962. thiel: in Chico Crcek to the cast and thickens to 800 feet in the subsurface at the Bell Zanch on Pine Creek (Kasline, F. E., 1957, reference to IIumble Oil Co. "Calvin C. Baccala, et al., no. l" on page 138). In his discussion of the origin. of the Lovejoy Ba- salt, Durrell proposed that these. rocks were derived from a source east of the Honey Lake escarpment, which bounds the southwestern side of Honey Lake Valley in Lassen County 75 mile; northeast of Chico. Durrell reached this conclusion, :n part, because "No dikes, plugs, or other intrusions that could be the source of the lava have been found by ryone" (Durrell, 1959, p. 213). While mapping the Paradise gL.adranglc to the cast, J. L. Burnett discovered the only Lovejoy volcano that has thus far been found, in the southeastern cor- ner of Sec. 2, T. 23 N., R. 2 E, MDB and A4. The feature is a circular topographic knob on the -,vest -wail of Big Chico Creek, 1.5 miles southwest of its junc- tion with Ponderosa Way. The knob is formed of Lovejoy Basalt over 300 feet thick, which teranin5tes against Tuscan Formation to the northeast. To the southwest, the Lovejoy abruptly shins to 100 feet and is continuous]), exposed in both gvalls of the canyon until it disappears beneath the Tuscan Formation at the eastern edge of the Richardsor. Springs quadrangle. The conduit is not exposed bclo,,i the volcano but this surface is littered with debl-:s from the volcano and slope wash from the underlying Chico Formation. The conduit could be covered by this debris or not yet uncovered by erosion. Tuscan Formation The Tuscan Formation is the most widely exposed . rock unit in the Richardson Springs quadrangle, mak- ing up approximately 45 percent of the surface ex- posures. It consists of tuff -breccia, lapilli tuff, and sedimentary rocks containing volcanic debris and andesite tuff. The lithology of this unit varies greatly at different localities along the eastern side of the Creat Valley. In this quadrangle, lidividual beds con - monly can be followed for several miles along the Lyall of a canyon, but they cvcntlally pinch out and often cannot be identified in the wall of an adjacent canyon. The uppermost bed is massive tuff -breccia that ranges in thickness from 30 to 150 feet and is present throughout the quadrangle. With this excep- tion, no persistent beds could be found within the unit. Anderson (1933) and Cree_y (1965) reported the same lack of persistent marker beds in nearby exposures of the Tuscan Formation. Tile tuff -breccia and volcanic sedimentary rucks of the Tuscan Formation arc overlrin either conform- ably or with slight erosional unconformity by flows of olivine hasalt at Cohasset Ridc7c; the unit uncon- fonnably overlies the Lovejoy B; -salt. The thickness varies considerably, as is shown by drill-hole informa- • • • 4 CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY tion or by measuring its thickness where the underly- ing Lovejoy Basalt is exposed: 445 feet—East of the Richardson Springs Hotel from the top of the Lovejoy Basalt to the top of Hill 1484. 640 feet—Big Chico Creek at the eastern border of the quadrangle. 1145 feet—Pine Creek, north of Root Spring. 1525 feet—Pine Creek, one mile northeast of the Bell Ranch. Drill-hole information. 750 feet—Drill-hole information near Nord. The uppermost surface of the Tuscan Formation is preserved as disconnected topographic plateaus which form the tops of the highest ridges in the quadrangle and dip gently to the southwest parallel to the bedding. Blocks of andesite and basalt are scattered over many parts of this surface, suggesting that it was covered by thin lava flows. These blocks are litho - logically similar to breccia blocks within the Tuscan Formation and most may be the residual products of -,veathcring. An outstanding structural feature of the Tuscan Formation in this quadrangle is the gentleness and uni- formity'of the regional dip to the southwest. The atti- tude of bedding can be determined from bands of brush and trees that are prominent on the aerial photographs. The sedimentary beds contain ground water and tend to support a dense growth of brush and trees, which appear on the photographs as dark, sinuous bands. The tuff -breccia and tuff beds support only grass and form the light-colored bands, as shown in figure 2. A source of the Tuscan Formation is located in the northeastern corner of the quadrangle at Campbell Afound, an eroded volcanic cone. The source is a minor one in terms of the volume of material expelled. This material forms a hill with a maximum height of 250 feet covering an area of approximately one square mile, containing a volume of approximately .2 cubic mile. The vent is partly destroyed by erosion but is rec- ognizable because the bedding planes are steeply dipping and slightly folded. These unusual attitudes are due to the eruption and piling up of tuff -breccia around the vent rather than to subsequent deformation. The rock expelled from this vent is tuff -breccia and, minor amounts of tuff identical to the undisturbed Tuscan rocks, which lies below those derived from the Campbell Mound vent. The vent occupies the center of an anticlinal structure with a circular axis 700 feet in diameter which includes the highest point on Campbell Mound at its western edge. The eastern edge is breached by a precipitous canyon that drains into Campbell Creek. The process of breaching the vcnr by erosion may have been aided by explosive eruptions during the final phases of volcanic activity. MS 13 Within the anticlinal axis, bedding planes dip approxi- mately 30° toward the center of the vent. Outside the axis, bedding dips away .from the vent at a maxi- mum of 48° near the axis, flattening to less than 10° several hundred yards away. Stratigraphically below the borders -of the Campbell Mound volcano, bedding planes within the older parts of the Tuscan Formation are undisturbed and dip gen-ly to the southwest. The gentle, undisturbed attitude of these older beds sug- gests that their source is to she northeast, somewhere outside the Richardson Springs quadrangle. Lydon presented two alternative interpretations of the Campbell Mound origin, based on a visit to the area in 1965 (Lydon, 1968, F. 466). He suggested that the domical form could have resulted from a shallow intrusion, remobilzation of the tuff -breccia or a vol- canic vent. Lydon (1961, p. 23) suggested that the unusual thickness of the Tuscan Formation in the foothills of this quadrangle might he associated with a major vol- canic source of these rocks. Although the area is deeply incised by canyons, there are no exposures of the base of the Tuscan between the outcropping of Lovejoy Basalt in Pine Creek and Cretaceous outcroppings in Deer Creek to the north. With the exception of the small source at Campbell Mound, the bedding in this area has a uniform slope of V or 20 to the southwest, suggesting that these rocks were derived from a source to the northeast. The thickness of the "Tuscan could be attributed to the filling cff a broad valley cut into the pre -Tuscan surface. Beds of tuff -breccia are especially common in the northeastern portion of the Richardson Springs quad- rangle. The tuff -breccia is part of a broad expanse of similar material that is found from Redding south to Oroville and as fax east as .'Mineral, Tehama County. Well -log information indicates that sone of the tuff - breccia beds extend about -hrec miles southwest of U.S. Highway 99E where the upper surface of the tuff -breccia is about. 500 feq: below sea level. The tuff -breccia is composed of angular fragments and blocks of black to reddish brown, porphyritic to fine-grained andesite in a -.veli-cemented matrix of andesitic sand and tuff. Individual tuff -breccia flows are 10 to 40 feet thick and are separated by beds of sedimentary rocks a few inc_les to several tens of feet thick. Many of the latter arc composed of stream - rounded gravels, suggesting that the tuff -breccia was deposited in pre-existing valleys containing active streams. Beds of sedimentary rock containing unnctamor- phosed volcanic debris are found throughout the-Tus- can.Formation but are espec_ally common in the foot- hills southeast of Mud Creek. The volcanic sedimentary rocks consist of cobble to boulder conglomerate, beds of pale colored diatomaceous and tuffaceous siltstone, dark colored, massive, gravelly sandstone and light 1969 ;-' ` RICHARDSON SPRINGS 'QUADRANGLE Figure 2.', Richardson Springs' Hotel Area.: Darkbands"of •volcanic exhumed 'fault scarp of Lovejoy.. Basalt; thick vegetation (ariow) moiks _ sedimentary rocks separate lighter -toned bands' of tuff -breccia above the *cliff face in this .view towaid' the east. Photo; by `John L. Burnett. ' the Richardson Springs. Hotel.:.The,bluff upstream from the, hotel'is an 2.41 ' colored, cross -bedded lacustrine sedimentary rocks. cliange is a" -gradational one that takes place in- the Sonic of these beds' are 50 feet thick: Well -log infor- Coh,asset Ridge -Big Chico Creek vicinity: oration indicates that these ,beds extend, in the subsur- A single exposure,of sedimentary rock consisting of . face at_ least gas far as,the' Sacramento River- as wells of rhyolitic :debris. %vas: found 'near th'c base of; the near. Gerber have intercepted sirriilar:sedimentary'-rock Tuscan Formation., This Tock!' consists _of .a friable at depths- greater- than `�00 beloxv�-the sbrfa6e. matrix of rhyolite sand surrounding' well-rounded ; ;feet • j The change from predominantly volcanic rocks iii{ clasts .of white pumice and rhyolite. The exposure is :the northeast to predomindintly sedimentary, rock`s con- ` on the north bank of Big Chico Creek where basalt of volcanic debris. -,in the southwest is a regional rtthe Lovejoy. Formation" passes` beneath the Tuscan ` Formation �1ring hangc in lithologic facies'resulting. from reworking into the subsurface,i(Section 9.projcctcd, T. 22 N., R. 2 R., M.D.B. and :M ). The outcropping of the .tiiff-breccia within the TuscanFormation: This ' ' is located approYimately.,40 feet above, the most south- • • CALIFORNIA DIVISION westcrly exposure of the basalt and, although poorly exposed, the rhyolitic sedimentary rock docs not appear to be more than 20 feet thick. Rhvolitic volcanic rocks within the Tuscan Forma- tion in this arca arc important because they commonly have been correlated with the Nomlaki Tuff Member of the Tuscan Formation. Anderson and Russell (1939) proposed that the Nomlaki Tuff Member marked a time horizon within the Tuscan and Tehama Forma- tions on both sides of the Great Valley and that the tuff originated in volcanoes east of Redding. They mention an occurrence of tuff on Butte Creek (p. 244) which probably is the exposure that was later mapped and described by Creely (1965, p. 73) on Little Butte Creek. The rhyolitic sedimentary rock in Big Chico Creek is similar to the material described by Creely in Little Butte Creel: and both seem to have been laid down as stream channel deposits of early Tuscan age. These sedimentary rocks were derived from a deposit of vol- canic ash. A probable source bed of rhyolitic ash has been mapped in Big Chico Creek by Burnett one mile to the northeast in the Paradise quadrangle. It seems unlikely that the rhyolitic ash deposits were erupted from volcanoes 60 miles to the north near Redding, since there are few occurrences of rhyolitic rocks in the area between. It is more probable that the rhyolitic ash was derived from an unknown volcano somewhere northeast of Chico. Basalt of Cohasset Ridge - Dark ;ray, olivine basalt forms a prominent ridge which extends from the settlement of Cohasset to the mar -in of rhe Great Valley. In thin-section, the rock consists of interlocking laths of plagioclase, the inter- stices between which are filled with anhedral pyroxene cr*.'Stils and clear glass. The olivine occurs as anhedral phenocrysts which arc rinmred ,vith a yellowish brown altcrarion product ("iddingsite"). Most of the rock is fresh and massive and it weathers to a blocky rubble. The rocs: is normally porphyritic and slightly vesic- ular with vesicles two to five millimeter's in diameter. Variations from this average description are conn - mon. Some parts of the basalt are light gray to black in color', non -vesicular and sonic samples are not mark- cdly porphyritic. Zones of scoria occur within this flow although thel, arc not common. The unit was mapped from the blocky, massively jointed outcroppings which arc exposed on both sides of Cohasset Ridgc and from the distinctive dark photo- !Traphic tont which is associated with this unit on aerial photographs. The basalt is 75 feet thick along most of Cohasset Ridge and thins to approximately 15 feet, several miles north of Richardson Springs. The • = basalt thins to the northeast near and across the eastern boundary of the quadrangle. In this area, the outcrop- �.. OF WNLS ANo Gi;ol.ocn- MS 13 - -:! Dings arc tuff -breccia of the Tuscan Formation, but the surface is littered with disconnected blocks of the basalt ;of Cohasset Ridge. This basalt is lithologically similar to the breccia blocks that weather out of rhe uppermost tuff -breccia of the Tuscan Formation, and, due to this similarity, the northeastern boundary of the basalt of Cohasset Ridge could not be located with certainty. Consequently., the boundary shown is the most northeasterly point where exposures of the ba- salt of Cohasset Ridge could be found in place. E A� The basalt is exposed in a southwest -trending belt approximately 3 %2 square miles in area which extends from the eastern boundary of the quadrangle to a point '/a of a mile west of Cohasset High,,vay, where l it passes below fanglomerate deposits of the Great Valley. It is suspected from drill-hole information that ii;the basalt extends westward beneath the sediments of the Great Valley at least as far as U.S. Highway 99E. The basalt lies in 'a very shallow valley that was developed on the uppermost surface of the Tuscan Formation; inasmuch as the basalt now forms a promi- nent ridge, the flow has inverted the pre-existing to- pography. This post -Tuscan valley has largely been removed by erosion, but remnants of it can be detected by the stereoscopic study of aerial photographs in the vicinity of the Anderson Fork of Rock Creek. The basalt of Cohasset Ridge occupies a strati - graphic position similar to other basalt flows which overlie the Tuscan Formation in nearbv areas, such as along Deer Creek in the Panther Springs quadrangle to the north and Promontory Point and other ex- posures to the east in the Paradise quadrangle. These i other exposures of basalt are lithologically similar to the basalt of Cohasset Ridgc, but it is not known _i whether they represent similar lava frons a single vol- canic vent, similar lava from different vents -,yhich Eli; were connected at depth, or whether they arc entirely 1 j unrelated. These basalt flows are only slightly younger than the Tuscan Fgrmatior% and therefore arc probahly Pliocene in age. Fancilomerate A broad expanse of fanglomerate is exposed throughout the central portion of the quadrangle; it .is thought to be of Plio-Pleistocene age because it is older than the Red Bluff Formation and younger than the basalt of Cohasset Ridge. The deposits make up a gently sloping plain that extends southwestward from the foot of the hills to the vicinity of U.S. High- way 99E. This plain is a portion of -a more extensive deposit that mantles the eastern side of the valley from Red Bluff southeast to Chico. -Nilapping of the unit "Vas accomplished by using existing soil maps. The fanglomerate consists of hard andesitic cobbles and boulders in a reddish brown, iron -rich, cemented matrix of sand and plastic silt. This unit is well - cemented. The upper surface is slightly undulating 1969 RICHARDSON SPRINGS QUADRANGLE and devoid of nearly all vegetation except sparse grass. The fanglomerate ranges from 25 to 100 feet in thick- ness. It is underlain by beds of silt, which are in turn underlain by other beds of cemented andesitic gravels. Drill hole information indicates three or four separate beds of fanglomerate, each about 25 to 50 feet thick. The fanglomeratc dips southwestward beneath the valley floor and appears to extend westward at least as far as the Sacramento River. The fanglomerate was apparently formed from tor- rential out-%vash from the volcanic highland to the northeast. Arid conditions subsequent to deposition c:rcated an oxidizing -cm ironment in which the cement- ing matrix formed. Plio-Pleistocene Sediments Sediments of probable Plio-Pleistocene age are pres- ent in the northwestern -and central portions of the Richardson Springs quadrangle. Northwest of Deer Creek, the sediments arc not over 25 feet thick and overlie the fanglomerate. Here, they are composed of poorly consolidated, light colored, silty sand. Near Pine. Creek, a moderately consolidated, massive, light- colored, tuffaceous -sandy clay occurs between the gravels of the Red Bluff Formation and those of the fanglomerate. Along Singer Creek and near Rock Creels, deposits of moderately consolidated, massive, light-colored, sandy silt appear as interbeds _within the •fanglomerate. It is doubtful if any of these deposits are contemporaneous or can be correlated with one another. Rather, they appear to be local accumulations of fine-grained materials which were deposited over a fairly wide range of time. Nowhere do they appear to be greater than 40 feet in thickness. Red Bluff Formation Surface exposures of the Red Bluff Formation are small in the Richardson Springs quadrangle, but it is more widespread farther to the northwest in Tehama County. In this quadrangle, it crops out only along U.S. Highway 99E between Rock Creek and Pine Creek. Logs of water wells suggest the presence of the Red Bluff underlying the Rock Creek plain to the southwest. Tile Red Bluff Formation is Pleistocene in age and is composed of beds of semi -consolidated, poorly sorrel] (luarrr.ose pebble gravel in a reddish brown sandy clay matrix. It contains uruiy intcrbcds of cross -bedded, reddish brown, clayey sandstone. The Red Bluff Formation was mapped on the basis of soil maps which show it as Corning gravelly sandy loam. The surface soil is reddish .brown and has a well de- vcopcd soil profile. Iron-cemcntecl hardpan is usually present. The Red Bluff. Formation appears to be at most 75 feet thick. It dips beneath the valley floor •where it is overlain by younger materials. It overlies both the fine-grained Plio-Pleistocene sediments and the fanglomerate. Older Alluvium Older alluvium occurs as nearly flat plain deposits in the western and southern portions of the quad- rangle and at numerous other localities on the floor of the Great Valley. In areas where the unit is covered by younger deposits, the upper surface of the older alluvium is present in the subsurface at depths of a few feet to about 100 feet near the Sacramento River. The older alluvium consists of moderately consolidated clay, silt, and sand. Exposures of older alluvium were mapped from soil maps by combining the Anita clay loam and Anita clay adobe. These soils ha\ -c profiles that are moderatel\, to well-developed; clay• -pan is fre- quently present. The older alluvium mai- be as Much as 150 feet thick along the central portion of the Great Valley. The older alluvium of this quadrangle has previ- ously been mapped as Victor Formation by Olmstead and Davis (1961). The unit in this quadrangle con- sists of detritus from the Tertiary volcanic rocks to the east whereas the typical Victor Formation is derived from a granitic and metamorphic terrane. The resulting differences in lithology are great enough so that the unit here should not be designated as Victor Formation found south of the City, of Sacramento. Basin Deposits Two local areas of basin deposits -occur aion(r U.S. Highway 99E. They were probably- formed as a re- sult of local ponding along Mud Creek. These deposits are probably not over 50 feet thick and are composed of unconsolidated clay and silt. The surface soils are only slightly developed and are shown on soil maps as Conejo heavy clay loam. Recent Alluvial Fan Deposits Alluvial fan deposits are of local extent and occur from Chico Airport south to Big Chico Creek. The deposits belong to the same soil series as the Recent alluvium but arc coarser -grained, consisting of uncon- solidated gravel, silt, and clay, with gravel predomi- nating. Soil profiles arc slightly developed and the deposits are not over 100 feet thick. They grade into deposits of alluvium at their distal ends to the south- west. Recent Alluvium Alluvillll). (:o%*CI';, 111111:11 of, dw 1141411• 4d 111C r_rreaL Valley. In the Richardson Springs quadrangle, it oc- curs as the upper surface of the Chico alluvial fan and is found from Nord southeast to Chico. It also occurs along many of the streams draining into the valid•. The alluvium consists of unconsolidated clay, silt and sand with sparse beds of gravel. It was mapped from soil maps by combining soils of the Vina, Nord, and Farwell series. These soils are all immature and have only slightly developed profiles. They have a minor accumulation of clay or lime in the subsoil as a result tLJ • • i :A1.11-41UVIA Oivlslu\ 411• AlINI `: AND i H—I.oGY 4,( ;r.achill fl -mil Ihc surf:lcc horizon. I.hc soil Icyrurc 1:I11.rc" fnm; '-lilt s:nuly lu:lnl ru clay 141:;111. "Hic :11111- V 11.11111 FAMICS from 11o11cxlstellt rc, abuttl 100 feet in thickness. Floodplain Deposits of the Sacramento River Floodplain deposits occur in the southwestern por- tion of the quadrangle. They arc Dart of an extensive deposit found ori both sides of the Sacramento River from near Red Bluff south to' Colusa. The deposits -kvere delineated from soil maps where they are shown as Columbia silt loam and Columbia very fine sandy loam. The surface soil is unconsolidated and unweath- ered and has a poorly- developed soil profile. These deposits, ,N.-h1ch have been formed from over-,vash of the Sacramento River, consist of clay, silt, and sand %v th lenses of sand- gravel, ail of mixed origin. The deposits range from a thickness of a few feet to over 100 feet along* the central portion of the Great Valley. Stream Channel Deposits Stream channel deposits occur along Deer, Singer, Pine, and Big Chico Creeks and many of their tribu- rarics. The deposits were mapped principally from ex- isting soil maps with some modification through field checking. The deposits are loose and unconsolidated-, the-,- consist of a mixture of boulders, gravel, sand, and lesser amounts of silt. Nearly- all of the material has been derived from the upland arca to the northeast. The deposits range from 10 to.50 feet in thickness. Geologic Formations in the Subsurface Several Tertiary and Cretaceous geologic formations are present in the subsurface at the Richardson Springs quadrangle that do not crop out at the surface. Much of the information on these formations is from the published logs of two exploratory oil wells drilled in the .Richardson Springs quadrangle (Cross, 1954). These holes rransecr rocks which he assigned to the Tehama Formation, Lovejoy Basalt., Capay Formation, unnamed Focene rocks, Kione Formation., and undif- ferentiared Lpper Cretaceous rocks. The latter include the rink interval occupied by the Chico Formation at its rvhc localiry oil Big Chico Creck in nce Paradise auadran_,Ic (T:l f et 71., 1940). The subsurface units :Ire significant in the Richard- son Snrirlg�; 1111adr:nlgle because thcv are the source rock of the natural gas seeps and mineral springs near the Ilichardsnn Slirinlr. Horel These fluid, are Iuuutr111 Irl 14-:1, It Illr -.III I:1, v 11,14111}:II a Yr1nc 411 Ilac- Iulny Ill Ihr- I1r.-Cm, 1`4nnl.ulon (I;urnctt, 19(3). In a suuunal-v of ncc subsurface geology of the Great Valley, SafonoN- presents two maps prepared from drill-hole data which show the subsurface distri- bution of sandstone of the Kione Formation of Late Cretaccons ane (Safonov, 1962, fig. 12) and the Capay Formation of Eocene age (Safonov, 1962, fig. 6). The Kirnc Formation is shuxvn to underlie the entire MS 1 , :,4aulh�l•cstern half of the ltic:h:u•dson slinligs t1leld- I%illgle along :I boundary That approx 111:11 aY coincides with the westernmost exposi res of the Tuscan For- ntation. The northernmost limit of the C:Ipay Fornla- tiun underlies ncc southern part of the Richardson Springs quadrangic. The limit .is a curved line passing through the Mount Diablo Meridian where it crosses the southern boundary of the quadrangle, the Chico Rlunicipal Airport, and the so-itheastem corner of the quadrangle. This limit is sho-A n as a dashed line by- Safonov, indicating some uncertainty as to its exact location. The Tuscan Formation extends westward beneath the sediments of the Great Valley and intcrfingcrs xvith continental sedimentary rocks of the Tch:rlla Formation in the vicinity of the Sacramento River. The Tehama Formation is exposed at the surface five miles west of the quadrangle boundary in the Corning quadrangle. STRUCTURE The dominant structural feature in the Richardson Springs quadrangle is the Chico monocline, which trends N30'W across the center of the quadrangle. This monocline was originally described by Diller ( 1. S94) and %vas later mentioned by Anderson (1933, p. 240) and Burnett (1963, p. 39 and fig. 1). Two names have been applied to the fold. Bryan (1923, pl. V1I) used the name "Chico monocline" in a pub- lished report and the same mme has been used in unpublished reports by the U.S. Bureau of Reclama- tion and the California Department of Water Re- sources; however, the name "Tuscan monocline" -,vas applied to the same feature hkr Rogers (1962, p.' 67 and pl. 2) in a published repo. -t. The two names for the same feature seem to reflec_ the orientation of the geologists working in the arca—Le., ground water geologists have consistently us?d "Chico monocline", while geologists in the field of petroleum exploration have used "Tuscan monocline". Since the former name has priority through the published work of Bryan, it will be followed in this report. In the Richardson Springs quadrangle, the Chico monocline is defined by sreepening of the regional bedding attitude in the Tuscan Formation from 2" to 8"-10" along the margin of the C;rcat V:Illcv. 'I•hc upper bend of the monoclinc is well exposed, but the lower bend is not, except for e,posures in Rattlesnake Creek near Meridian Road. T!-esc in-place exposures of Ihr ulrllaluin 111WA. stllrr•.r111. W. UI,hrllno'A' stirfacc %vc:.l of IIIC toN'cr hClld ,If Ill(' 111r1IIr HIlIr `.Illrr continuing the H° to 10' dil. into tilt subsurface would require a profound and abrupt thicLening of the Tuscan Formation west of tilt monocline (sec cross-section A -A'). The lower bend of the mono - cline must, therefore, be located below the Nvcstern- most exposures of the Tuscan Formation from Pine Creek northward; the axis has been plotted at the F, -I LJ 1969 RICHARUSON SPRINGS QUADRANGLE- 9 Figure 3. Fracture Traces Northwest of Bell Ranch. The traces, marked this aerial photo to near the upper right. The photo looks northwest. by intermittent lines of trees, run from near the lower left corner of Photo by John L. Burnett. inferred center of svmmetry of the fold. South of Pine Creek, the bedding flattens and the distinctive bend of the monocline is gradually lost. The monocline extends to the northwest from this quadrangle for more than 15 miles and accounts for the long, straight eastern boundary of the Great Valley between Chico and Red Bluff. 1,1%hen the monocline was formed, the brittle tuff - breccia of the Tuscan Formation apparently responded to bending by extensive fracturing. The individual fractures arc 1/ to %2 inch in width and normally are no more than a few feet long. These fractures can be observed in outcroppings- along the margin of the Great Valley and for several miles to the east. On the eastern side of this zone of fracturing, the indi- vidual fractures arc concentrated along distinct north- Nvest-trending lines called fracture traces, which have been described elsewhere (Burnett, 1963). The frac- ture traces are best observed on aerial photographs or ground views from some distance away where they stand our as bands of vegetation, including aligned trees, -%%,hich are more luxuriant than areas betnvicen the traces. These vegetational bands, shown on the map with green lines, have been mapped by photo - geological methods. The southern end of the inonocline is a mile or t\% -o north-,x•est of Cohasset Ridge wliere the sharp monoclinal bend flattens to a. regional dip of 2e to the southwest. The fracture traces do continue to the southeast beyond the southern boundary of the. Par2- dise. quadrangle; suggesting that some folding has taken place there although none could be detected during the mapping. The fracture traces are interpreted as faults which have originated through structural adjustment of the Tuscan Formation during folding. The displacement along individual traces is usually quite small—several inches to several feet—although 60 feet of vertical displacement has been noted at Singer Creek. Other significant faulting that has been recognized within the quadrangle is at the exposures of Lovejoy Basalt in Mud Creek, Cave Creek and Pine Creek. Ali three exposures are bounded on the west by a scarp which existed as a topographic scarp when the Tuscan Formation was ]aid down and which has since been exhumed by erosion. The Tuscan Formation overly- ing these scarps is not displaced, although the bedding locally steepens -,rithin tqc lowermost beds of the Tuscan where its sediments flowed over the scarp. The exposed portion of the scarp is 190 feet high at ,Mud Creek and 50 feet high at Pine Creek. At Cave Creek, the scarp may be as high as 10 feet, but it is not ,sell exposed because the creek has not cut deeply enough into the Lovcjoy Basalt. • 1] • 1() CALIFORNIA 01VISION' OF MINKS AND GF(ILOGY The RITilin between these exhun-Ie d scarps is hidden heneath rocks of the Tuscan mini-intion, so that the rrend of the faulting that produced the scarps can- not he observed. The three scarps tic along a line that trends 5' -\vest of north, and the buried fault that produced thetas probably lies along this line. The most thoroughly exposed scarp at Mud Creek trends north- east, parallel to the vertical fractures within the Love- joy I3asalt al. this locality, rather than to the northwest as do the Tuscan fracture traces. The vertical frac- tures are rhou,2ht to have resulted from deformation of the Lovejoy Basalt which took place before the northwest -:rending faulting which produced the scarps. The postdated fault trending N5°W followed the northeast -trending planes of wea`kncss created by the vertical fractures for at. least short distances. The northeasterly trend of the Mud Creek scarp is thought to have been localized along fractures in this way. These scarps are interpreted to be the result of fault- ing rather than simply the buried margin of a- basalt floe-. Where the scarps have been exposed by stream erosion, they are vertical, and it is doubtful that a lava floe- as fluid as this basalt must have been would form NIS 13 Il vcrticill Ilml-vin scvcrai hurdral feet High. :Mother pojnt of evidence is that rhe T,ovcjm Basalt has been folded adjacent to the scarp exposed at Mud Creel:. The basalt is -,warped into a gentle anticline Nvith its axis %z mile northeast of Cld Spanish Corral. The western limb of this anticline Steepens toward the Nvest to 1£° near the remnants of z footbridge across Mud Creek, where the flows are si-.arply folded into a syn- cline which plunges gently tc- the south. This folding is thought to have resulted from fault movement along the scarp. The sense of displac-pment is west side down. The amount of displacement is unknown; although a minimum displacement is 190 feet (the exposed height of the scarp) the total vertical displacement may be several hundred feet. Seismic activity is relatively uncommon in this area but a 4.6 magnitude earthgimke did occur on May 24, 1966. This event was studied in great detail by Lomnitz and Bolt (1967) bccaise it coincided with the CHASE V chemical explosion off the California coast. This experiment was designed. to compare the seismic response of the explosion with that of local earth- quakes. . Ground Water Characteristics of the Geologic Units Geologic unit and map symbol � Stratigraphic thickness ----I Physical characteristics --- ---- ---- I Water-bearins characteristics Stream channel deposits. Ranges from 10 to ' Loose, unconsolidated mixture of Permeability and infiltratior rates are high to extremely Qsc 50 feet. boulders, gravel, sand, and silt. high. Water in wells within this unit is derived from the adjacent stream and from irainfall. Due to its high infil- tratior, rate, the unit is important to ground water re- charge Floodplain deposits of Ranges from several Unconsolidated clay, silt, and Permeability ranges from moderate to high. The unit the Sacramento River feel to over 100 sand with lenses of sandy gravel. normally will supply ad2quatc quantities of ground Oil feet. water for domeslic use, v.atering of stock, and limited irrigation. Recent alluvium....... Up to 100 feet..... Unconsolidated clay, silt, and sand Permeability is moderate yielding moderate quantities of Qal with sparse beds of grave!. ground water to shallow wells. Recent alluvial fan de- Up to 100 feet.....I Unconsolidated gravel, silt, and I Permeability is generally higher than that of the adjacent posits I clay. alluvium and consequently should yield more ground �I wale) i.r. 'v,elle. Th.; unit is impral3nt In gas. , ,.. r•.,i�. (! i�•� l,niyv �lu�• 1.. il: Ia•Ilr iutilliali.n i.,lr.. 3a -.in dePo:Iits.........i Up lu 50 feet...... Uncomolidated clay .!nd tilt...... Lew permeability. Wells located on basin del,otilti yield . Ob�Up I water principally from the underlying sediments. alder alluvium........ to 150 feet..... I Unconsolidated to moderately Permeability is generally low; will generally yield only Qoal i consolidated clay, silt, and enough water for domestic purposes and limited irri- sand. Hardpan is usually pres- gation. ent. Zed Bluff Fm........... Up to 75 feet...... Semi -consolidated, poorly sorted Permeability is fairly low in surface exposures. In the QIb siliceous gravel in a reddish- subsurface, however, the permeability is somewhat brown sandy clay matrix. I higher as the unit yields fa r quantities of ground water I to wells. • 49 1969 RickiARUSON SPRINGS QUADRANCLE Ground Water Characteristics of the Geologic Units—Continued . Geologic unit and map symbol Stratigraphic thickness Physical characteristics Water -bearing characteristics Plio,Pleistocene sedi- Up to 40 feet....... Poorly consolidated beds of sand Moderate to low permeability. The sediments are of little ments and silt mostly occurring as in- importance tc ground water bacause their extent is local TOs terbeds in the fanglomerate. and discontinuous. Fanglomerale.......... Ranges from 25 to Volcanic conglomerate and gravel. The vertical permeability is negl Bible in surface exposures TOf over 100 feet. The matrix is iron rich, well due to cementation of the rratrix. Thus, this unit is of cemented sand and plastic silt. little importance to ground water recharge.'Cementation is less pronounced in the subsurface; the permeability, here, is somewhat higher and the unit may yield mod- erate quantities of ground wetei to wells. Basalt of Cohasset Ridge. Ranges from 0 to 75 Flows of massive basalt........ - . Relatively impermeable and of little importance to ground TOY feet. water. - Tuscan Fm .... . ........ Ranges from 400 Flows of massive tuff-brec_ia sep- The tuff -breccia is -nearly imper■ieable and therefore, the PV feet to more than crated by continental -beds of upp^.rmost tuff -breccia inhibiis the downward percola- 1500 feet. volcanic sand and gravel. tion of surface water. In the suosurface it acts as an aqui- clude and thus.confines grouni8 water to.the underlying, more permeable aquifers. Some of the volcanic sand and gavel is highly permeable and yields large quantities of ground water. Deep wells in the Great Valley are fregtrzr:tly under artesian head and tap large quantities of Hater. In the upland area, springs frequently occur on tha canyon walls where the sediments crop out. Lovejoy Basalt......... Approximately 200 Flows of massive, columnar basalt. Generally impermeable. Locall} may contain small quan- Tvb feet thick in Big tities of ground water. Chico Creek, thickening to 800 feet in the sub- surface to the west. Lomnitz and Bolt concluded that the earthquake focal depth exceeded 20 kilometers and it occurred along.a fault striking N30°W and dipping 65° to the northeast. The displacement was predominantly right lateral with a minor component of reverse faulting (east side up). . ECONOMIC GEOLOGY Ground Water Ground water is by far the, most important natural resource of the Richardson Springs quadrangle and can be found at nearly any location southwest of the Chico monocline. In general; adequate supplies of irri- gation water may be, obtained from wells 300 to 600 feer in depth. in• the arda southwest of U.S. Iligi.iway 99E. Quantities sufficient for stock waicring ma), be obtained from ,vells 100 to 200 feet deep in areas of farigiomeratc. High capacity wells have been drilled On this latter arca, but they have to go deep enough tt) tap the riccper permeable volcanic -sediments of. the •1 -ascan Fornlatiotl. The investigation undertaken by the Department of Water Resources included an evaluation df the ground water storage capacity of the Great Valley. This was done by assigning specific yield values to all subsur- face materials intercepted by water wells. The investi- gators estimated that the water-!bcaring materials in tite Richardson Springs quadrangle contain about 6 million acre-feet of usable ground water between the ground surface and 1,000 -foot .depth.. The ground water characteristics of the geologic units in this quad- rangle are presented in the table hclow. For additional information on this subject the reader should consult reports by the U.S. Geological Survey (Br),an 1923; Olmstead and Davis, 1961). Mineral Springs The property at Richardson *rings has been dc- vclopcd as a utcdicInil and.vacn6on resort since the first h0tcl WIs built by ). F. 'Mchardsun in 1889 (Guddc, 1965). The water fron these springs has been bottled and sold since bcfc-re 1925 and repre- sents the most significant mineral product from the zo • • • 12 CALIFORNIA DIVISION or Alrxrs ANN) Gr:ol.ocN qua(lrangle, in terms of dollar vaiuc. The mineral water is mildly laxative and diuretic and has been considered beneficial in the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, ncnriris, sciatica, colitis, digcstivc disorders, and general (1ehilit:y. Five mineral springs arc known, four on rhe hotel grounds and the fifth at the mouth of Cave Creek, 400 yards north of the hotel. The water from these !,j)ring; is fI vocd, dilate saline solnt.ion rich 'It sodinnl, polx.1.iur11, c:llciunl, sulfur and (-Marine. Thr kv:llc•r is siulil:u- to Char from Tuscan Springs, i0 miles to the northwest, which was studied I)y White (1957). He concluded that the mineral ,varcr was of connate or fossil origin and -,vas derived from the compaction of sedimentary rocks. This arca is underlain by marine sedimentary rocks. Therefore, the water probably originates in the pore spaces of these rocks and reaches the surface through fractures in the overlying volcanic rocks. AA%aring (1915, p. 292) reports the flow from two of the springs to be 2 and 21,%z gallons per minute-, it is unllkcly that the combined flow from all of the springs c-,cccds 15 gallons per. minute. Natural Gas Natural gas seeps arc present on the north bank of Mud Creek, % mile west of the Richardson Springs Hotel. The gas formerly was collected in a tank (erroneously labelled "water tans:" on the Richardson Springs 71/,' and 15' topographic quadrangles) and used for heating in the hotel. Sand and Gravel Concrete aggregate has been intermittently pro- duced from the sedimentary rocks of Recent and Pleistocene age. Production within the quadrangle has depended upon road construction needs along U.S. Highway 99E and adjacent county roads. Most of the sand, and gravel has been produced from the stream channel deposits in the Lindo Channel at the southern boundary• of the quadrangle and from the Red Bluff Formation, Plio-Pleistocene sediments and fanglonl- erare near the junction of Broyles Road and U.S. Hi,h„ ay 99E. Crushed and Broken Stone Stone was quarried from the basalt of Cohasset Ridge in 1963-64. The stone -,vas used as riprap on highway construction projects near Corning. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors are indebted to Q. A. Aune, J. Av. Guyton, W. R. Hail, P. J. Lorens, F. R. Neumann and AV. JN7. Paulsen for critical review of the manu- script. Air. Paulsen M12S especially helpful in loaning us material from his extensive file of information on the ground witer resources of the quadrangle. Q78781-650 5-69 3250 REFERENCES CITED A4 S 13 Anderson, C. A., 1933, The Tuscan 'Formation of northern California, with a discussion of the origin of volcanic breccias: California Uni- versity, Dept. of Geological Sciences Bulletin, vol. 23, p. 215-276. Andersun, C. A., and Russell, R. D., 1939, Tertiary formulions of north- ern Sacramento Valley, Californic: 351h Rupolt of Iliv Stalo Min- erologist, p. 219-253. Billings, M. P., 1954, Structural geology: Prentice -Hall Inc., New York, second edition, p. 115-116. Bryan, Kirk, 1923, Geology and gro•ind•water resources of Sacramento Valley, California: U.S. Geologica Survey Water -Supply Paper 495, Plate VII fallowing p. 12. liulnnit. J. L., 1963, Frarlure Mace& In the Tuscan rannulion, northern California: California Division of ,.Ainos and Geology Spacial Ropo:t 82, p. 33-40. Burnett, 1. L., and Jennings, C. W., compilers, 1962, Chico sheet: Cali- fornia Division of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map of Cclifornio, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, scale 1:250,000. Creely, R. S., 1965, Geology of the Oroville quadrangle, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 184. Cross, C. M. (Chairman), 1954, C3rrelation section, northern Sacra- mento Valley, California, Correration section no. 6. Pacific Sec- tion, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. See logs for: Pacific Western Oil Corp. and Geo. F. Getty Inc. Cana -1 and Rich- field Oil Corp. Hamilton -Nord -1. Dalrymple, G. B., 1964, Cenozoic :hronology of the Sierra Nevado, California: University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, vol. 47, p. 1-41. Diller, J. S., 1894, Lassen Peak folia.: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas of the U.S., Folio 15. Durrell, Cordell, 1959, The Lovejoy Formation of northern California: University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 193-220. Gowons, K. D., et at, Soil Survey of Tehama County, California: Un- published maps on file at the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station, Davis, scale 1:24,000 undated. Gudde, E. G., 1965, California place names: University of California Press, Berkeley. Kosline, F. E., 1957, 43rd Annual Report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, Summary of Operatiors, vol. 43, p. 136. • lomnitz, C., and Bolt, B. A. (1967), Evidence on crustal structure in California from the CHASE V explosion and the Chico earthquake of May 24, 1966: Seismological Society of America Bull., vol. 57, p. 1093-1114. Lydon, P. A., 1961, Sources of the- Tuscan Formation in northern Cali- fornia: Geological Society of Sccromento Annual Field Trip Guide- book, May 27 and 28, 1961, p. 22-24. Lydon, P. A., 1968, Geology and I3hors of the Tuscan Formation, Cali- fornia: Geological Society of America. Memoir 116, p. 441-475. Olmsted, F. H., and Davis, G. H., '961, Geologic features and ground- water storage capacity of the Sacramento Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water -Supply isaper 1497. Rogers, D. A., 1962, Surface geoogy of the east side of the Sacra- mento Valley, California: Colifernio Division of Mines and Geology Bull. 181, p. 67-68. Safonov, Anatole, 1962, The challenge of the Sacramento Volley, Cali- fornia: California Division of bines and Geology Bulletin 181, p. 77-97. Taff, J. A., Hanna, G. D., and Cress, C. M., 1940, Type locality of the Cretaceous Chico Formation: Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 51, p. 1311-1328. Turner, H. W., 1894, The rocks ofi the Sierra Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey 14th Annual Report, part II, p. 435-495. Turner, H. W., 1896, Further contributions to the geology of the Sierra Nevada: U.S. Geological Surrey 17th Annual Report, Part I, p. 521-762. Turner, H. W., 1897, The Dowoieville quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas of the U.5., Folio 37. Turner, H. W., 1898, the Bidwell Sar quadrangle: U.S. Geologica; Sur• vey,'Geologic Atlas of the U.S., Folio 43. Waring, G. A., 1915, Springs o California: U.S. Geological Survey Water -Supply Paper 338, p. 29E-293. Watson, E. B., et af., 1929, Soil survey of the Chico area, California: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Series 1925, No. 4. White, D. E., 1957, Magmatic, connate, and metamorphic waters: Geo- logical Society of America Bulletin, vol. 68, p. 1659-1662. 0 Printed is CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF STATE PLI\TING `_... \ \\ /Pvb ( f ,'` � � ( � r ; � i- .,nom •.\ '` ^ T \ �, = ^% QaJ: pt �ip�°;/ i % Qal/' / ?(• _ ' ! Befe!t block,' r v, • :. • '. �� / / ( r C t from Lovejoy Fm. �((���� %� /�/ / J✓ Pvb _ C - _�_�'--`_�L l `/-^. � •,` Mmeriil Springf� ` Pt Stonequor TQf 1•Fotprof gos seep Pt TQfTOS d ib- -v' �.�QS+•-�, TQf T .✓/ 2-- v ,- - TQf. `f, ` ! j TQf ._ 1' r<� _ 0� - t r TQf �.'-dal .. �� ��'t'I• /. % i''` _ .i -Qf atl 00al L, -Qoal' 7\ Ql Qel TQf------------ Exhibit "C" ` NOBLE L. ENGLE & ASSOCIATES _ P.O. BOX 923; - ® ® RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96080 f r i r — -/.V/ _' r if ` '/ • I r f, I !I l � .t •�.�_;�� / /lir t( j `� ]ii I �/j!N/1-//11',L` `•� //j 1,0 If --EUU._-�Y ///— / �^, .::•"i, ,i'•'/'r% r /.111 L`.ai '/ I�( •'r• i . i. � �' ii' - � i' ! i1�• �0. �•'. ;�` `moi: //�i - `'• i�,t "". l`�' fir' � il,r i •� , \ � J," � � • " � - �:%, ,543 1531 �, r\ />\ ' \ 1( \ •� `'/ lit f int ' Ik A 1— /,:", L\. it i.� I / t r Wit! 41 ,,11}' I'll11�fi I %'/11./e I• i)%Iit t, , /;, / • ��; .pAn 11� X, U7R j (I), 6A, JAL,���i r `II\ - \ 1__L__ - _•_ _.._ -_.__ .l-4 _i1�—>r .r- - _..-- Y� / SGC--\ 't'� r 1 , `� � 1 \'•\ � \ ,L\ `\ \� �\\\\�\��.� .. �/ // � ` i . j �%�j \ Exhibit "D" t 0 17 _� �._ �_11t'�:.. ` \•.! : :•.rte- __1 NOBLE L. ENGLE -&, ASSOCIATES , - P.O. BOX 923 RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96080 ' Exhi bi t "E" 27. (a) Any depressions which were not a part of the topography prior to • mining will be backfilled and covered with topsoil and silt. Grading will consist of I-bveling and surfacing mined areas and former stockpiling areas to minimize abrupt changes in the surface of the site. (b) Any unstable.slopes resulting from mining activity Will be graded to a flatter slope to reduce slope instability. All overhangs will be eliminated. Revegetation of the mined and exposed slopes will also enhance stability. (c) Tailings and waste will be stabilized by leveling the former stock- piling areas. No other permanent waste dumps will be necessary. (d) It is not anticipated that drainage courses will 'be impacted. (e) All equipment will be removed from the site upon completion -of operations, No structures are anticipated.for.the site. All refuse will be removed by the operator. (f) No potential contaminants areexpected .to result fron the operation of the quarry other thansilt. -If necessary, settling ponds will be lined to prevent turbid'water from entering groundwater. (g) Sedimentation and erosional problems in the intermittent stream will be avoided by restricting mining operations from enzroachment onto- • watercourses which generally tend to be surface sheet type flows -for instances in which the.water subsequently exits the site. Stockpiled topsoil and'overburden will be located,in such a way that runoff will not carry•sediment into watercourses. (h) Residual hazards'are not expected as a result of thcrough reclamation. The site is located on private property on which "No Tresspassing" signs will be posted. (i) The following plants are suggested for revegetation of the project site: Willows Tules Cottonwoods Orchard Grass Alders Vetch Legume (j) General Comments: Quarry.operations will occur in various areas'as desirable basalt'formations are encountered and mined. Which area will be opened first has not yet been determined. Reclamation activities will likely occur in late spring and summer to avoid problems associated with winter rains. Quarry operations at this site are projected to last about ten years with all reclamation work being,completed.at the end of that time. SA ATt t- - ACRE% SENT This A reement is entered into on April 1, 106 by and between JAS' M. AND JOY L'1�i::.I:R the ownc;rs oftete CAIRNS R RAtXil det.criLed below and C &.J INC., U ' i _California corporation, 2510 Eureka,Way, Redding, Califorr,ia.96001. . The property described in this Agreement is,a portion of Assessors Parcel 47-23=22, located on the south side of Coha'sse.tt Road approximately two miles east of X( efer Road. is desc: ibed as ;follows: A portion. of the N.W. of Section 13, T 23 IN, R 1 E, M.D.B. :i., Butte County, ,California,- legal .description refer to parcel _map for Compstad' Inc., recorded`April i72 1975, Book 52 of Parcel Maps page 63. The parties agree as follows: �:. Owner agrees to lease the prop ierty to C & J,,INC. for the purpose of ` •mining or removing riprap rock located on the property. 2. ""his lease shall continue for a term of five years, with an option to be exercised by Lessee to extend the period for an'additional five yeais. 3. All of the rock removed from the property shall be weighed on a certified' i. • scale, either on.the property or a commercial scale. For each.ton removed by C & 3, INC., C & J, INC. shall pay to, GARNER twenty-five cents per. ton.' 4. C & J,•INC.- shall supply GARNER monthly with copies of'a`dl weight certi- ficates for rock removal. 5.- C h J, INC. shall make pay -Ment, within 20 days from the 3Dth of each month for rock,removed during the previous period. 6.' C 6, J, 1\C. shall guarantee t•o JAY P1. CAU.NE.1, AND U01,01'11l'_ GARNl t< titititi- mum yearly revenue of not.less than $1,000.00 per year, any balance due will be due one year from Lease date and,due annually thereafter. 7. GARNER warrants that C .& J, INC. "shall have rights of ingress and egress from the' property at all,times-and may construct such roars as neces sary to fulfill the terms of this contract. • 8. C & J, INC. shall at all times perform .the work in a workmanlike manner and commit`no waste or damage to the real property incident to.the quarry operation. 9. C & J,' INC. shall hold GARNER harmless against any claim by -any third party arising out of C & J, INCIS operation and shall carry workman's compen- sation and liability insurance adequate to protect C & J, INC. and GARNER from claims by employees and third parties. 10. In case suit•is brought -by either of the parties because of breach of any term of this Agreement, the'party prevailing in the action shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees. .M. ARNER '.'Owner" DOROTHY GARNE "Owner" - --'. C & J, INC. \: By: .JAKE CASE, Vice President s 600 eCAA4pi;ZL L WOUND,L �V.- -q- o,,,�,l /7i k i(, f 2 � `! .\` - � {Z-�••'�� / :� / r/ / t �`•� j�� h+1µ.51 ,�� ti r�'%"=7�.f, i,. �-�"/��//I I +`;�'t ti Ill z �v'�� �-/'-) `` / / //� � ///// / I�� �be�,��I ll•i ,1//U,t�/7"r 1 (IIIIIt'` � V), �00 "N ;0 0 kt li3 :7n e ---j -74 7:7 23 Ro V 7t_ V/ 0 X -Ij L ;AJ oug / .f.". �• r --- LAND Or `,NATURAL WEALTH AND BEAUTY, e 4'� r s'�a ' y J — CLARK A. NELSON, �,t 5- -COUNTY CLERK — RECORDER ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, DRAWER 269 — OROVIL:LE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Telephone: 534-1551 Assistant County Clerk, Nicea Lindquist 534-4551 ' • Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors, Cathy Pitts 534-4371 Assistant Registrar of Voters, Eleanor Becker 534-4761; Assistant Recorder, Gwen.Ferland 534691 July 30, "1980 1. F. W. Case Corporation 1 P.0 . Box 306 r T Red. Bluff,, CA 96080 i. ;.. Re: Use Permit AP 54-09-36 Dear Pair. Case'.. At' the' regular meeting of'.the Butte County Board. of- Super- visors held July 29', 1980, •the' appeal of .a- denied use permit to 'allow blasting, removal of riprap material and rock crushing. and approval of reclamation plan'. on property zoned .'','A-2" ' (General)' located ori' the south side of Cohasset Rd.., approx. *1y miles northeast of keefer.Road, Chico, was denied. Shouldyou haveany questions regarding this matter„ please f r contact our office. ' Sincerely, _C LARg-A. NELSON.'. �, County .Clerk=Recorder and Ex-offi:,3o r : Clerk of the,Butte `County 'Board of - SupervisorsT - CAN:jx .'n cc: Public •Works Department Health- Department f, f • 0 J un e 3, 1980 Reclamation Plan for the F.W. Case Corporation. E N C L E & ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING - PLANNING - SURVEYING P.O. BOX 923 ■ RED BLUFF. CALIFORNIA 96080 PHONE 19161 527-6810 June 3, 1980 To: All Concerned Agencies Re: Use permit AP # 47-23-55 (Butte County, California, 'ERD Log # 80-03-27-01. The attached reclamation plan was prepared at the request of Mr. Jake Case representing the F.W. Case -Corporation. The plan makes specific analyses of the proposed rock quarry operation and makes specific recommendati ons, as to the reclamation opportunities and the project --operations prior to reclamation activities taking place. The report is separated for user convenience into a summary outline and appendices which go into details regarding the operation and provide accurate location maps and vicinity maps should agency reviewers rush to inspect the site. -If there are any questions on this material please contact Engle and Associates at she address or phone shown above. Thank You for your consideration. Very Truly Yours': R Noble L. Engle, P.E. -Civil Engineer NLE, /vle cc: Jake Case Appendix B County ci j --- • ~SUGGESTE.D MODEL RECLAMATION PLAN As a guide .to Counties and Cities for Compliance with Section 2772, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 O WNER, OPERA TOR, ' A ND A GENT. - 1. Applicant . F. W. Case Corporation P. 0 Box 306 'lame Red.Bluff, California, 96080 ,Address "i cicphonc ( 916) 529 0664 Garner Ranch 2. N: me (if any)' of Mineral Property none 3. Pr:)perty Owncrs, or owners of surface rights (List all owners). ,-Jame Jay Garner .,\ddress Route 1, Box 437 Chico, California, 95926 cicphonc . (916)-342-8028 . 4. Owners of Afincrel rights. Name Jay Garner Address :. Route 1, Box 437 Chico, Cali forma- , 95926 -cicphonc —(916).._432-$028.---.- ?Jame F,W. Case Corporation Address - P.O. Box 306 Red Bluff, California,, 96080 Telephone (916) 529-0664 6. Opera tor. F.W. Case Corporation �'vamc P.O. Box 306 �ddress Red Bluff, California, 96080 Tcicphone. (916) 529-0664 7. Agenf of Process.. (Person• designat,:d by operator as his agent for the service of p-xrss).. T.'amc Noble L. -Engle --and Associates • Address Consulting Engineers, Surveyors P.O. Box 923 icle}�honc Red Bluff, California, 96080 - (916) 527-6810 LOCM TIOA". 8. P,rie•f dc:.cription, including Icgal, of the cxiciit of the rnined lands (to be) involved Ey this opetation, including total acreage. Approximately 100 acres of land is included in the parcel to be mined. • This parcel is Assessor's Parcel #47-23-22 lying on.the South s'We of Cohassett Road in Section 23, Township 23 North; Range 1 East MDB&M in the unincorpoarated territory of Butte*County. Section(s) 23 , Township ?.3 kangc _ 1 E .haunt Diablo -Base Diablo-Baseand Meridian. 9. Describe the access route to the operatiun site. From Interstate Highway 5 take Cohassett Road North about five miles to the site, which lies south of the road. 10. Attach Location and Vicinity Map. See Attached Exhibit "A" for. Location_ Map See attached exhibit "B" for vicinity map DESCRtPE ON. •Rock for Slope Pr6tection 11. Iviine-al commodity (to be) mined: Note: This is the same mineral commodity which has been mined at this site. 12. . Geolr gic description, including brief general geologic setting, more detailed geologic description of the mineral dcpo .it (to be) mined, and principal minerals or rock types present. The stone quarry is located entirely in Cohassett R_dge Basalt. Also, the.quarry is shown on the geologic map of the.Ric:zardson Springs. quadrangle. See -attached exhibit "C" for more details o: -t geology for this site. 13. Brief Jcscription of environmental setting of the site and the surrounding areas Describe existing arca land soil, cgctation, Lround water elevation and surface ".iter characteristics, average annual rainfall and/or other facto,s pertainin:, to environmental impacts and their mitigation and reclamation. . (See attached) PROPOSE'G (EXISTING) SURFACE lflA'!n'G OPERA TtON: 14. Proposed starting date of operaticn upon approval of this plan and—accompanying use permit Estimated Life of Operation 10 years Duration of First Phase seasonal operations. 10 x 15. Operation will be (is): Continuous , Seasonal _ r Intermittent ._ Dcv., It,pcd, x not :et in operation ___ Temporarily deactivated a. Simi:Pilc in Mine _ 16. Opc.-ation will be (is): Vndcr 5,000 tons cu. yds/yr. 3.400 -.50,000 tons�=yds/yr. x ; -50,000 250,000 tons cu. yds/yr. 250,000 -1,000,000. tons cu. yds/yr. Over 1,000,0:.0 tons cu. yds/yr. 17. Tot.d anticipated production Mineral commodities to be removed - 50,000' to 500,000 tons Wa.uc retained. on the site - : 500 tons of silt tors *cam•) — Wartc disposed off site - garbage tors s•) -- Ma cimum anticipated depth __ 60 to 70 fi • 19. M,-, np Method.- (Check all ap licable) Pit Open Pit _fix Grsvel/Sand - Single Bcnch Drill and Blast x -- Qu.,rry.: }sill Top .. — - Clay Pit Multibcnch — Truck to processing c*dc Hill _ x plant (To RR) Draglinc Borrow Pit x I.ow Level Tailings Pond !.hovel Slurry Pump ` tlndcrgrounct f — WPste dump • ;ravel bar skimming — Ra;l - Ot.'icr na t 1 na ries Other _ 19a. 1f•nroccssing of the ores or minerals mined is planned to'be conducted at or adjaceit to the site, briefly describe the nature of the processing and explain disposal method of the ti, ilings or waste rrom processing. .. Not Applicable 19b. Esrimaic qusntity (gallons per day) and quality of water required by the proposed operation, sfictifying proposes sources of this water, ofmethod of its eon4cyance to•this property and.the quantie,y and quality and method of • d ro,--I of -used and/or surplus water. Not Applicable 20. If the nature of the deposit and thr_ mining method used will permit, describe and show the -steps or phases of the mining opxration that allow concurrent reclamation, and include a proposed time.sehedule for such concurrent activiNcs. Reclamation of the site will be aperiodic. Reclamation o.f the site will be done after an area of the borrow pit is no longer in use -i- 21. Attach a map of the mined lands and/or suitable aerial photograph showing: (a) Boundaries and topographic details of the site: See attached exhibit "D" (b) Location of all streams, roads, railroads, water wells, and utility facilities within 500 feet of the site; (c) Location of all -current)y proposed access roads to be constructed in conducting the surface mining operation(s); (d; Location of areas (to be) mined, and of waste dumps and tailings ponds. (c; By use of overlay symbol or color, depiction of separate mining phases if applicable. (Sec Item 20). (f The source of map base, orientation (North arrow), and scaie (e.g., 1' _ '00', etc.) of the map. R ECLA MA TION PLA Ar - 22. lndic.rte on an Overlay of map of Item 21, or by color or symbol on m:,p those areas to be covered b.- reclamation plan. see exhibit "D" ` Ac-ca.,c 23 23. Dcsc-ibc the ultimate physical condition of the site and specify proposed use(s), or potential uses, of the mined land•, as reclaimed. After reclamation the mined site will support annual grasses and forbs and should support grazing animals. 24.♦ Dcsc--ibe relationship of the interim uses other than mining and the ultimate phesical condition to: (a) Zoning regulations. A-2 (H General plan and plan e 11 lements. Grazing — Open Land 25. Prov.de evidence that all owners of a possessory interest in the land have been rotificd of the proposed use(s) or p<:tential 'uscs identified in Item 22. (Attach copy of notarized statement of acknowledgment, etc.) Noti rized.letters of acknowledgement shall be attaches to the final draft. 26. Describe soil con-ditions and proposed soil salvage plan. Any topsbbl removed shall be stockpiled so that it can be spread over the reclaimed portions of the sate. Y 27. Dcic the the methods, their sequence and.timing, to be used in bringing the reclamation of the land to its end stale. Indicate on map (llcm 2t-22) or on diagrams as necessary. Include discussion of the'pertincnt items listed below. • (a) Backfilling and grading. (b) Stabilization of slopes. (c) Stabilization of permanent waste dumps, tailings, etc. (d) Rehabilitation of pre -mining drainage. (e) Removal, disposal, or utilization of residual equipment, structures, refuse, e:c. (f) Control of contaminants, especially "with regard to "surface runoff and ground water. (g) Treatment of streambeds and streambanks to control erosion and sedimentation. (h) Removal or minimization of residual hazards. (i) Resoiling, revegetation with evidence that selected plants can surviv- given the site's topography, soil and climate. See Attached exhibit "E" 28. If applicant has selected a short term phasing of his reclamation, describe in detail the specific reclamation to be a(complished during first pha!e. Not Appli cable 24. Des :rite how„reelamatiort of this site in this manner may affect future mining at this site and in the surrounding arc" Future mining at this site will likely be little effected by the "-"- reclamation plan because the reclamation process will only be applied to areas from which the basalt has already been.removed. • , . %;` .�� , ' ' •fir', Y7.0+. . , 1.�. Y:f •.".-� i/ .'�-\--`- - ,7: -_.%.':' { - � • I /". • 1. -- ---- - •--- '7' ...., _' j' - :-� "� -':, -'. '._ � - � ,�_ ,�. ;tom/ .i• .�-Jt.- - /� � 'f -: /•�./- - .. •. 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ENGLE & ASSOCIATES _P.O. BOX 923 ® RED. BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96080 • r NOBLE L. ENGLE & ASSOCIATES P.O. BOX 923 RE® .BLUFFi CALIFORNIA 96080. OF THE N SPRINGS GLE, CALIFORNIA 'of Mines and Geology, ornia_ Department of Water Resources, ornia Department of Water Resources, 1967 ar Chico in the physio - ley and the ern edge of uff-breccia, Formation o]canoes for Tuscan For- vejoy Basalt is ,covered s and sedi= monocline quadrangle le northern Y drangle, in ng Tehama GEOLOGY RICHARDSO .QUADRAN By .JOHN L: BURNETT Geologist, California Division San Franciscp, California ROBERT S. FORD Engineering Geologist, Calif Sacramento, California and RALPH G. SCOTT Engineering' Geologist, Calif Red Bluff, California ABSTRACT Manuscript submitted for publication March 15, The Richardson Springs quadrangle, nc northeastern California, extends across graphic boundary between the Great Val volcanic highlands that overlook the north the Sierra Nevada province. - The volcanic terrain is dominated by t tuff and sedimentary rocks of the Tuscan that overlie Lovejoy, Basalt. The source v both rock units are to the northwest: the mation from near Aft. Lassen and the Lo from: Big Chico Creek., The Great Valley by Pliocene to Recent sedimentary rock ment. The dominant structural feature is a trending N30°W across the center of the parallel to the main structural trend of tl Sierra Nevada. INTRODUCTION Location and Purpose of Stud The Richardson Springs 15 -minute qua orthwestern Butte County and adjoin (1) County=, extends over the northeastern boundary of . the Great Valley physiographic province of California. The topography and culture are nsarkedly different on either side of this boundary. The Great Valley, which covers the southwestern half of he quadrangle, is a flat, alluviated plain sloping gently toward the Sacra- mento River. The land is used fcr cattle grazing and agriculture, and includes the norahern suburbs of the City of Chico. The northeasterrs half of the quad- rangle is a volcanic highland which has been deeply incised by streams flowing toward the southwest. This land is used for cattle grazing and includes a. small settlement on Cohasset .Ridge end the Richardson Springs Resort. The volcanic highland in the northeastern half of the quadrangle is made up of three geologic units. The Tuscan Formation covers most o= the area; the basalt of Cohasset Ridge overlies the Tuscan along Cohas set Ridge; and the Lovejoy Basalt, which underlies much of the Tuscan, is exposed in some of the deeper canyons. The southwestern half . of the quadrangle is covered by fanglomerate, sedimentary rocks and re- cent sediments. This report contains descriptive geologic informa- tion which resulted from studies conducted by tivo • .7 • CALIF01tNIA Divis1oN or MINES AN1) G►•:o1_ocv separate agencies of the State of California. The Divi- sion of ]eines and Geology prepared a reconnaissance map of the area in 1961 for use on the Chico Sheet of the Geologic Atlas of California (Burnett and Jcn- nings, 1962). In 1964 and 1965, J. L. Burnett resumed work in the northeastern half of the quadrangle to prepare this report. The Department of Water Re- sources mapped the southwestern half of the quad- rangle in 1962 and 1963 as a part of a regional study of ground water resources of the Sacramento Valley. A study of the water -bearing characteristics, particu- larly of the Tuscan Formation, was conducted by R. S. Ford in Butte County and by R. G. Scott in Tehama County. The results of their work were also used in preparing this report. Methods of Study The authors made extensive use of vertical aerial photographs flown for the U.S. Geological Survey in June and July 1947 at a scale of 1:23,600 (U.S.G.S. photo project GS -EJ). The rocks were studied mega- scopically, although a few thin sections were prepared for. the purposes of description and comparison. Mapping of the southwestern half of the quad- rangle was done by reconnaissance methods with much reliance being placed on soil maps and aerial photo- graphs (Go-wans et al., undated; Watson et al., 1929). In addition to geologic mapping, 12 exploratory holes w ei-c drilled by the Department of ]'Vater Resources to depths of about 500 feet in the Sacramento Valley. Two of these were in the Richardson Springs quad- rangle: one near the junction of Broyles Road and U.S. Highwa\- 99, the other at the northern border of Sec. 22, T. 24 N., R. 1 W. The regional dip symbols shown within the Tuscan Formation on the geologic map are measured from the boundaries between major flows and sedimentary beds and are applicable to a wide area surrounding the map location of the symbol. Where the regional bed- ding attitude is nearly horizontal, as in the northeastern part of the* quadrangle, attitudes measured with the compass clinometer were confirmed by calculating photogeologic dips from the aerial photographs and the topographic base map. In _all cases, the attitude of bedding between symbols shown on the geologic map is gradational between the values shown. The local dip symbols shown in the southwestern corner of the quandrangle are measured from sedi- mentary bedding planes within the scale of a single outcropping. The attitude of these beds commonly changes w=ithin a few yards, changes thought to reflect channel scouring within a single sedimentary bed of the Tuscan Formation. These local bedding attitudes have been included to show the variation present in local bedding and to emphasize the differences be- v,veen the attitudes of individual beds internal to a unit and between individual sedimentary and volcanic MS 13 units within the Tuscan Formation. Both types of attitudes may be found at the salve locality. GEOLOGIC UNITS Lovejoy Basalt • The Lovejoy Basalt was described by H. W. Turner (1894, 1896, 1897, 1898) and named the "older ba- salt" to distinguish it from younger basalt flows, which were considered to be of late Cenozoic age. Cordell Durrell applied the name Lovejoy Formation and Etter described these rocks in a definitive paper published in 1959. For a thorough lithologic and stratigraphic description of the unit, the reader should refer to this paper. Durrell considered the Lovejoy Basalt to be late Eocene or early Oligocene in age but Dalrymple (1964, p. 13-15) has presented data based on potas- sium -argon radiometric age determinations and con- cludes that the Lovejoy is of Miocene age. There is no geologic evidence in this area to determine which age is more nearly correct. The Lovejoy Basalt here rests on Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks and is overlain by Pliocene volcanic rocks of the Tuscan Formation. Both of these boundaries are angular un - conformities. In the Richardson Springs quadrangle, Lovejoy Ba- salt typically is a hard, dense, tough, fine-grained rock which fractures along smooth, conchoidal surfaces. The rock is non -vesicular, non-porphyritic, black on fresh surfaces and medium brown to buff on w•cath- crcd surfaces.. The basalt contains three distinct systems of frac- turing and jointing present throughout the entire for- mation. The first of these are planes of fracture which pass horizontally through the unit two to 25 feet apart and mark the boundaries between individual flows. Soil zones or accumulations of sedimentary material are not found along these planes, a fact that suggests the flows were laid down with only a short time be- tween eruptions. The second system of fracture is a prominent col- umnar jointing which passes vertically through each . flow, separating it into vertical columns which have four to seven sides, each column being three to sig inches wide. These joints resulted from cooling of the flow and attendant contraction of the rock around randomly spaced centers of cooling (Billings, 1954, p. 115-116). The third system of fracture also is vertical, but it differs from the columnar jointing in that the fractures pass continuously through two or more of the flows and some can be traced through the entire thickness of the formation. These fractures cannot therefore be related to cooling of individual flows but instead have resulted from the slight folding and warping of the Lovejoy Basalt that has taken place since the basalt was laid down. The basalt typically forms bold castellated 1969. RICHARI)SON SPICINGS QUADRANGLE outcroppings which result from differential weather- ing along the vertical fractures. In plan view, as on an aerial photograph, the basalt displays a uniform, rec- ilinear pattern of vertical fractures, the most promi- nent of which trend northeasterly. The distinctive color and fracture of the basalt and the fact that it forms bold outcroppings, which can usually be identified on aerial photographs, make this the most useful marker unit in the quadrangle. The basalt is extremely resistent to erosion and weathering. It tends to form a local base level for streams that flow over it. When a stream does erode the basalt, it does so by cutting a narrow, slot -like can3,on with a well-defined erosional terrace on either side. Weathering does not decompose the basalt but instead causes it to break up along fracture planes into massive, coherent blocks. In Cave Creek, north of Richardson Springs, several> loose blocks of flus basalt are enclosed within the lowest tuff -breccia flows of the Tuscan Formation. One block .vas seen to.be un- derlain by tuff -breccia of the Tuscan Formation where a strearn had undercut the block. Others 10 to 40 feet long lie with the columnar joint planes nearly hori- zontal, rather than vertical as they would be if they werc in place in a flow. These blocks lie several tens of feet above the upper surface of the Lovejoy Basalt and must have been lifted and carried to their present position by the combined bouyancy and velocity of the tuff -breccia flows of the Tuscan Formation. • Lovejoy Basalt is exposed in four canyons in the Richardson Springs quadrangle: Big Chico Creels, Mud Creels, Cave Creek and Pine. Creek. It is exposed to the east in the canyon walls of Big Chico and Little Chico Creeks in the Paradise quadrangle, but it is absent in Butte Creek. The western boundary of sur- face exposures is a fault at Mud Creek, Cave Creek, and Pine Creek. Lithologically identical rocks, which' have been assigned to the Lovejoy Basalt by Durrell, are exposed 25 miles west of Chico at Orland Buttes and 20 miles to the southeast at Oroville Table Moun- tain. Drill-hole information indicates that the basalt. is present in the subsurface as far west as the Sacra- ment River (Durrell, 1959, p. 196) and to the south between Durham and Butte City in Butte and Glenn Counties. The basalt is not known to be present in the canyon of Deer Creck to the north 1; therefore, the northern limit of this basalt in the subsurface lies somewhere between Deer. Creek and the exposures at Pinc Creek. These observations suggest that the Love- joy Basalt underlies all but the northern one-third of the Richardson Springs quadrangle. The thickncss of the Lovejoy Basalt cannot be dc- tcrn)ined from surface exposures in this quadrangle ccausc the base is not exposed. The basalt is 200 feet w. R. 11ail, unpublished ReoloRic map of Deer Creek Canyon. Cali- fornia Department of water Resources, 1962. thick in Chico Creels to the cast incl thickens to 800 feet in the subsurface at the Bell Ranch on Pinc Creek (Kasline, F. E., 1957, reference =o Humble Oil Co. "Calvin C. Baccala, et al., no. 1." on page 138). In his discussion of the origin of the Lovejoy Ba- salt, Durrell proposed that these rocks were derived from a source east of the Honey Lakc escarpment, which bounds the southwestern aide of Honey Lake Valley in Lassen Count- 75 miles northeast of Chico. Durrell.reachcd this conclusion, i-1 part, because "No dikes, plugs, or other intrusions that could be the source of the lava have been found by anyone" (Durrell, 1959, p. 213). While mapping the Paradise quadrangle to the cast, J. L. Burnett discovered the only Lovejoy volcano that has thus far been found, in the southeastern cor- ner of Sec. 2, T. 23 N., R. 2 E, MDB and \l. The feature is a circular topographic knob on the -, est -, aii of Big Chico Creek, 1.5 miles sc_uthwest of its junc- tion with Ponderosa Way. The knob is formed of Lovejoy Basalt over 300 feet thick, which terminl;fes against Tuscan Formation to the northeast. To the southwest, the Lovejoy abruptly thins to 100 feet and is continuously exposed in both -, alls of the canyon until it disappears beneath fhe Tuscan Formation at the eastern edge of the Richardson Springs quadrangle. The conduit is not exposed below the volcano but this surface is littered with deb_is from the volcano and slope wash from the underh :ng Chico Formation. The conduit could be covered by this debris or not yet uncovered by erosion. Tuscan Formation The Tuscan Formation is the most widely exposed. rock unit in the Richardson Springs quadrangle, mak- ing up approximately 45 percent of the surface ex- posures. It consists of tuff-bre_cia, lapilli tuff, and sedimentary rocks containing volcanic debris and andcsite tuff. The lithology of taus unit varies greatly at different localities along the eastern side of the Great Valley. In this quadrangle, individual beds com- monly can be followed for se•: eral miles along the wall of a canyon, but they cvcotually pinch out and often cannot be identified in the -%vall of an adjacent canyon. The uppermost bed is massive tuff -breccia that ranges in thickness from 30 to 150 feet and is present throughout the quadrangle. With this excep- tion, no persistent beds could be found -\\.ithin the unit. Anderson (1933) and Crrely (1965) reported the same lack of persistent manner beds in nearby exposures of the Tuscan For.m:ation. The tuff -breccia and volcanic sedimenrary rocks of the Tuscan Formation are overlain either conform- ably or with slight erosional a -icon formity by flows of olivine basalt at Cohassct Riduc; the unit uncon- fornlably overlies the Lovejoy Basalt. The thickness varies considcrahly, as is sho-,vii by drill-hoic inforu)a- • 4 CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY tion or by measuring its thickness where the underly- ing Lovejoy Basalt is exposed: 445 feet—East of the Richardson Springs Hotel from the top of the Lovejoy Basalt to the top of Hill 1484. 640 feet—Big Chico Creek at the eastern border of the quadrangle. 1145 feet—Pine Creek, north of Root Spring. 1525 feet—Pine Creek, one mile northeast of the Bell Ranch. Drill-hole information. 750 feet—Drill-hole information near Nord. The uppermost surface of the Tuscan Formation is preserved as disconnected topographic plateaus which form the tops of the highest ridges in the quadrangle and dip gently to the southwest parallel to the bedding. Blocks of andesite and basalt are scattered over many parts of this surface, suggesting that it was covered by thin lava flows. These blocks are litho - logically similar to breccia blocks within the Tuscan Formation and most may be the residual products of -,Teathering. An outstanding structural feature of the Tuscan . Formation in this quadrangle is the gentleness and uni- formity of the regional dip to the southwest. The atti- tude of bedding can be determined from bands of' brush and trees that are prominent on the aerial photographs. The sedimentary beds contain ground water and tend to support a dense growth of brush and trees, which appear on the photographs as dark, sinuous bands. The tuff -breccia and tuff beds support only grass and form the light-colored bands, as shown in figure 2. A source of the Tuscan Formation is located in the northeastern corner of the quadrangle at Campbell AMound, an eroded volcanic cone. The source is a minor one in terms of the volume of material expelled. This material forms a hill with a maximum height of 250 feet covering an area of approximately one square mile, containing a volume of approximately .2 cubic mile. The vent is partly destroyed by erosion but is rec- ognizable because the bedding planes are steeply dipping and slightly folded. These unusual attitudes are due to the eruption and piling up of tuff -breccia around the vent rather than to subsequent deformation. The rock expelled from this vent is tuff -breccia and minor amounts of ruff identical to the undisturbed' Tuscan rocks, which lies below those derived from the Campbell Alound vent. The vent occupies the center of an anticlinal structure with a circular axis 700 feet in diameter which includes the highest point on Campbell (Mound at its western edge. The eastern edge is breached by a precipitous canyon that drains into Campbell Creek. The process of breaching the vent by erosion may have been aided by explosive eruptions during the final phases of volcanic activity. MS 13 Within the anticlinal axis, bedding planes dip approxi- mately 30° toward the center of the vent. Outside the axis, bedding dips away from the vent at a maxi- mum of 480 near the axis, flattening to less than 10° several hundred yards away. Stratigraphically below the borders of the Campbell Mound volcano, bedding planes within the older parts of the Tuscan Formation are undisturbed and dip gently to the southwest. The gentle, undisturbed attitude of these older beds sug- gests that their source is to the northeast, somewhere outside the Richardson Springs quadrangle. Lydon presented two alternative interpretations of the Campbell Mound origin, based on a visit to the area in 1965 (Lydon, 1968, p. 466). He suggested that the domical form could have resulted from a shallow intrusion, remobilzation of the tuff -breccia or a vol- canic vent. Lydon (1961, p. 23) suggested that the unusual thickness of the Tuscan Formation in the foothills of this quadrangle might he associated with a major vol- canic source of these rocks. Although the area is deeply incised by canyons, there are no exposures of the base of the Tuscan between the outcropping of LovejoN. Basalt in Pine Creek and Cretaceous outcroppings in Deer Creek to the north. With the exception of the small source at Campbell Mound, the bedding in this area has a uniform slope of 1° or 2° to the southwest, suggesting that these rocks were derived from a source to the northeast. The thickness of the Tuscan could be attributed to the filling of a broad valley cut into the pre -Tuscan surface. Beds of tuff -breccia are especially common in the northeastern portion of the Richardson Springs quad- rangle. The tuff -breccia is part of a broad expanse of similar material that is found from Redding south to Oroville and as far east as Mineral, Tehama County. Well -log information indicates that sone of the ruff - breccia beds extend about three miles southwest of U.S. Highway 99E where the upper surface of the ruff -breccia is about 500 feet below sea level. The tuff -breccia is composed of angular fragments and blocks of black to reddish brown, porphyritic to fine-grained andesite in a well -cemented matrix of andesitic sand and tuff. Individual tuff -breccia flows are 10 to 40 feet thick and are separated by beds of sedimentary rocks a few inches to several tens of feet thick. Many of the latter arc composed of strcam- rounded gravels, suggesting that the tuff -breccia vas deposited in pre-existing valleys containing active streams. Beds of sedimentary rock containing unmetamor- phosed volcanic debris are found throughout the Tus- can Formation but are especially common in the foot- hills southeast of Mud Creek. The volcanic sedimentary rocks consist of cobble to boulder conglomerate, beds of pale colored diatomaceous and tuffaceous siltstone, dark colored, massive, gravelly sandstone and light 1969 RICHARDSON SPRINGS QUADRANGLE Figure 2. Richardson Springs Hotel Area. Dark bands of volcanic exhumed fault scarp of Lovejoy Basalt; thick vegetation (arrow) masks sedimentary rocks separate lighter -toned bands of tuff -breccia above the cliff face in this view toward the east. Photo by John L. Burnett. the Richardson Springs Hotel. The bluff upstream from the hotel is an colored, cross -bedded lacustrine sedimentary rocks. Sonic of these beds are 50 feet thick. Well -log infor- mation indicates that these beds extend in the subsur- face at least as far as the Sacramento River, as wells near Gerber have intercepted similar sedimentary rock at depths greater than 500 feet below the surface. The change from pr6dominantly volcanic rocks in the northeast to predominantly sedimentary rocks con- taining volcanic debris in the southwest is a regional Ohange in lithologic facies resulting from reworking of the nlfl•-breccia within the Tuscan Formation. This change is a gradational one that takes place in the Cohasset Ridge -Big Chico Creek vicinity. - A single exposure of sedimentary rock consisting of of rhyolitic debris -,vas found near the base of the Tuscan Formation. This rock consists of a friable matrix of rhyolite sand surrounding well-rounded clasts of white pumice and rhyolite. The exposure is on the north bank of Big Chico Creek where basalt of the Lovejoy Formation passes beneath the Tuscan Formation into the subsurface (Section 9 projected, T. 22 N., R. 2 R., AI.D.B. and M.). The outcropping is located approximately 40 feet above the most south - • • C:v.nFounnn DIVISION or Mines nnu Gicon.oc-," westerly uxposurc of the basalt and, although poorly exposed, rhe rhyolitic sedimentary rock docs not appear to be more than 20 feet thick. Rhyolitic volcanic rocks within the Tuscan Forma- tion in this arca arc important because they commonly have been correlated with the Nomlaki Tuff Member of the Tuscan Formation. Anderson and Russcll,(1939) proposed that the Nomlaki Tuff Member marked a time horizon within the Tuscan and Tehama Forma- tions on both sides of the Great Valley and that the tuff originated in volcanoes east of Redding. They mention all occurrence of tuff on Butte Creek (p. 244) which probably is the exposure that was later mapped and described by Creel), (1965, p. 73) on Little Butte Creek. The rhyolitic sedimentary rock in Big Chico Creek is similar to the material described by Creely in Little Butte Creek and both seem to have been laid down as stream channel deposits of early Tuscan age. These sedimentary rocks were derived from a deposit of vol- canic ash. A probable source bed of rhyolitic ash has been mapped in Big Chico Creek by Burnett one mile to the northeast in the Paradise quadrangle. It seems unlike]y that the rhyolitic ash deposits were erupted from volcanoes 60 miles to the north near Redding, since there are few occurrences of rhyolitic rocks in the arca between. It is more probable that the rhyolitic ash -,vas derived from an unknown volcano somewhere northeast of Chico. Basalt of Cohasset Ridge Dark gray-, olivine basalt forms a prominent ridge -,which extends from the settlement of Cohasset to the margin of the Great Valley. In thin-section, the rock consists of interlocking laths of plagioclase, the inter- stices between -,which arc filled with anhedral pyroxene I' cr-,'stals and clear glass. The olivine occurs as anhedral -ysts -,which arc rimmed with a yellowish brown phenoc altcrarion product ("iddingsite"). Most of the rock is fresh :incl massive and it -,weathers to a blocky rubble. The rock is normally porphyritic and slightly vcsic- alar with vesicles two to five millimeters in diameter. Variations from this average description are com- mon. Some parts of the basalt are light gray to black in colon; non -vesicular and sonic samples are not mark- edlv porplivritic. Zones of scoria occur -,within this flow although they are not common. The unit -,vas mapped from the blocky, massively jointed outcroppings -,which arc exposed on both sides of Cohasset Ridge and from the distinctive dark photo- graphic tone -,vhich is associated with this unit on aerial photographs. The basalt is 75 feet thick along most of Cohasset Ridge and thins to approximately 15 feet, several miles north of Richardson Springs. The basalt thins to the northeast near and across the eastern boundary of the quadrangle. In this arca, the outcrop - MS 13 pings ire tuff -breccia of the Tuscan Formation, but the suiface is littered with disconnected blocks of the 4 basalt ;of Cohasset Ridge. This basalt is lithologically similar to the breccia blocks that weather out of the uppermost tuff -breccia of the Tuscan Formation, and, due to this similarity, the northeastern boundary of the basalt of Cohasset Ridge could not be located with certainty. Consequently; the boundary shown is the most northeasterly point where exposures of the ba- salt of Cohassct Ridge could be found in place. The basalt is exposed in a southwest -trending belt approximately 3Y2 square miles in area which extends from the eastern boundary of the quadrangle to a point % of a mile west of Cohasset High-,vay, where it passes below fanglomerate deposits of the Great Valley. It is suspected from drill-hole information that the basalt extends westward beneath the sediments of the Great Valley at least as far as U.S. Highway 99E. The basalt lies in a very shallow valley that -,vas developed on the uppermost surface of the Tuscan t' Formation; inasmuch as the basalt no -,v forms a promi- y. hent ridge, the flow has inverted the pre-existing to- pography.. This post -Tuscan valley has largely been j removed by erosion, but remnants of it can be detected j, by the stereoscopic study of aerial photographs in the »� vicinity of the Anderson Fork of Rock Creek. :t The basalt of Cohasset Ridge occupies a strati- graphic position similar to other basalt flows ,vhich overlie the Tuscan Formation in nearby areas, such as along Deer Creel: in the Panther Springs quadrangle ti to the north and Promontory Point and other ex_ i! posures to the east in the Paradise quadrangle. These other exposures of basalt are lithologically similar j to the basalt of Cohasset Ridge, but it is not known ,1 whether they represent similar lava from a single vol- canic vent, similar lava from different vents -,vhich were connected at depth, or whether they arc cnt1relY " unrelated. These basalt flows are only slightly younger than the Tuscan Formation and therefore arc probahly Pliocene in age. Fanglomerate A broad expanse of fanglomerate is exposed throughout the central portion of the quadrangle; it .is thought to be of Pho-Pleistocene age because it is older than the Red Bluff Formation and younger than the basalt of Cohasset Ridge. The deposits make up a gently sloping plain that extends southwestward from the foot of the hills to the vicinity of U.S. High- -,way 99E. This plain is a portion of 'a more extensive deposit that mantles the eastern side of the valley from Red Bluff southeast to Chico. Mapping of the unitu-as a accomplished by using existing soil maps. The fanglomerate consists of hard andesitic cobbles and boulders in a reddish brown, iron -rich, cemented matrix of sand and plastic silt. This unit is well - cemented. The upper surface is slightly undulating 1969 RICHARDSON SPRINGS QUADRANGLE.. and devoid of nearly all vegetation except sparse grass. The fanglomerate ranges from 25 to 100 feet in thick- ness. It is underlain by beds of silt, which are in turn underlain by other beds of cemented andesi6c gravels. Drill hole information indicates three or four separate beds of fanglomeratc, each about 25 to 50 feet thick. The fanglomerate dips southwestward beneath the valley floor and appears to extend westward at least as far as the Sacramento River. The fanglomeratc was apparently formed from tor- rential outwash from the volcanic highland to the northeast. Arid conditions subsequent to deposition created an oxidizing environment in which the cement- ing matrix formed. Plio-Pleistocene Sediments Sediments of probable Plio-Pleistocene age are pres- ent in the northwestern and central portions of the Richardson Springs quadrangle. Northwest of Deer Creek, the. sediments arc not over 25 feet thick and overlie the fanglomerate. Here, they are composed of poorly consolidated, light colored, silty sand. Near Pine Creek, a moderately consolidated, massive, light- colored, tuffaceous sandy clay occurs between the gravels of the Red Bluff Formation and those of the fanglomcrate. Along Singer Creek and near Rock Creek, deposits of moderately consolidated, massive, light-colored, sandy silt appear as interbeds .within the fanglomerate. It is doubtful if any of these deposits are • contemporaneous or can he correlated with one another. Rather, they appear to be local accumulations of fine-grained materials which were deposited over a fairly= wide range of time. Nowhere do they appear to be greater than 40 feet in thickness. Red Bluff Formation Surface exposures of the Red Bluff Formation are small in the Richardson Springs quadrangle, but it is more widespread farther to the northwest in Tehama County. In this quadrangle, it crops out only along U.S. Highway 99E between Rock Creek and Pine Creek. Logs of water wells suggest the presence of the Red Bluff underlying the Rock Creek plain to the southu-cst. The Red Bluff Formation is Pleistocene in age and is composed of beds of semi -consolidated, poorly , sorted quart -nose pebble gravel in a reddish Drown sandy clay matrix. It contains Many intcrbcds of cross -bedded, reddish brown, clayey sandstone. The Red Bluff Formation was mapped on the basis of soil maps which show it as Corning gravelly sandy loam. The surface sol! is reddish brown and has a well dc- veloped soil profile. Iron -cemented hardpan is usually present. The Red Bluff Formation appears to be at most 75 feet thick. It dips beneath the valley floor •where it is overlain by younger materials. It overlies both the fine-grained Plio-Pleistocene sediments and the fant,*lomeratc. Older Alluvium Older alluvium occurs as nearly flat plain deposits in the western and southern portions of the quad- rangle. and at numerous other localities on the floor of the Great Valley. In areas where the ulut is covered by younger deposits, the upper surface of the older alluvium is present in the subsurface at depths of a few feet to about 100 feet near the Sacramento River. The older alluvium consists of moderately consolidated clay, silt, and sand. Exposures of older alluvium were mapped from soil maps by combining the Anita clay loam and Anita clay adobe. These soils have profiles that arc moderately to \vcll-da-clopcd; clay -pan is fre- quently present. The older alluvium may be as much as 150 feet thick along the central portion of the Great Valley. The older alluvium of this quadrangle has pre\-i- ously been mapped as Victor Formation by Olmstead and Davis (1961). The unit in this quadrangle con- sists of detritus from the Tertiary volcanic rocks to the east whereas the typical Victor Formation is derived from a granitic and n;etxmorphic terrane. The resulting differences in lithology arc great enough so that the unit hers should not be designated as Victor Formation found south of the City of Sacramento. Basin Deposits Two local areas of basin deposits•occur along U.S. Highway 99E. They were probably formed as a re- sult of local ponding along Mud Creek.. These deposits are probably not over 50 feet thiel: and are composed of unconsolidated clay and silt. The surface soils are only slightly developed and are shown on soil maps as Conejo heavy clay loam. Recent Alluvial Fan Deposits Alluvial fan deposits are of local extent and occur from Chico Airport south to Big Chico Creek. The deposits belong to the same soil series as the Recent alluvium but are coarser -grained, consisting of uncon- solidated gravel, silt, and clay; with gravel predomi- nating. Soil profiles arc slightly developed and the deposits are not over 100 feet thick. They grade into deposits of alluvium at their disral ends to the South- west. Recent Alluvium Alluwlnlll CI)t'CI':, 11111th X11 th' liml1' id II1C (_,I'CaL Valley. In the Richardson Springs quadrangle, it oc- curs as the upper surface of the Chico alluvial fan and is found from Nord southeast to Chico. It also occurs along many of the streams draining into the valley. The alluvium consists of unconsolidated clay, silt and sand with sparse beds of gravel. It was rrlappcd from soil maps by combining soils of the Vina, Nord, and Farwell series. These soils are a=1 immature and have only slightly developed profiles- They have a minor accumulation of clay or lime in the subsoil as a result • • .7 S t.MAI-Oi(NIA I,1• n mi., AND „f {roc hilly 11-0)11) 111c•. surface horizon. i lie. soil Icxture- r:!!I rt•', frim; :,1)c tiancli lo:lnl ro cla% {,I;un. ]'lie :11111- LIM r:Ln'cs from noncxistcnr Uo :)bout 1011 fccr in thickness. Floodplain Deposiis of the Sacramento River Floodplain deposits occur in the southwestern por- tion of the quadrangle. They arc Dart of an extensive deposit found on both sides of the Sacramento River from near Red Bluff south to Coh„sa. The deposits were delineated from soil maps where they arc shown as Columbia silt loam and Columbia very fine sandy loam. The surface soil is unconsolidated and unweath- ered and has a poorly developed soil profile. These deposits, %vhich have been formed from overwash of the Sacramento River, consist of clay, silt, and sand ,, ith lenses of sandy gravel, all of mixed origin. The deposits range from a thickness of a few feet to over 100 feet along the central portion of the Great Valley. Stream Channel Deposits Stream channel. deposits occur along Deer, Singer, Pine, and Big Chico Creeks and many of their tribu- rarics. The deposits were mapped principally from ex- isting soil maps with some modification through field checking. Tile deposits are loose and unconsolidated; they consist of a mixture of boulders, gravel, sand, and lesser amounts of silt. Nearly all of the material has been derived from the upland area to the northeast. The deposits range from 10 to 50 feet in thickness. Geologic Formations in the Subsurface Several Tertiary and Cretaceous geologic formations are present in the subsurface at the Richardson Springs quadrangle that do not crop out at the surface. Much of the information on these formations is from the published logs of two exploratory oil wells drilled in the Richardson Springs quadrangle (Cross, 1954). These holes transect rocks which he assigned to the Tehama Formation; Lovejoy Basalt, Capay Formation, unnamed Focene rocks, Kionc Formation, and undif- ferenrinted L.pper Cretaceous rocks. The latter include :he time interval occupied by, the Chico Formation at its rope icu'aliry oil Big Chico Creek in the Paradise auadranti*lc (Tiift c t al., 1940). The scib:nl-face units arc significant in the. Richard - soil Springs qu:idranglc because they are the source rock of the natural gas seeps and mineral springs near rhe Richard on Shrink;•. Horr'l. Thee fluid; are. ilnni},I!t 11) Ir;u I. tl,!• •.nilarr II„„!!I;li a Y„nc: ..I Ita,- 11111f!l; n1 Ow I1PA.- I I"MI:I,Ilton (I;urIML, 1963). In a sumnim-'v of the subsurface geology of the (.';rcat Valley, Safonov presents two maps prepared from drill-hole data show the subsurface distri- bution of sandstone of the Kiorc Formation of Late Cretaccons age (Safonov, 1962, figs. 12) and the Capay Formation of 1:cccne age (Safonov, 1962, fig. 6). The Kiane Formation is shown to underlic the entire hili. sixnh\%c'slcrn hall of the VAL-11:11d5Ul1 tiprinls cluad- r:uigle :Honig :t houndary 111:11 1ppro iniatcly c•oincicics -\vith the "vcstenlmosr exposures of the Tuscan For- niation.']'lie northcrnntost tinrit of the C:yl:n. Forma - 11011 urulerlics rhe southern part of rhe RIChardson Springs quadranglc. The limit .is a curved line passing through the h4ount Diablo ]Meridian where it crosses the southern boundary of the quadrangle, the Chico Blur icipal Airport, and the so--itheastern corner of the quadrangle. This limit is shown as a dashed line by Safonov, indicating' some uncertainty as to its exact location. The Tuscan Formation cxiends westward beneath the sediments of the Great Valley and intcrfingers with continental sedimentary rocks of the Tehama Formation in the vicinity of the Sacramento River. The Tehama Formation is cxDosed at the surface five miles west of the quadrangle boundary, in the Corning quadrangle. STRUCTURE Tile dominant structural feature in the Richardson Springs quadrangle is the Chico monocline, which trends N30°W across the center of the quadrangle. This monocline was originally described by Diller (1 S94) and was later mentio -led by Anderson (19:13, p. 240) and Burnett (1963, p. 39 and fig. 1). Two names ]lave been applied m the fold. Bryan (192;1 pl. 1711) used the name "Chino monocline" in a pub- lished report and the same name has been used in unpublished reports by the U.S. Bureau of Reclama- tion and the California Dcoartnlent of water Re- sources; however, the name `Tuscan monocline" was applied to the same feat -Lire by Rogers (1962, p.' 67 and pl. 2) in a published report. The two names for the same feature seen] to ref--ct the orientation of the geologists working in the area—i.e., ground water geologists have consistently, used "Chico monocline", while geologists in the field -of petroleum exploration have used "Tuscan monocline". Since the former name has priority through the published work of Bryan, it wiII be followed in this rcpo-r. In the Richardson Springs quadrangle, the Chico monocline is defined by srepening of rile rcgional bedding attitude in the Tuscan Formation from 2° to 8'-10" along rile margin o- rbc C;rcar Vallcv. 'I'hc upper bend of rile monoclinic is well exposed, but the lower bend is not, except for exposures in Rattlesnake Creek near Meridian Road. These in-place exposures „f Il!r I ic,c ail V4,!tn:!1!ull iJJUM t'Cpl'r.•.(-I!r it-, ul,prrunrx surface wcst of flit lower band of thc• Imlim -liar continuing the R° to 10' dip into the subsurface would rcquiue a profound and abrupt thickening of the Tuscan Formation we!.t of the monocline ('sec cross-section A -A'). The lower bend of the mono - cline must, therefore, be located below the western- most exposures of the Tuscan Formation from Pine Creek northward; the axis has been plotted at the • 1969 RICHARDSON SPRINGS QUADRANGLE. 9 Figure 3. Fracture Traces Northwest of Bell Ranch. The traces, marked this aerial photo to near the upper right. The 'photo looks northwest. by intermittent lines of trees, run from near the lower left corner of Photo by John L. Burnett. inferred center of svmmetry of the fold. South of Pine Creek, the bedding flattens and the distinctive bend of the monocline is gradually lost. The monocline extends to the northwest from this quadrangle for more than 15 miles and accounts for the long, straight eastern boundary of the Great Valley between Chico and Red Bluff. When the monocline was formed, the brittle tuff - breccia of the Tuscan Formation apparently responded to bending by extensive fracturing. The individual fractures arc 1/R to %j inch in width and normally are no more than a few feet long. These fractures can be observed in outcroppings along the margin of the Great Valley and for several miles to the east. On the eastern side of this zone of fracturing, the indi- vidual fractures arc concentrated along distinct north- west -trending lines called fracture traces, which have been described elsewhere (Burnett, 1963). The frac- ture traces are best observed on aerial photographs or ground vic,,vs from somedistance away where they stand out as bands of vegetation, including aligned trees, which are. more luxuriant than areas between the traces. These vegetational bands, shown on the map with green lines, have been mapped by photo - geological methods. The southern end of the monocline is a mile or two northwest of Cohasset Ridge where the sharp monoclinal bend flattens to a regional dip of 2e to the southwest. The fracture traces do continue to the southeast beyond the southern, boundary of the Par•2- dise quadrangle, suggesting that some folding has taken place there although none could be detected during the mapping. The fracture traces are interpreted as faults which have originated through structural adjustment of the Tuscan Formation during folding. The displacement along individual traces is usually quite small—several inches to several feet—although 60 feet of vertical displacement has been noted at Singer Creek. Other significant faulting that has been recognized within the quadrangle is at the exposures of .Lovejoy Basalt in Mud Creek, Cave Creek and Pine Creek. All three exposures are bounded on the west by a scarp which existed as a topographic scarp when the Tuscan Formation was laid down and which has since been exhumed by erosion. The Tuscan Formation ovcrIv- ing these scarps is not displaced, although the bedding locally steepens within the lowermost beds of the Tuscan where its sediments flowed over the scarp. The exposed portion of the scarp is 190 feet high at ,Mud Creek and 50 feet high at Pine Creel.. At Cave Creek, the scarp may be as high as 10 feet; bur it is not well exposed because the creek has not cut deeply enough into the Lovejoy Basalt. • • • 10 CALIFORNIA l)Iy1SI0N of A11N•F� AND GFriLOGu The ter:%lila hct\vccn these exhumed scarps is hidden beneath rocl:s of the Tuscan Form:ition, so that the trend of the faulting that produced the scarps can- not be observed. The three scarps lic along a Line that trends 5° %vcsr of north, and the buried fault that produced them probably lies along this line. The most thoroughly exposed scarp at Mud Creek trends north- east, parallel to the vertical fractures within the Love- joy Basalt at. Tis locality, richer than to the northwest as do the. Tuscan fracture traces. The vertical frac- tures arc thou,2ht to have resulted from deformation of the Lovcjoy Basalt which took place before the north -,vest -trending faulting which produced the. scarps. The postulated fault trending N5°W followed the northeast -trending planes of weakness created by the vertical fractures for atleast short distances. The northeasterly trend of the Mud Creek scarp is thought to have been localized along fractures in this way. These scarps are interpreted to be the result of fault- ing rather than simply the buried margin of a basalt flaw. Where the scarps have been exposed by stream erosion, they arc vertical, and it is doubtful that a lava floxv'as fluid as this basalt must have heen would form IMS 13 :l "'111c•11 nl:u-41111 sc:e'cr:ll hundiTtl feet 11WIl. :Mother point of evidence is that ncc Low-*ov Basalt has been folded adjacent to the scarp exposed at Mud Creels. The basalt is warped into a gentle anticline with its axis %z mile northeast of Old Spatush Corral. The western limb of this anticline steepens toward the west to 1S° near the remnants of a, footbridge across Mud Creek, where the flows are sl-arply folded into a syn- cline which plunges gently tr_ the south. This folding is thought to have resulted from fault movement= along the scarp. The sense of displ2cement is west side down. The amount of displacement is unknown; although a minimum displacement is 190 feet (the exposed height of the scarp) the total vertical displacement may be several hundred feet. Seismic activity is relativel- uncommon in this area but a 4.6 magnitude earthquake did occur on May 24, 1966. This event was studied in great detail by Lomnitz and Bolt (1967) because it coincided with the CHASE V chemical explosion off the California coast. This experiment %vas designed to compare the seismic response of the explosion with that of local earth- quakes. Ground Water Characteristics of the Geologic Units Geologic unit Strafigraphic I_--- and map sym6al thickness — — Physical characteristics Water-beari-ig characteristics -- -- Stream channel deposits.) Ranges from 10 to I Loose, unconsolidated mixture of Permeability and infiltration rates are high to extremely Osc 50 feet. boulders, gravel, sand, and silt. high. Water in wells wi.hin this unit is derived from the 1 adjacent stream and from rainfall. Due to its high infil- tratior. rate, the unit is important to ground wafer re- charge. Floodplain deposits of Ranges from several Unconsolidated clay, silt, and Permeability ranges from moderate to. high. The unit the Sacramento River feet to over 100 sand with lenses of sandy gravel. normally will supply adequate quantities of ground OII feet. water for domestic use watering of stocl<, and limited irrigation. Recent ailuvium ....... Up to 100 feet..... Unconsolidated clay, silt, and sand Permeability is moderate yielding moderate quantities of Oal with sparse beds of grave!. I ground water to shallow wells. Recent alluvial fan de- Up to 100 feet..... Unconsolidated gravel, silt, and Permeability is generally higher than that of the adjacent posits clay. alluvium and consequently should yield more ground JI - water ls.> della. Th... uriit Is imprntini In err:J..,i•1 '.-,,iii , 1!•1 I,n1•Ic Itlla- L. Ilt [it'll. intillltlll•.n 1•,li •. 3a -,in deposits......... Ur, is 50 feet...... Unconsolid.,led clay :end silt...... Low permeability. Wells located on basin deposits yield ObI water principally from the underlying sediments. DIder :Illuvium........I Up to 150 feet..... Unconsolidated to moderately Permeability is general[), low; will generally yield only Ooal I consolidated clay, silt, and enough water for domestic purposes and limited irri- sand. Hardpan is usually pres- gati.on. ent. Zed Bluff Fm........... Up to 75 feet.... - - i Semi -consolidated, poorly sorted , Permeability is fairly Icw in surface exposures. In the OIb siliceous gravel in areddish- subsurface, however, the permeability is somewhat brown sandy da,..,rnatrix. ( higher as the unit yieljs fair quantities of ground water to wells. • 1969 RICHARDSON SPRINGS QUADRANGLE. Ground WaterCharacteristics of the Geologic Units—Continued Geologic unit and map symbol Stratigraphic thickness Physical characteristics Water -bearing characteristics Plio-Pleistocene sedi- Up to 40 feet....... Poorly consolidated beds of sand Moderate to low permeability. -he sediments are of little ments and silt mostly occurring as in- importance to ground water because their extent is local TOs terbeds in the fanglomerate. and discontinuous. Fanglomerale.......... Ranges from 25 to Volcanic conglomerate and gravel. The vertical permeability is neglu3ible in surface exposures TOf over 100 feet. The matrix is iron rich, well due to cementation of the matrix. Thus, this unit is of cemented sand and plastic silt. little importance to ground water recharge. Cementation - is less pronounced in the subsurface; the permeability, here, is somewhat higher and the unit may yield mod- erate quantities of ground wester to wells. Basalt of Cohasset Ridge. Ranges from 0 to 75 Flows of massive basalt.......... Relatively impermeable and of I the importance to ground TOV b feet. water. Tuscan Fm ............. Ranges from 400 Flows of massive tuff -breccia sep- The tuff -breccia is nearly irnperneable and therefore, the I Pv feet to more than crated by continental beds of uppermost tuff -breccia inhibi.s the downward percola- 1500 feet. volcanic sand and gravel. tion of surface water, In the subsurface it acts as an aqui- clude and thus confines grounj water to the underlying, „ more permeable aquifers. Some of the volcanic'sand and gravel is highly _permeable and yields large quantities of zground water. Deep wells in the Great Valley are frega:er:tly under artesian head and tap large quantities of water. In the upland area, springs frequently occur on t&e canyon walls where the sediments crop out. Lovejoy Basalt......... Approximately 200 Flows of massive, columnar basalt Generally impermeable. Locally may contain small quan- Tvb feet thick in Big tities of ground water. Chico Creek, thickening to 800 feet in the sub- surface to the p west. Lomnitz and Bolt concluded that the earthquake focal depth exceeded 20 kilometers and it occurred along a fault striking N30°W and dipping 650 to the northeast. The displacement was predominantly right lateral with a minor component of reverse faulting (east side up).. y ECONOMIC GEOLOGY Ground Water Ground water is by far the most important natural resource of the Richardson Springs quadrangle and can he found at nearly any location southwest of the Chico monocline. In general, adequate supplies of irri- gation water mai- be obtained from wells 300 to 600 feet in depth in the area southwest of U.S: 1~Iighway 991.. Quantities sufficient for stock watering may. be obtained from wells 100. to • 200 feet deep in areas of fangiomcrate. High capacity wells have been drilled n this lattcr arca, but they have to go deep enough to t:11) the dcclrcr permeable volcanic scdiment-s of the "I -ascan Formation. The investigation undertaken by the Department of Water Resources included an evaluation of the ground water storage capacity of the Great Valley. This was done by assigning specific yiele values to all. subsur- face materials intercepted by w<.ter wells. The investi- gators estimated that the water -bearing materials in the Richardson Springs quadrangle contain about 6 million acre-feet of usable ground water between the .ground surface and 1,000 -fool depth. The ground water characteristics of the geologic units in this quad- rangle are presented in the table below. For additional infonrnation on this subject the reader should consult reports by the U.S. Geological, Survey"(Br),an 1923; Olmstead and Davi:;, 1961). . Mineral Springs The property at Richardson Springs has been de- veloped as a medicinal and vacation resort since the first, hotel was built by J. F. Richardson in 1889 (Guddc, 1965). The water flrom these springs has been bottled and sold since before .1925 and repre- :;cnts the most significant 'mineral product. from the • • J 12 CAI,11 o1(NIA DIVISION or MINES AND GF0I,0(a- quadrang1e, in cools of dollar value. The mineral water is mildly laxative and diuretic and has been considered beneficial in the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, nc(n-itjs, sciatica, colitis, digestive disorders, and general debility. Five mineral springs arc known, four on tile hotel grounds and the fifth at the mouth of Cave Creek, 400 yards north of the hotel. The -\rater from these lu ing: i. a cool, dihlre salirw sol(tt.ion rich cit srulitlm, l,ut:rr.iunt, c:tlrintn, :,nllur :11111 clilnriltc. Thr w:11cl, is siulil:tr to Ihar (rant I ascan tiprings, iU miles to the northwesr, (which was studied by White (1957). Fle concluded that the mineral water was of connate or fossil origin and -vas derived from the compaction of sedimentary rocks. This arca is underlain by marine sedimentary- rocks. Therefore, the water probably originates in the pore spaces of these rocks and reaches the surface through fractures in the overlying volcanic rocks. Waring (1915, p. 292) reports the flow from t\\ -o of rile springs to be 2 and 21, gallons per minute-, it is unlikely that the combined flow from all of the springs exceeds 15 gallons per. minute. Natural Gas Natural gas seeps arc present on the north bank of Mud Creek, i4 mile west of the Richardson Springs Hotel, The gas forinerIN- was collected in a tank (erroneously labelled "water tank" on the Richardson Springs 7 y ' and 15' topographic quadrangles) and used for heating in the hotel. Sand and Gravel Concrete aggregate has been intermittent]), pro- duced from the sedimentary rocks of Recent and Pleistocene age. Production within the quadrangle has depended upon road construction needs along U.S. Highway> 99F_, and adjacent county roads. Most of the sand and gravel has been produced from the stream channel deposits in the Lindo Channel at the southern boundar'N: of the quadrangle and from the Red Bluff Formation, Plio-Pleistocene sediments and fanglon-i- erate near the junction of Broyles Road and U.S. Hl,1,N%-ay 99E. Crushed and Broken Stone Stone ,vas quarried from the basalt of Cohasset Ridge in 1963-64. The stone was used as riprap on highway construction projects near Corning. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors are indebted to Q. A. Aune, J. IV. Guvton, IN,. R. Hail, P. J. Lorens, F. R. Neumann and AA%. IV. I?aulsen for critical review of the manu- script. -M r. Paulsen -vas especially helpful in loaning us material from his extensive file of information on the ground -water resources of the quadrangle. &78781—050 5-69 325C REFERENCES CITED A4S 1 ; Anderson, C. A., 1933, The Tuscan -ormation of northern California, with a discussion of the origin of volcanic breccias: California Uni- versity, Dept. of Geological Sciences Bulletin, vol. 23, p. 215--276. Andersun, C. A., and Russell, R. D., 5939, Tertiary formations of north- ern Sacramento Valley, California 35th Repoli of the• Stater Min eralogist, p. 219-253. Billings, M. P., 1954, Structural geolcgy: Prentice -Hall Inc., New York, second edition, p. 115-116. Bryan, Kirk, 1923, Geology and ground -water resources of Sacramento Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water -Supply Paper 495, Peale VII following p. 12. Bu,nnit, J. L., 1963, Fracture trace( n the Tustan r1,Inlotion, northern California: California Division of Minos anti Gaoingy Spocial Report 82, p. 33-40. Burnett, J. l., and Jennings, C. W., compilers, 1962, Chico sheet: Cali- fornia Division of Mines and Geoogy, Geologic Mop of California: Olaf P. Jenkins edition, scale 1:250000. Creely, R. S., 1965, Geology of the Oroville quadrangle, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 184. Cross, C. M. (Chairman), 1954, Ccrrelation section, northern Sacra- mento Valley, California, Correlation section no. 6. Pacific Sec- tion, American Association of Perroleum Geologists. See logs for: Pacific Western Oil Corp. and Geo. F. Getty Inc. Cana -1 and Rich- field Oil Corp. Hamilton -Nord -1. Dalrymple, G. B., 1964, Cenozoic chronology of the Sierra Nevada, California: University of California (Publications in Geological Sciences, vol. 47, p. 1-41. Diller, J. S., 1894, Lassen Peak folia U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas of the U.S., Folio 15. Durrell, Cordell, 1959, The Lovejoy Formation of northern California: University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 193-220. - Gowans, K. D., et of, Soil Survey of Tehama County, California: Un- published maps on file at the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station, Davis, scale -:24,000 undated. Gudde, E. G., 1965, California place names: University of California Press, Berkeley. Kosline, F. E., 1957, 43rd Annual Report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, Summary of Operations, vol. 43, p. 138. Lomnitz, C., and Bolt, B. A. (1967), Evidence on crustal structure in California from the CHASE V explosion and the Chico earthquake of May 24, 1966: Seismological Society of America Bull., vol. 57, p. 1093-1114. Lydon, P. A., 1961, Sources of the Tuscan Formation in northern Cali- fornia: Geological Society of Soeromento Annual Field Trip Guide- book, May 27 and 28, 1961, p. 21-24. Lydon, P. A., 1968, Geology and lahars of the Tuscan Formation, Cali- fornia: Geological Society of America. Memoir 116, p. 441-475. Olmsted, F. H., and Davis, G. H., 1961, Geologic features and ground- water storage capacity of the Socromento Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water -Supply '50per 1497. Rogers, D. A., 1962, Surface geology of the east side of the Socra- mento Valley, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bull. 181, p. 67-68. Safonov, Anatole, 1962, The challenge of the Sacramento Valley, Cali- fornia: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 181, p. 77-97. Taff, J. A., Hanna, G. D., and Cras, C. M., 1940, Type locality of the Cretaceous Chico 'Formation: Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 51, p. 1311-1328. Turner, H. W., 1894, The rocks of: the Sierra Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey 14th Annual Report, par- 11, p. 435-495. Turner, H. W., 1896, Further contr.butions to the geology of the Sierra Nevado: U.S. Geological Survey 17th Annual Report, Part 1, p. 521-762. Turner, H. W., 1897, The Dowaieville quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas of the U.S., Folio 37. Turner, H. W., 1898, the Bidwell -Sar quadrangle: U.S. Geological Sur- vey,'Geologic Atlas of the U.S., Folio 43. Waring, G. A., 1915, Springs o= California: U.S. Geological Survey Water -Supply Paper 338, p. 291-293. Watson, E. B., et al., 1929, Soil aurvey of the Chico area, California: U.S. Deportment of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Series 1925, No. 4. White, D. E., 1957, Magmatic, connate, and metamorphic waters: Geo- logical Society of America Bulletin, vol. 66, p. 1659-1682. Printed iG CALIiOn NIA OFFICE OF STATE PRINTING e - KN T V �q\\ f b ' % • a . ` ?' 1 !.. I .rte '' r 1 / '\ \:\ \\. ,'\ p V V -J \'A - Pt pt. --2 -P J. -Qal 2' !:-.f. Baia. Ae� 't from Lovejoy Fm. b PV TI pt cif—pt. Stone 4. rr TQf —Ay, b PV -pt al Qal P 9f ; T FQs 4 P V OS TQ RN" TQf. dy TQf AM. ,t /' �, , TQf 7 "®p' / - Qf Qa 1 2 pt 0av Qf X 00al 7 Q a I Dl!::> Qal TQf T f-'.: ---------- -A \ \A Exhibit "C" NOBLE L. ENGLE & ASSOCIATES P.O.' BOX 923 RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96080 ;iq I X __041111 it _N1 t "V I t j 0 2-4 143& iL -Exhibit I'D" NOBLE' ENGLE:& -ASSOCIATES AMEN= P.O.- BOX 923 RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96080 5• ri Exhibit "E", - ..27. E", ..27. (a) Any depressions which were not a part of the topograp=ny prior to mining will be backfilled and covered with topsoil and silt. Grading., will consist of leveling and surfacing mined areas and former stockpiling areas to minimize abrupt changes in the surface of the site. (b) Any unstable slopes resulting from mining activity will be graded ' to a flatter slope'to reduce slope instability.' All overhangs will be eliminated. Revegetation of the mined and exposed ,slopeE will also enhance stability. (c) Tailings and waste will be stabilized by leveling the: former stock- piling areas. No other permanent waste dumps will be necessary. �(d) Itis not anticipated that drainage courses will be impacted. (e) All equipment will be removed from the site upon completion of operations. No structures are anticipatedfor the site.. All refuse, will- be .removed .by the operator. (f) No potential contaminants are expected to result --fron, the operation ofthe quarry other than silt. If necessary, settling -ponds will:be lined to. prevent turbid water from entering groundwater. (g)`Sedimeritation and erosional problems in the intermittent stream will be avoided -by restricting mining operations from encroachment onto watercourses which generally tend to be surface sheet type flows for instances,in which the water -subsequently exits the site. Stockpiled topsoil and overburden will be located in such a way than runoff -will not - carry sediment into watercourses. (h) Residual hazards are.,not expected as a result of thcrough reclamation. The site is located on private property on which "No Tresspassing" signs will be posted. (i) The following plants are suggested for revegetation of the -project site ,Willows Tules Cottonwoods 'Orchard Grass .'Alders Vetch Legume (j) General -Comments: •Quarry.operations will occur in -carious areas as desirable basalt formations are encountered and mined. Which area will be opened first has not yet•been determined. Reclamation activities will likely occur in late spring and summer to avoid problems associated with winter .rains. Quarry, operations at this site are projected to last about ten years with all reclamation work being completed at the end of.that 4 time. 1 ACRE;ENT • This Agreement is'entered into on April 1, 1970 by and between.JAY N. AND DOROTi,Y CAIZ::hR Lhe owners of the CARNi:R RArticl; descriLed below and C & J, INC., a California corporation, 2510 Eureka tray, Redding, California 96001. jhe p.-operty described in this Agreement is a portion of Asseasors'Parcel, 47-23-22, located on the south side of Cohassett Road approximately two miles east of Keefer ?toad. It is described as follows: A portion of the h.id. 4 of Section 13, T 23 N, R I E, i;. D.B. S :i., `Butte County, California,.°legal description refer to parcel map - for Compstad Inc., recorded April 17, 1975, -Book 52 of Parcel Maps page 63. The parties agree as follows: i. Owner agrees to lease the property to C & J, INC. for the purpose of • Mir,ir3 or removing riprap rock located on the property. 2. This lease shall continue for a term of five years, with an option to be exercised by Lessee to extend the period for an'additional five years. 3. All of the rock removed from the property shall be weighed on a certified scale, either on the property ora commercial scale. For each ton removed by C & J, -INC., C & J, INC. shall pay to GARNER twenty-five cents per ton.' 4. C & J, INC. shall supply GARNER monthly with copies of all weight certi- C.cates for rock removal. 5. C h J, .INC. shall make payment within 20 days from the 3:)th of each month for rock removed during the previous period. o. C "C J, l\C.. shall' guarantee to JAY -M. CARNE -R \Nll 00IM HY i;ARNlid :, 111oi- �mum yearly revenue of not less than $1,000.00 per year,.any balance due will be due one year from Lease date and due annually thereafter. 7. GARNER warrants that C & J, INC. shall have rights of irgress and egress from the' property at all times and may construct such roac.s as neces- sary to fulfill the terms of this contract. �. 8. C & J, INC. shall at all times perform the work in a workmanlike i manner and commit`no waste or damage to the real property incident to the quarry operation. 9. C &.J, INC. shall hold GARNER harmless against any claim by any third party arising out of C & J, INC'S operation and shall carry workman's compen- sation and liability insurance adequate .to protect C & J, INC. and GARNER from claims by employees and third parties. 10.. In case suit is brought by either of the parties because of breach, of any term of this -Agreement, the party prevailing in the action shall.be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees. VARNER "Owner" - DOROTHY GARNE "0wn'er" - - - = C & J, INC. By: JAKE CASE, Vice President _I 'l• NI 1! / r /,,%I I JNrl ' � '�•' l l __7T ^Or 7./,?,I (,.` t\ ,t\ 1 �'f,}1 t (j.•`\t.. _.. .� 1. (1U.I; / J ' j.,t' ryl .�{ s /�.lr (� -� '1 '//!r"''4•- ��`\ r u/11 '�G-`�- .•1 .\.� f ,,.'Ilya 1'l� \' ^/j't (�•',\\ ",.1 ' ', l�nl /ij' ,� r. !`_�/'�"l�i. ill//!•� _-1f�,�'•�,. 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J] 1 .=�i:� r�' .rte^� � y�=,\, l -r/ �_/lv/ -"_ - .�.�H ri; �!'f,2i1._`._��`•~-�'.r��''/j.��.�"``_r'j,-�!'/�-"F'r`'= �/. � I ref. /t✓ / �+ /_•_�'=6�' ' � �\, - � � r} i f �\z i > •... j tr y - i It f • _ - j /'� �. � /,r ,�-_✓.' ' I {� + ' `�(��1 l_.�"! � t t i L 'r- ifs, ✓ - � -� �.''. ' 111..-x� w ,I �! �! , I .�V+' .. �. a - - I 'L` `�` +�. I / ..• ✓ 1��i ,"' t'i.�:•�-:5> " �. „/ Ic 1, .,. •,!21. f. I ' • -.Jl' ='/�• / � � 0�y% t; j- '' � / f � `. '.:.( "- I // //� 7 li iI,�3� •�: ., t �' �J�E� j � 'f�� '�• r ', //' .�', � � �";; � t !t t ,�✓ j �� � x .fit ..µµ _ /� /,J,//j/ i , �-c. �_(]•��/�// ti/- �' .�//y'.tt'11 7 �"'rif "e .1 .'�t�.;? `-�,., �n r,... -.`r _ Y-• /- ' I/ •; ' s__ �._..� �!L/• a'r"� �k.=7.0 j.3sr '����ta.. j,; �.e� 1��.���i,�`�' �±i�-• „-�� Y June 15, 1981 State of California Re: Robinson & Sons, Reclamation Reclamation Board Plan, Butte County 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Attn: Eldon Rinehart, w -- General Manager Gentlemen:. Reference is made to application 413212 on your agenda for June 19, 1981. Mr. Robinson has asked that I verify that his reclamation plan which was approved°by Butte County on June 7, 1978 covers the Kaiser and Natomas property. I would like to further state of my own personal knowledge that the Robinson Company^development on Kaiser property was a continuation of a gravel and material process that extended back before the early 1950's and would therefore, in my judgment, be grandfathered under the Surface Mining Act ofl. 1975. Very truly yours, Clay Castleberry ' Director of Public Works CC/ss cc: Robinson Construction Co., P. 0. Box 1620, Oroville, CA 95965 Planning Department 0 ti • i 1 • • A File No. BUTTE COUNTY (For Action X2,3) Public Works Dept. (For Inf mation ✓) S Director Dep. Dir. Sec. f • Rd. & Br. Mtce. * f � • S Shop & Yards Bldg. Insp. Admin. i r ' e ' 'Const. '.n •T 'ter ti Rd. Des. - - - T 11 rr n Br. Des. ':• ' t 3 '+ Sur. & Loc. TransP• 1 a Mapping A t r ,. •, r Land Dev. .i • 1' .' 2. '.'. Ref. DisP• c) ! r 1 �t_r. •rt t Drng. / S.I. T Sub. & PcI. Maps Permits_-_•„^,_ � } F • y • , + / `. .DIY ,. } • y •- F . 1 r k } 'i .1 v F� Butte uountq. T .fir_ LAND OF `NATURAI WEALTH P,ND BEAUTY "rte DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CLAY CAST LEBERRY-,.Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE, ORCVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Telephone: (915) 534-4681 H. W. McDONALD Deputy Director ( May 17, 1978 , Robinson Construction Co.. .RE: Reclamat_on Plans P. 0. Box 1620 I Oroville, CA 95965 s I Gentlemen: Attached is a copy of sheet six of County Ordinance No. 1827 w17-ich requires a fee of $25.00 at the time of filing of.the Reclatnati,:on Plan Would you kindly forwardyour check for $50.00 .forthe Lucky Seven -Operation and the Oroville Operation plans which I am forwarding to the Board of Zoning .Adjustments for its processing.'. lVery truly y -ours t ,Clay'Ca§tleberry s I IDirector of'Public Works - t , CC:dsl p ti 1.a1..LL . 7_ ♦ �, ♦ , . ^ f .INJ�vON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. CHECK® 90.656 P.O.- Boi�1620-, 4 _ o :.922 ,211 OROVILLE; ,CALIFORNIA `95965 .: DATE �JIaY 18 ,. 978" ; PHONE 534-7616 - 08100N 1 1G„” li►II Inn mll COMST.: u, uul 50.00 1 Y DOLLAR $ � i TO THE '. OR ER OF .:- ( ROBINSON CONSTRUC'iON COMPANY, INC. - ''` ButteCounty �. .I Pullic Works, SACRAMENTO MAIN OFFICE - ! .i CitOCKER NATIONAL BAI�Ett ..1;- � •2. -11110 G 5 6'; - L 4 9,7 -0.5 3 4 ills, �- --- a --4- 6AC'tAMENTO CALIFORNIA - - '� 4 ■ F a' file No. e x BUTTE COUNTY- ''(For Action 1-,-2, 3)' Public Works Dept. y(For Info ation ✓) Director Dep. Dir. Sec. Ad. '& Br. Mtce. t Shop & Yards Bldg. Insp. Admin. t i D&C / Traffic Const. Rd. Des.". Br. Des. Sur! & Loc. T ra n sp. R/W Mapping Land Dev. Ref. Disp. • Drng. / S. I. Sub. & Pcl. Maps ` Perm its ;�,% Vii• - ' (' �1 �''�.0 •'y=- i Ordinance No. 1'27 A', OrDIIIANCE REREAi I �G CHAPT R' 1,3.OF THE DUTTE f COUiI T Y- CODE A.ND RE-ENACTING CHAPTER 13 O.F THE BUTTE COU'd'TY CODE ' T he. 36tte County Board of Supervisors ID0" ORD9I IN as fol I oars : Section 1. That Chapter 13 of the But.t.e Courty Code i:s ;ereby a riiended` .by adding, A.r"ti c e I I to. read 'as fol:l ows : ARTICLE I'I 13-101. Purpose and Intent. It i:s the purpose and intent .or .the. Board of Supervisors.to create and mai;ntain an 7 1effective:an.d comprehensive. surface mining and reclamation policy .i • S 5 with regulationof surface mining operations so a� *to.assure that:. g (a) Adverse environmental effects are. prevented 10 i or mi nii z.ed and that mined lands are reclaimed. tca useabTe 11 condition,whish - is readily adapta-ble for alternative land use 12 (b) The production an -d' conserv.atic+.n. of minerals 33 are encouraged, while giving considerat.io'n to values rel,ating..to, l recreation, watershed, wildlife, range'and forage:. and aesthetic 15 enjoyment: (c) .Residual hazards to the public,health-and -17safety 'are el i.mi nat.ed... - 18 (d) The extraction of mi neral s` i s -essenti al to .191 the continued economic well being .of the County aind to the needs 2Q of society,. and that reclamation of'mined lands is necessary to 2z. r prevent or minimize adverse effects on the environment and .to 22 -protect: the public health and .safety. 2M 1(e) The reclamation of mined lands as provided in .22. e th i s chapter w 1-1 perm t-, the con ti hued mi n ng. -of iii neral s and w 1.1 provide for' the protection and .subsequ'ent•beneficeal,use of the 28.! ' mi n e d and 'reclaimed land.. it 1 place in diverse (f) Surface mining takes areas where the geologic, o ra h.ic,�climatic, biolo ical and 9 9� P 9,',P 9.� ' social.conditions are .s1gn.ificant-ly different and 'tha't reclama tion opera.tions and the specifications therefor may "vary 5 ,� accordingly: g I .-13-102.__=Definitions. 7 "Exploration" -or ."prospecti'ng'-mean:s .t:he search for. 8 minerals by geological, ge,ophysic-al, geo.chemical., or other 9 techniques, including, but not limited to, sampli,n3, assaying,. 10 drilling, or any surface or underground. works needed .to determine 1 . 11 the type, e,xtent',' or qual i ty of mi neral s ' present. 12� "Mined. Lands": Includes the: surface, subs,u,rface; and 13 ii.roundwater.of an'area in which.surface.minin^ o ' 9 9operations will . P 14.be, are being, or have been conducted, including private 15 j ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land- *.excav'at'ion, S" is :•corking; mining waste; and. areas in which structures, facilitie-s,..' 17 equipment, machines',.tools, or other materials o'r- property which` 18result from, or lare.used in, surface -mining operations are 19 ii located. 20"Minerals": Any naturally occurring chemical. element. 21 or compound, or groups of elements and compounds, formed from 2*2 ino.rganic'.processes and organic substances,. i.nclu'di:ng;_but not. i) sand, gravel, aggregate,.. 23 limited to,/coal I. -peat, and bituminous rock; but excluding.geo,- 24.i' thermal r.esources: natural as and - petroleum. 23 26 ii 2.. 01 28, I "Mining Wa.s te Includes the.re'sidual of soil, rock,,.mineral , -liquid, vegetation, equipment,.machines, tools, or. other materia1s or property directly resulting from, or - displaced by , surface mining.operations.. ''Operator Any person. who. is engaged in surface mining operation-s2,himselfl..or who -contracts*.with.others to conduct operations on his behalf, except.a person who is engaged in surface mining operatians as an employee - with wages. as his sole compenastion. "Overburden": Soil* rock, or other materials t*hat. lie above a natural mineral 'depos'it or in, between' deposits, -before or after their removal -by surface ' m i n i -n g - o pe -a t i o n s Permit":: Any-authorization.from, or approval,* by, the .County, ,the . absence of which would preclude.surface mining operations. "Person" Any individual firm, association, corporation orga.nization,..or partnership, or any city,:`county.,: district, or.the state or any department or agency the're*of. "Reclamation": The combined process of I-an'd treat - lie n t. that -minimizes *water degradation, air pollution, d-ama,geto aquatic or -wildlife habitat, f.ldoding,. erosion, anc-ot.her adverse: effectS from surface mining operations, including Edverse surface --effects incidenta.lto underground-mines,-.sc that mined I.a.nds are-reclainied-to a usable condition which is:reddil y a adaptable for alternate land uses and create'no danger top 'ubl'ic-' health or safety. The process-may.exten-d to affected lands- surrounding..mined lands,.and 'may require backfilling, grading, 3. .. . ... ..... .. 2 resoiling, revegetation, soil compaction, stabilization, or 2 ' other. measure. 3 "State Board State Mining and. Geology. Board, 4 in the Department .of Conservation, . State -of •Cal ifonri.a. } "State Geologist Individual holding office. as 6structured in Section 677 of Article .3, Chapter 2' of Division.1 a . 7 of the Public Resources Code:.. g "Surface. Mining Operations All, or any part of, g the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and. -mining directly from the mineral deposits .. 10 P 11 openpi-t mining of minerals naturally -.exposed, mini -ng by the 12 a auger ,method, dredging_ and quarrying, or .surface work .i.ncident 13 to an underground mine.. Surface mining operations shall.include, 14.but are not limited to: 15 (a) In place. distill-ati,on, retorting or_ 16 : leaching. 17 (b), The production and dispcsal of`mini"ng"=:�- is waste. 1 (c) Prospecting and exp.loratony activ.ities.. 1' 2.3 13-103. Scope.. .21 (a) The provisions of this --chapter shall apply: 22j to•the unincorporated areas o.f Butte County,.except .National. 2,3.:'Fore'st Lands. 2= (b) The provisions o.f .this chapter•are not 1 •. 23 .1 appl.icabl e to:. 23 . 8 .- n 4• (1.) Excavations or grading conducted for `arming or ' on-site -constructi on .or for,the. purpose of .restori r.g land following a floo.d.or natural disaster. (2) Prospecting for, or the extraction.of, i, i ne'ral s .for commerci a.l purposes orthe removal . o overburden in,total.amounts of less than 1,000 cubic yards in a.ny one Location of one -'acre or less. (3) Surface mining operatio--is that are required, by federal law i'n orde.r to 'protect a min1ng. Maim, if such.operations are conducted solely for that purpose.. (4) Such other mining operations that the ,ounty-de.termines to be of.an infrequent nature, and which involve only minor surface disturbances andare categorically identified by the State Board pursuant,to.Sections.2714(d) and 2753(c), California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975. - 1 '104. -Permit and.. Reclamation Plan Recuirement. (a) Any person, except as. provided in Section ?776, California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975, qho proposes to engage in surfacc mining operaticons'as defined i n'.thi s chapter, shall, prior to the .commencement of such )p.erations,.obtain.(1) a permit to mine, and (2) approval of a reclamation plan, i'n accordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter and as further provided in Article 5 -California:. Surface. Mining. and .Recl.amat-ion Act .of 1975. A fee .in the amount 5. 1 of Twenty-fi.ve .($25.00). Dollars shal l be paid .to .the- Public Works. 2 Department at the ti me of f 1 i ng.. For e x i s t i ng 'operating mines., -a 3 Reclamation Plan.shall be* filed by May 1, 1978; fog- Board of .Zonin 4. Ad j.ustment review and approval .The Recl amati on 'V an shal 1 prov.i d 5 I for the reclamation of the area disturbed .by surface mining opera= 6 1 -tions in those. portions of the site..mined .after January 1, 1976. a 7 d A fee in- the .a.mount of..Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars sh-al1 be paid 8 to the. Publ i.c Works department atthe time of fi 1 i ng .'o f the 9 Reclamation Plan. 10 : A11 applications for a Reclamation Plan for surfac( lI' mining.or land reclamation projects, shall be made. on forms pro - 12y by the.Publis Works Department, and as.provid,ed for by. 13 Section. .27.72.'o f California Surface Mining and. Reclamation Act of 14 19 7 5 . 15 ('b) No Pierson who has obtained a .vasted .right .to. 18 conduct surface mining,operations prior to January 1, •1976, sha-11 17 be required to'secure a permit :pursuant. to .the provisions of this. 18J chapter as long as such* vested right continues ; .provided that" no 19.. su.bstanti al. change is made in that toper. ati on except, i n accordance 20.. with the.provisions: of. this chapter. A person sha-11 be deemed to 21.1 have such vested rights,. if, prior to.January 1, 1-976, he has,.in 22 good.faith and in reliance upon a permit -or other authorization., 23 a - 1 if such permit or other' authorization was required, diligently 2= commenced surface mining operations and incur.re.d.s!ubstantial 2-5 .liabilities for work.and'materials ne.cessary.the. refo.r.. Expenses 28 incurred in obtaining the enactment. of an. ordinance in relation- I 2 3 4 5 6 i 8 14, 15 16. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 {. 26 1I i to a particular operation or the issuance of a p.er�it shall not be deemed .liabilities.for work or materials. A..'. person.who. has.obtained.a vested right to conduct surface mining: operations. prior to January 1, 1976 shall su.bmit. to the Board of Zo.ning.Adjustment.by_May 1,. 1.9-78 a Reclamation Plan for ope'ratio.ns to be conducted after January 1,-19769 unless a Reclamation Plan. was approved by the County of Butte prior to January l,. 1976, and the person submitting that plan has accepted responsibility for reclaimi'ng.the mined lands in accordance with that. plan. Nothing in this ordinance shalh be construed as requiring the filing of a reclamation plan`for,.or* the reclamation of, mfne.d lands on which surface mining operations were conducted i� prior to January 1, 1976. (c) The State Geologist shall be notified of the'' filing of all permit applications.. _. (d) This ordinance shall. be -reviewed annual ly.=and' revised, as. necessary, , i n.. order .to.. ensure that it i& -.in accordin*E'e-~' with . the: state policy for -min -ed lands reel amati on" andto, encourage the. m.ining.industry of Butte County: 13-105. A-ppl i ca -ti on - Review Procedure.The Board of. Zoning Adjustment- s.lial l , .i n. the same manner -as. providedprovidedt for i n. Section 46.of Chap.t.er 24 of this Code, schedule a public'hearing within 20 days of the completion of the environmental review procedure and filing of all documents as requ i r.ed by the county Public'Works Department. The -Board of Zoning-.Adi'us-tment, on t1he basis 'o.f . a , �i y { 1 evidence. submitted at the, hearing, may approve the Reclamation .2 '; Plan and grant the mining permit. 3 3 The determination. of the Board of Zoning- Adjustment •. a 4 .shall 'be final un1 ess: a written appeal is fi 1 ed in- the same manner 5 ' as -provided for in Section.48 of Chapter 24 of this Code. - 6 13-106. Performance Bond -or Other Security Device. 7 Upon .a. finding by .the Board of Zoning Adjustment teat a •su.pple-' 8 mental guarantee for the rec1amation. of the mined'land is necessar 9` 'and upon' the.determination- by the Public Works Department o -f the 10 cost .of the reclamation of the mined 1and .ac -cording to -the Recta 11 mation.Plan, a.reaso.nable surety bond, lien on the property: or a . 12. portion thereof, -or other security.guara.nt.ee condi.ioned upon- the 13 faithful performance of the Reclamation Plan .shal1. be filed with 14 the Public -Works Departme.nt.. Such surety shall be executed in. 15 favor of the County ..of Butte and reviewed. and revised, as 16 necessary, biannuall•y.• Such surety shall be maintained in an=-} 17 amount equal -to .the cost of completing the remaining rec.lamatfon'T` '8 of the site as prescribed i:n the approved or amended R.eclamation,. 19 Plan during the.succeeding two-year period or other re-asonab.le 20 1 term. A _ . 23. 22 23 24 26 8. 13-10?. Public Records. Reclamation Plays, reports, application-s,:and:oth.er documents.. submitted pursuant. to this ;chapter are public, records, unless it can be demonstrated to the' ;satisfaction of .the county that the release of such= information,. , {or part thereof, would reveal production,, reserves, or rate.of, depl.etion.entitled to protection as proprietary information.'.The appl i cant.: shal 1 have the ri g.ht to � i denti fy what, in- his. opinion , is proprietary information. ,The County shall identify proprietary information as a separate part of each application. A copy of. ;all permits,Reclamation Plans, reports, applicatioans,. and other documents submitted pursuant to this chapter, including proorietary information, shall be furnished to '.the State Geologist by the CountY .of Butte. Proprietary information shall be-mad'e available to persons.other than the State Geologist only whe'r authorized by the .mine operator and by the mine owner in accordarce with Section 2778, California Surface Mining and -Reclamation Act of '.. 1975.. . .. ... Yom... 13-108. Sta-ndards Standards gover-ni ng th-e~ operational aspects of the_.surface mining,activity shall be as es.tablished by the boa -rd of supervisors.by resolution. 13-109. Periodic Review. As a 'condition of approval ;for the permi-t or the Reclamation Plan, or both, periodic inspec- tions of, the site by the Public Works Department, shall be 'made to: evaluate continuing compliance with the permit and the Reclamation.Plan. 9. 1 13-110. Amendments. Amendments to an approved 2 = ?ecTamation Pla.n may be submitted to.the..Board of Zoning Adjustment 3 ;any time, detailing proposed changes from the oricinal plan. 4. 3. Substantial deviations from the original plan shall not be under- 5 nder 5 taken until such amendment has been filed with, and approved by 6 the Board of Zoning. Adjustmernt. The. Board o.f Zoning. Adjustment. 7 shall set a public hearing in the same manner as s provided" for 8 i n. Section 13-1.05. 9 13-111. Establishment of Minin'g Committee. A mining .10 ! committee. shat 1'. be .establ i shed with a member appointed by each 11 supervisor from the. aggregate and mining community of his dis-trict 12 to serve f.or a two-year term. The committee will ,act as an.. 13 ad:viso'ry board to the Public Works Department; Board of Zoning .144,Adjustment and the.board of supervisors. All matters pertaining.' 15ho..setting of standards and ordinance modi-fications regarding is surface mining will first be referred to this committee for _review 17 and. recommendation. 18 1 13-112... 'Enfor'cement. The provisions of this chapter. 19 shall be enforced by th*e Public Works.Director or any authorized 20.? member'of th-e Public Works.Department.. The Public Works director 21 1 may suspend the permit for a period not to exceec fifteen days 22e where continuation. of the violation will adverse1y.affect the 23 public, provided however.written notification shall have 2'=s.previously been sent to:the operator. In the event of a suspen- 25 . Sion, or should the Public W-orks.director -request disciplinary 28 action, the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall immediately set a 10. 1 hearing thereon with -not 1 ess .than five days notice to the 2 ,f operator. The Board of Zoning Adjustment, after completion o.f. 3 ' the hearing, may suspend or revoke the permit, or modify the 4 permit, or may -place the operator .on probation should.the'viola tion found to exist be of a serious nature, adversely affecting 6 the health and welfare of the residents of the-caun.ty.. ? 13-113. A eal. An _ y person aggrieved Eby an act 'o r determination of Public Works or the -Board of Zoning Adjustment 9 in .the 'exercise of the authority granted herein shall have the to . right to appeal to the Board of. Supervisors. Any appeal must - 11 be. filed,, on forms -'.provided.,' within twenty (20) days -'after the. 12 it rendition., in Writing,of the decision, by the.Public Works 13 Director 'or.Board of Zoning -Adjustment. Saidappeal shall.b.e 14' conducted -in the same manner as provided for in Section 13.-105: 15' 13-114. Transferability. Permits -and- Reclamation is Plans'issued under provisions of this chapter are transferable'-_ - 17 and the successor shall be bound by. the ` provisions oaf° the 18 _' approved Reclamation Plan or permit and the provisions of this 19 chapter. 20 13-115. Minor Plan Modifications. Minor Plan 1 . 21 ;4cdifications from an approved Reclam Pp ation:Plan.may be a110wed 22 upon request of the operator or, applicant, and upon a finding 23 r- 2� by the Public Works Department that each requested minor plan modification 'is. necessary. to ach'ieve..the prescribed -or higher . 2.3 a post -mining use .of, the reclaimed land: 26 - 13-116. Notwithstanding anythinq.to the contrary herein, this ordinance.is intended to cover only the extraction of graver and•aggregate and is n.ot to cover other rrining operations.. _ Section 2'.. That this ordinance shall.take effect thirty (30) days .after the date of its adoption, and before the. e'xoi.rati� of fifteen (15) days after its passage,.it shall be published with the names. of the members voting for and against the same in the Oroville Mercury , a newSpaper publ i s.hei in. the County of'Butte, State of California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors. this. 24th day of May197,. by: the following vote: AYES : Supervisors Lemke, Madigan, Winston and Chairman Richter NOES: Supervisor Moseley ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None Of . BERNARD D. RICHTER, Chairman of 'th.e Board of Supe:rvi sors, ATTEST: CLARK A.. NELSON, County Clerk and.ex-officio Clerk of the .Boa rd - By 12. Resolufion No. 77 $s RESOLUTION ADOPTING STAIDA'RDIS FOP.- RECLAMATION PLANS Pursuant to the.provisions of the Butte County Code §13-108, the Board of Supervisors by this Resolution adopts the standards for reclamation plans. NOW, T�IEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED as follows l.- That the standards attached hereto as Exhibit "A" Which. are incorporated herein'as.set.forth in full are.hereby adopte.d as those standards called for in Butte County Code .§13-108. 2.. This Board further directs that the instructions for-. preparation.of model. reclamation'Plans:shall.be utilized and made available to the public, which instructions are attached hereto as EkiliDi.t "B",. which are incorporated herein.as set. forth. in. full. 3.:. This Board recommends the.use of the.suggested,model_. reclamation plan which is..set.forth herein as Exhibi."C",'which is incorporated herein. as set' forth in full, provided however" that the. Public Works Department shall be.given the authority to modify this sugested reclamation plan in whatever- way.it deems convenient.for the public and in order that it might be used as: an application-�for==.._..:.:; such a plan: PASSED.. AND. ADOPTED. -by the Butte.County":Boar.d of Supervisors -this l7th. day of May 1977, by the following. vote: AYES: Supervisors Lemke, Madigan, Winston and Chairman -Richter.. NOES Supervisor Moseley _ ABSENT: None NOV VOTING: None �BEIMARD D. RICHTER, Chairman..of the t Board of Supervisors AT '1LST - l:i_--'% A., NELSON, County Clergy. and' e=<_ -officio C? e r k of the Board - _ `A` _ •7 �(j°_ ,1 �.+ re's a i 131 73 774 :•�.. (r CoaY� 5-:ci:•in 11-1:1,3. ;i.. C' Iri)p„ COt^` i!2i_nL t?'�L� O�11C;' Su1�.^.LC .� uSx"I'Inviclir: nii:_Ci "L_C!Ca . J - _ni2h!_% UCSL_Oj C.EO;?%�1 C:L`^CLLG:1 '9.- %ai•; ^•J J li'_ t'J:l:. -: i.: ,'.1. _ i _Li:i! _ 1 <. �'--- fl:.. j.... ... f.. ' �i� for,+,i%'C .i1"O On Ot r..7 r., lc12C.S E Cha�tCr - 8j. T))_vif;i-on 7� .1�!'J- J") f , `1,+ .)� s S 1 1iur c, := .'i. i tie ri=:C_ic:_':_L?.: _. ! , "..:C1::I? i tl i_..ir _s c.___'J� Cod: 'i i t.i i �% _il l't 1: v'ade a. pro„rnm lij T4niC'2 t0 dlttaln theSe Ob:J 0.0 t J., ve:,• It i s �:eco�llj zed th�li.- ].012.F', E'S L lie}lid rancs ' or extens.i y.:? y .M! --L ' .S".,. s. ylC.jc. TaO2'e C11fT1CU� C ' LO Y:ecl•alla than nc.ier mines and, small -27 rain : J-L�('2J• e:2ttrely, n :;* opetatton offers the greatest opportuniC}' fog p'anr!ir_ , ;and cz:r-j-yi22j out reclamation activities. Dctert?1inatio , of. the d-2dCc: of .1cve_1 of reclarlation to be 'effected shall. be 'bas _d upol, I nu-,jtbE.r o` fa:tU s. i- cluc`t rc, but- not J_i-laitcl to those set forth.ir section 3503.1. Evaluation a!iu, aCCepta_ncc of the plan.. shall nak.e into consi.deration. thy: f i1c AC.^^1 c<''_pa— _ b_i.l%ty of.the.opc ation, to acid"'eve• this l-evel of'recZat'..2'.tion., Lsi.P<s,', reasonable 1!na practic?Iil' Iae;i-,urE:3. Howave'.T_ m such consideration s!?all, not le cow; t> uea. to alloer the a cceptAncc of a reclamation. plan that fails. to. Lle2t 'tlL- : -111 .['U-. re:,ui resents: of this. -chap ter. 350-13.1. Recla-mation Pi -art Elements. There ,are nu: eroos cons? -.':et'. tions detCrl''; n6 tile. le`Teli . Ctl:.li': ct�:r . aa2:d e.C_'%ai.l of tl`e iccir, at i.o:t pJ.aa • :: S''1a s e �• rt• + 1Clcl::IL�CC�. �'i}..tl:y.a C ;=�:' I:f c_li:^ At least the tfi .Ls7i':�1.Fi CJ_Ci:'.'.a1t.J I::L•.a t�.4 . et arc (! L:; t:i!i:lii:._lj ' -n-)d'.<. t'Fl l'1 t�l' 1!1,t1nL� 1<lrtc::: ((;) t1'. of the ep^rat:_Ioa t,11c1 the et arc (! L:; t:i!i:lii:._lj ' • (i'vr:coa! la C;_..rnr.:ar,1 Cn... `..,..on 11:7.J.1) - sctt l n" of the o}lnr.t%iou .ci.t�. -rtcl the Cficc, a ltci.-Im"C '' ).ecl . i.f ��� site_' COI:CI::t:iCif!� I:1?}' i1.IiUl"t ti... C.::_'•_.:CJ.??�; . (c) ti?? effect. tl!a_ 'Li? M_O J.IJCd rcc1.a i,, 7ua r;__.'iS.h - L `- �'CO�rCr_:'r eq. 21i/O) llr:;�'` cont E:t -a��•C)? i •-� I (f the i1bl is ll '2.1 i_I, ' f'1 ^ O nc• 7.�... _.'i . 'f�c n.•- _\ ) p - - 8Lv safety, c_ ty', �1ti.J._ � COi.:: _.ia. f. r . -_Oil tC) ti?'_ S tyre of present ; and pr' -ab .b 1.e f u t u r e eXposurc of. the pu`aliC to the Si`?, -' ZIZE'.ri lE� a great Variat7.O;1 a.t'E tqe 10113r..Vity OF Sur lliriln� O�J�-atiG:1S. In- some operations the reclairin-:, . of mir_cd areas w1:11 b:a urde;: tahen. co .cu-- rent:ly. vi.tl tile lining of adjoining lards, v.itereas in r_arly operations in. uch of- t, e. reclamation can be effected only;after. the Linz? is cGm?letc'd• In O c`. those cases vher.e concurrent reclamation is possible, the r_ct requires that ;t3.ri table be set up for cor"mClcir_� such reclamarioil. It rta; a.b-- helpful, . ?r_ these cases, to rcq`��i.re a periodic sub7l:ittal of updat"e,! progiess state- . o Plant's: for concurrent recla-mat:i.on :operations. 0 ° (g). In coordinatio':i with the Lead Agency and in conn -6 mance viii its policies '�n.I regulations, a t,d with local or .general -plans, the oparator stla:lI F:ropos- c'71 iet the .end coni.. 'tio.l of the site will be and pro?ose rensonahl �clte pratcucable potential 1scs of :the' toclair�d i e• - - In sonic discs these uses Inzy be of a higher n;r.urc OL;an t;ia ori-j—nn2 .alar�8,).le to 1: S O 11 i thz 1 'ti;J. C til t y b. • d c:1::i.UE.Ci .ilS r: !. lj:? :': 'I1•.?ii .t:It, sc^I1{_c; o")LIi s Ce, etc* y _4.'h:i:_il FtI'C: rC!-j - 3.504 �, ``. � Vit.., ,j .i.,...:.. i .. N..ti'e...•• _ J:..... `.. Pu k.i tCI'C ,l + , t:::>...ii ; 0..CA. f 1.0 .. urf ca pining and .ieci "a:t .on Praci_'iM. 1i. is J .. i. .._z: CC n,- n. OY,:._,._ (l) The a` • - ,4r_i•,t .,,, and c,•,;er.',u_•(i.-,i- �::>.'-� e._:.. of sLAa.r e la:�,-AnS shall be kc•, t to t:-le C 'J_ CJ _•�'�;:�. L t rainini.ze cater and wind erosion, (3) Ero sic;a control faci_lit-ies such as retarding basins, settling ' Ponds, ditche , s; re:.ci2Jci1'_ st2bi_lizaiio-., and k' sial . he � ' c: Ln; co.i_ trt:eLc�; u and maintained x-7h.:.,rc niacctsary to corLtrul erosion; i,'ate- Q aii-nd Oatershed Control. _i f ,(1) Compl_inl;c-e o*i.th U.S. En iro-im-ental_ Protecti.oa Aggency, ReF, ion, 11. } Vater Quality Control Eo_+;-cls, S.tatc Departmz!nt of ' i-^}i F,,, -�-- Ga_ Cy 2L1'i Qc.__ 0' ta-i.n other agency's rogulati-ons ar_u (2) Setrl_+_a<< �:�r ds' or basins shall b-2 coltish eef �Gii - r 3 .�JLt ::i ti. �a:a from . '. %.-A-e=s of potenti• l ei0 ioi7 at operations. k..01ja'e they 1 a pro:'id:_ icant bene.fit'to ;.-:ire_ quality. - (3) .. Te t o-rr.ry srre;im o �� c ;h .Z ,,. _to • .. t7 � t i : 4 C',_. (.. 1. �d�r_ . � ll LS•� rC;:� t 1 - con- ts.:'il. t).^. C(t_n'•• _...,.::i LC Substnctially .._...-.`_", • "---- --- - ---- :. - ... i. 2'..Cli(�... .. z..._, on C.�� }!._ i •(moi :. is 1 _ 1., O -^ (d) Protection of i' l ands Jildi1T.(: H -bit -t. All rec.sor-11le 2_ac'-) _7` C-- T_ F; e Pock anc' ()Ve-, u-�dc:n., L C`Liz rT-ti pies or ('•LU -2n5, of )nine"i'aste rick ,?r d Gvc burden shall i)`-' s'_<ib;le and s is not restrict L.: -_L Clra'inaa ;J7.T:. :'Lt�. `';!. _ -'s P . r. r slopes at anile of repose shall be permitted as a a1 E c Old. equIp,._nt P � � P fines slog - . cd-ld other similar inert: minim wastes shall be -removed or b_Iried: Toxic material shall be removed or protected to reduce leachincr to allownble levels. Under some conditions, coverin- of part or all of "'the mine vaste piles wit,, overburden, ".fine waaste and soil. Inny be desir<blc. [Bice reasonable choices •• exist, . dumps" shall be 10c'_1te..el in .least visible location. "Gont):olled place- r:._nt" of this. rlaterial, vi h. relationshi}, to topography; hydrology, and .end } use 'fe nture"s'c.an. greatly enhance tate results of a reclamation program. (i) Soil Salva�c:. The salvage of .e-xist-ing topsoil is an important fac`Gr. in. revegetation and thus is a crucial part of the reciaii,;ation- process. f so:'J- survey tray be necc-s_ ary' to establ'_sh so i.1 type, depth, and- soil cite:r :i�stry. The complexity of such a survey will be dcp.endent on s:3:te' geology, and areal- r`':E::.. r* �• �.l <$ 0 T? i.-^I?j•.'i- ^L,' /T C:C'la10 :Ien to-) r'.1 is :t va,:� it si*.f.(` asset ' � -• P• -� s .t �in;i. ..}r-�u7-_ tie. s:`r ,�,`c,: • in z eve: c::.7ta.oa.. 1)e�c7, r r zre. liSE v i Ct - .iaaC%S :?IlU Other ;as. O_. 1�.--1 `0 -1. (.Cf\'ClC',)::`i i t MN",y ):t'..^lt .YC fTIC-Ci .1 5[Ci'}Y to C!_tCrr:i�-T7(' }' a•: T }i•Y.`.Ci..ICI_J J.L of so.). +F'.'1 :'':1 71? ::'? lE '1 e:., tli .. ;C' �f TI o- i r y i, C: ( i CJ. Oi t'iYti �:l::;L�.C:' ' t f�l'i :•l •': 1: f,:..,^_: 1 , t�. �:':!I�J:1 )7rr•J.)� ` ...t. <ia'.ti(to the Lead' !-,LIC) C ° ll C• i _ - `•_ ) P Citi,. rol dist):ICL:,, t[1- 1). S. Corps Gf } R�;1C�Cr.::, �i'lC: LII St�.t= }1c:ji1`.1_:.._i! t i_n or ;. _. rf+^;. .,. -. .. il'._ .�!�?l T;, (d) Protection of i' l ands Jildi1T.(: H -bit -t. All rec.sor-11le 2_ac'-) _7` C-- T_ F; e Pock anc' ()Ve-, u-�dc:n., L C`Liz rT-ti pies or ('•LU -2n5, of )nine"i'aste rick ,?r d Gvc burden shall i)`-' s'_<ib;le and s is not restrict L.: -_L Clra'inaa ;J7.T:. :'Lt�. `';!. _ -'s P . r. r slopes at anile of repose shall be permitted as a a1 E c Old. equIp,._nt P � � P fines slog - . cd-ld other similar inert: minim wastes shall be -removed or b_Iried: Toxic material shall be removed or protected to reduce leachincr to allownble levels. Under some conditions, coverin- of part or all of "'the mine vaste piles wit,, overburden, ".fine waaste and soil. Inny be desir<blc. [Bice reasonable choices •• exist, . dumps" shall be 10c'_1te..el in .least visible location. "Gont):olled place- r:._nt" of this. rlaterial, vi h. relationshi}, to topography; hydrology, and .end } use 'fe nture"s'c.an. greatly enhance tate results of a reclamation program. (i) Soil Salva�c:. The salvage of .e-xist-ing topsoil is an important fac`Gr. in. revegetation and thus is a crucial part of the reciaii,;ation- process. f so:'J- survey tray be necc-s_ ary' to establ'_sh so i.1 type, depth, and- soil cite:r :i�stry. The complexity of such a survey will be dcp.endent on s:3:te' geology, and areal- r`':E::.. r* �• �.l <$ 0 T? i.-^I?j•.'i- ^L,' /T C:C'la10 :Ien to-) r'.1 is :t va,:� it si*.f.(` asset ' � -• P• -� s .t �in;i. ..}r-�u7-_ tie. s:`r ,�,`c,: • in z eve: c::.7ta.oa.. 1)e�c7, r r zre. liSE v i Ct - .iaaC%S :?IlU Other ;as. O_. 1�.--1 `0 -1. (.Cf\'ClC',)::`i i t MN",y ):t'..^lt .YC fTIC-Ci .1 5[Ci'}Y to C!_tCrr:i�-T7(' }' a•: T }i•Y.`.Ci..ICI_J J.L of so.). +F'.'1 :'':1 71? ::'? lE '1 e:., tli .. ;C' �f TI o- i r y i, C: ( i CJ. Oi t'iYti �:l::;L�.C:' I.,;, C 61.- 1-ii!ipo.- J.!j) con.- it -ay I)c T:. C 1 3:0 P C-;- C e -i a ret, u, JT (: -I !d C) Ii:. jjS L ha-cl-zock to less thaii 23'. in jljc,,j).y C::q -j1zive cla-,. InI a..^C•^ -�n 'plans s'l i a s 1) c i f y s I a,.Ir,jes f lei. - i_ rt' t',,E! critical c,,:?'_e C: J 1 -7 1 1. n a 1 0 p grad i Ci?t for the tyj)of vizLcria'l involved, ropulatoryagenc.L es s!iall' require amn engineering analysis of tllc, slope stability. SpeciLl emcthas*is 'oil slope stability and.des-1—m..vill be :necessary vy,'b 11 LICn I)LI -c safety or adj=acent property m,, -t y. b-- affected., (h) Backfillin. mo s t: baclzf illing. and grad -in.-, is un'i2rLa'I--elj to store mine waste rock -and ov..2rj)urder, to produce designed slop: S, to C' staa b- .).ish drainage, or to raise tIjCA ground surface e above .the local vra'-Cr talAe. Am' area mined LL_.0Ila.L IInatCrjajS I:C)I: LZICT-fi-1-1j- , ajj - r 3 -1 L C. must also be included. Sm. the reclamation plan. SCU101112nt Of filled areas must. be -cons"dn'rel-I in all rcclam.a'-ibn Pians. probable ultii!�atc 'r,-J-tc use; illclud- r aels b' 0 uiIdin-.sjLzc3, or ozilctr sensitive to ScUlegient, tllc!.I: Plc^.0� include to -,Ivold eyccs,:Lvc. sci:r1cm-2nt.. Fill p1..I'cC:;.!Ir:nC sitall c C, i:C1 i0 i0C,*- . ".iq.- ordInanceri or, J.11 I i e U- i . form li C- C o -os'l.011 and 1)1'i'-_._ �Ij ,I "e. Cra cil-il "'rid a L 1 0. 2-1 b L'- C lu LC) c rot v., c F_ CU i z 7, J�tun e, I (J C, P- %-�aste. A C s1kali Lh-_' J_ or For %.?.�..L 3. f; to -C n. t C r d I'l r J. 1 3:- F., Y: r) C) f SU a C C.- r I f 11 C. •? J. r, Oro J�tun e, I (J C, Sui:ace mlncEi th!"�t. dilet not 'salvp, 1 1,2 C C, . )jI ,,uri `�- _L nr, t1!e_t_ I a-11 C I-IT7, 0 U U S e of soil conditioincrs nuiches, Ov iT-,-,POrtc%` topsoll sh,-0-1 be co : S`d.ercd mare rever.-a-tatio,-, 'is pcj-j:z: of the reclamat4on Plan' and wl-,ara V tr a necessary.It is not -justified I!o,.;avcr, t' 0 de-Lr.ul-l'a adiacent areas of their so --!-I, for any'suc, e.cilude-e. 's .,rens ral in turn be xec" `f. OQ Revepetation. B ,'`_`.fore r e final rcw�-etatior, 5.s n U -ha shall make use of the -available research addrcssin-, rcvC,,,enz-; V_ -Cla the S-electidn of species h a v i r I',-> good survival charact(--viLt3!Lcs-,, for the.L-*O,) Z; grapliv, resoiling, charactetis tics, and cli- ate of his Prea. -Iin-ti-ve sp2cizs'. ar-1 rc-COMManded' -wherever prac*t-Lc,-b1e.* -Reclaizz`,atlon plar-3 vnay- alue-c' dc'velc,Pm^nt of screens 1nd 'roadside. plantings at r--iines' curre-1-1 in c,- nt' are prncticable, anj, vilere Pvch- scr- LIS ztnd pl," 1. n P.�; 05. A6mini.stvation by Lead A,cncy. It Shall be t v 2 o Si h r f-, C, I a! rov.;A\ of ov! r----. V 0 r t C, r. -S L ---I I Ls; 'o :0 condu_.L miai N ( 0- I. C urcs :111.,j to CLISUT.'n P- %-�aste. A --0-.* 1 layer s1kali Lh-_' J_ Sui:ace mlncEi th!"�t. dilet not 'salvp, 1 1,2 C C, . )jI ,,uri `�- _L nr, t1!e_t_ I a-11 C I-IT7, 0 U U S e of soil conditioincrs nuiches, Ov iT-,-,POrtc%` topsoll sh,-0-1 be co : S`d.ercd mare rever.-a-tatio,-, 'is pcj-j:z: of the reclamat4on Plan' and wl-,ara V tr a necessary.It is not -justified I!o,.;avcr, t' 0 de-Lr.ul-l'a adiacent areas of their so --!-I, for any'suc, e.cilude-e. 's .,rens ral in turn be xec" `f. OQ Revepetation. B ,'`_`.fore r e final rcw�-etatior, 5.s n U -ha shall make use of the -available research addrcssin-, rcvC,,,enz-; V_ -Cla the S-electidn of species h a v i r I',-> good survival charact(--viLt3!Lcs-,, for the.L-*O,) Z; grapliv, resoiling, charactetis tics, and cli- ate of his Prea. -Iin-ti-ve sp2cizs'. ar-1 rc-COMManded' -wherever prac*t-Lc,-b1e.* -Reclaizz`,atlon plar-3 vnay- alue-c' dc'velc,Pm^nt of screens 1nd 'roadside. plantings at r--iines' curre-1-1 in c,- nt' are prncticable, anj, vilere Pvch- scr- LIS ztnd pl," 1. n P.�; 05. A6mini.stvation by Lead A,cncy. It Shall be t v 2 o Si h r f-, C, I a! rov.;A\ of ov! r----. V 0 r t C, r. -S L ---I I Ls; 'o :0 condu_.L miai N ( 0- I. C urcs :111.,j to CLISUT.'n U, C•_ ..~.. Of .OL7. Fc-^E::L 1 IE:n'" U.S.A. USFS,' o ` MAN ?AN ?' i.^t is - : _S-, i f S e P lr<t i• fra_ S :-Z f._4e .o:_ Q if c T'.1T?-ing claim, in iCaw t h e ownerb) j Gi th, possessory s - Item C. C)?CJ_G^to- 1J, s": ?ani i1-!AiViL.'- , par n i. :? i'r� Cvii "._?.:7 g .G.�c_ ' If ,?. j0i,1?'L -venture, ZSO ?i;; nczot..E_ of- 1.:... :` :.rs or !.iera J. Er -'--Cf MCILAT111 Iii' 7_, Of MW Whad ANS (= o i ..i . . ! _ .. r= Lf:. " C lr ......... r . 77.10) in either* m _ t .. a n d l' ' . I._ j.r.a •._ 7- i.. '..�U i'.'4` �.- •�'' ...% Cil: ._:-- c''. `•�. �- v.J� l:tc? 3. Zs r�:�_e .: ,._,. Gr._ o�.,;?.ar-, ene r:<. one address (if inch. If Unn one parcel is iMll.da _L? L e r1arZ:Li,-) � E: f 'i �.L.. C'::_ ar:7. %' C.__.. parr:.b This _.i rG-f:^. ii is ne'c+C!ed llild:.__ inn 25 G;:I.ow; If .th surface CA . Of .OL7. Fc-^E::L 1 IE:n'" U.S.A. USFS,' o ` MAN ?AN ?' i.^t is - : _S-, i f S e P lr<t i• fra_ S :-Z f._4e .o:_ Q if c T'.1T?-ing claim, in iCaw t h e ownerb) j Gi th, possessory s - Item C. C)?CJ_G^to- 1J, s": ?ani i1-!AiViL.'- , par n i. :? i'r� Cvii "._?.:7 g .G.�c_ ' If ,?. j0i,1?'L -venture, ZSO ?i;; nczot..E_ of- 1.:... :` :.rs or !.iera J. Er -'--Cf MCILAT111 Iii' 7_, Of MW Whad ANS (= o i ..i . . ! _ .. r= Lf:. " C lr ......... r . 77.10) in either* m _ t .. a n d l' ' . I._ j.r.a •._ 7- i.. '..�U i'.'4` �.- •�'' ...% Cil: ._:-- c''. `•�. �- v.J� 1:1aY. :acij-" -.:at to'.:; ;,'ct_- ', •tl.,�,+_.. _ :.ri'.:L, �.:.-_,._. �.., ! k. ,. 1 t;rir _ is i? '. L+'>:__...se '' ,;;i: e:._ :i__, .'e:u=_ (:^c':.' ,`c:_ il_� i.'tc: !'�'..... .. Ift%' _... G , _ ,,.► _.^.J?� file sn, ,_ to LL1 '. .tee:. t::`�Cout! , - + ..... .. �. _ _ ...:. : _Q �'.� .... __. -•—._ _ _ �i.: L: �.:J. _ �..�.. .'cam, �:; '�;.... .'_v. .>_?aJ�.�_1 •. ars:aers t:; ct'l:er percinen, i_tei^s also. t'0 Le thct .wil ca.Id?.tions will be. covu e(I i.. :ore. detail in It:e,� 2u:. Items i If the appli_c-nt's surfacerii:%e i -ms already. ir__ oh�ra�io_i o^ c J,, nunry j, 19,76, or,.,tha op;�,_aL" cn was co_��'cct4ci �+�-ior to that date,. s:)ste.C_ " r TF i' = _ has . eleCtee. t'_'`"pliase" 2i3_s oi,craL"i_oa; indicate. duration o_'-' f.i.rst , t� pt.^se. To anticipated life of long -ter:, op_rati_v_•s, shota estilriated. rang_-; o c.-., 35— . 5years. t_ --..L3 15, .1G 'and 17. If L?ore :than one i.n•li �idua l Vit or- quarry:. is ir.--. �.`-., , clud4ci i::.t`l_ p�-:a, ansa ti: .,e hens, foY. cacti such oporatio ., note. tcla • ei_ia:er o:. cubic ; - •I i !� al-�; C:. :C:<� :.' C�C: L:%�. 1' I:?; Cf :_. 17C CI'.l i. 1. -. ,.- ..Y.Y C:.1 :i ,..:'` i•`._. ..:i :�%'. ��.... C:'• :�v'�.. �_�� L- I.iCi�i _C�:. _.. .. _... I_.. _.r.. �- �• •,i L' ,...� l� .. _. .1.44V:.._.,.; . �. .. ✓.�,f':�) .. .i� _ .�_ - G;_ i•_'-� :� _ _-.�1'i]_� .i :_ "i.E:.. i. r"� _.-,:1.:. :-1'o r;�---- I _ ._ .. _ . .. _.,-"�.L�`L� ,_..•i. ..... ...-•_ _. i. 33 23 andt 24—*_;l ? i'"a:__ ] indica d1C t% 2P.: C`}:ill-F.t:!.T'_. X O . La - - •IJI.'.1.:'..� S.• _..': 1:.:'�L il: i. G':::� �.......��1 It?'�, t� ------------ Cl i-,! lta `. ri.l L`. -I,. r}I1 C! r_; �.t}. �'..� 1(�= l•_`�•'-. :I. art. Lt ,...r ' f, .. -. ti n- 2772 }t_.. i��: /`�_• 1: �.. :Z.�_llry ��i(."��(. ..� �):: /�i i:L �l! .J r elep ,on ? 2, Vai:i2' (if ar_y) of. i'lirrerz:' Property �• _ 3. Property Owners, or c�'-n.:!rs of surf-acc riZ:ti.ts. (List all o;,:_s_s). t c' Fane F . Telephon f- l:. 0,. -Triers of 'Xi nera1 r.i�rits. liane u Address Telephone S. Lcssce, Var.0. Add -c,s 7. 0 7 0 L; I a S' C. .7c-.t.:s r ot,, t a LQ Llu! C�C-n:iLIOn S t I II -a r c o imm, a i t Y (to be) Ta i 11 C CIL ----- c dosc,ripLi cr oil includinbrief g c n 2-- 0.. a. 1 geologic settirLl:�', M . 0 _�e -D � C> 31 C. w tha rd ne ra 1 deposi (to L!-* ned d C t a I. goologic dc�script n o I C� minarals o - z a n. d pri naj.pni rock types prcsc!vl,-- I Brief' dcscr.-!Lp'1ior1 of 0;' s I t C.) t1v 1: 0 L-� T! 11 7- Z; ea S; C C r j e C n r C... r.1 ane, n z n 1! 1, ai: 0 Z C 1:' incli-lin Z 1— Cy' ext:.::.,_ C; C) v. -2n e C t i 7. 0 7 0 L; I a S' C. .7c-.t.:s r ot,, t a LQ Llu! C�C-n:iLIOn S t I II -a r c o imm, a i t Y (to be) Ta i 11 C CIL ----- c dosc,ripLi cr oil includinbrief g c n 2-- 0.. a. 1 geologic settirLl:�', M . 0 _�e -D � C> 31 C. w tha rd ne ra 1 deposi (to L!-* ned d C t a I. goologic dc�script n o I C� minarals o - z a n. d pri naj.pni rock types prcsc!vl,-- I Brief' dcscr.-!Lp'1ior1 of 0;' s I t C.) t1v 1: 0 L-� T! 11 7- Z; ea S; C C r j e C n r C... r.1 ane, n z n 1! 1, ai: 0 Z C 1:' P. r on C)sC' t' ;'t<..'Ll.t`, :('(_ 0'i Oi:C,i:._i.,,.i? . l..ie C+�i,: •_u!. �-C):: 41.:,_7. C)':'. `:'.:i} C�Jz].1 �:. _..;, hc:i ' Sni_:.i•. _._1 _ iro yet ir! ap ._..: _:i.an _.__ —' Te:: _-,._.:. �_y deuc.t:i �� ca _ ^_ s S,.. _ k_ piIE! in Und'i 51010.) tolls C11. yLs�y i . • 510001'_ 50,000 tops cu, ydslyr._. . 50,000 -- 2.501000 'tons cu. yds %r. . . 250s.0'00 - i ,000 000 tons cu: y-- �s/"r. l L: G Ovzr 1 j 000 ; 000' LorlS Cu. y,-!S/J-. r • ' - Total anti ci n.t_ed fi_ c)iIuct �_o r+ Nineral CO i"'''.'''.tieA t0 be' iCO:' d — tolls (cu. yds.). Waste retained' on the site — tons (Cu; .yds.) to disposed off s �.:t!/ -- tors (cu. yds. ) .. yW((as t'lc^.?.�.1: ui-,l is C1L Z.C.11).1 i. �'(i depth l7 r( Lt. l.Sz }•.:i-ning 'Iethod• (Chcck all appli_cabJ._t) Open }'it Crave l_jS: nd pit $1i. a. E: F C 1Ci'_' _- D: —1.1 an:! BI a� tiu "-y^ -t0 j�OCCSC i'i' . I J/iii nn y --- t p:'. art L - (T(1 lel. � • iC!i tin 'F'C,n ._.-- -- .ri}'i)'. �J. _ :. X11,=•-.. PC:: ? (i'J,eur, .:} Ic• !:o',. n;: icr:! Ce•;:'•. , ^(;i -•n 11: ;: J,?; ' - C! t.- h e -,: 0 t''t 4 d, S _�. nc••ir C,r t'�• Cees :[' in i is T�':, � LO dL!CtCC' at Oi ^.C�.. Li: to t' a sl.Lcy b< -^fly (!_. i_]__ ':: ih-t`_t:cC of the PrUL.E S^-_S.r c :L'� C_•`:01'a111 d: :4:ii .:]_ i:ICL}`.Gu, G): rCY.. t£? _in -s. G� _..i J'� L:.J'-.,.flea:._. di :.�__. _. _. r}�• ..�.G�.•J �.!L::� •.i•�)/ :I' rj ua 11Lj �l� .. __._ _V:il:i_I_'_.- 1 b� 'Lha nroi?c' :C: ap'` r: 1.0.h, SPCC ^'i J.II �� p_op sed S.')'ut-C ... 40f lrci Cr of I31E:L'n0d� 7.L �.tS COT'Ve}' :Il^.0 t0 t�t ..; }'"Oi).r=: ' ?_ll .ttiC 1t�t_L}` and Ci i1.^.•.11i"� Ai!`� 1:?etiloCl of C,isnosca of usedar. '•,'o_ 'lir lus 1 _ 17F:ter . 20: If the nature o,`. :-Iia deposit anct the mining iiiathod use -d Grill per-- rrit, describe ai:d show the steps- or p'lases o£ the l:iii1 O?e. ation that allow concurrent reclamation, and includa a proposed ti -Ie schedule for.. sui :h coacu_r.eat activiL.es. 2j.. Attactl a Map Of the mined -lands and/or. Suitable acrial P':ZJn-' al -"h shoring; (a) Boundaries and topographic "details of the site.; : (b) Location of all streams, rows, railronels, ir2tCr el!S, and L -ility facilities within 500 fcct of the site; .(c) Location of all currently .proposed access roads to be Constructed in coiiductii.h,^the surface iL'ii?_i .o<<•ratloi?(S); (d) Loca[:ion Of areas (to bel) mined, and of voste Cis, i ` and. t, iM'nvs ponds. (e) Ey u:.e of overlay syra••-sol or color, dc;�:��Li'an of Sepn Wit_ rran i_r ; .p:i1SeS if app,?.icabl.e. (See. It0nu, 7 ) . (f) - 5_'; c ::out's: of r;Iap bnsc; ori, ntation ( o: t : a rb: ), a.n:: SC:.lc l" -' 500" CLC.) of .the- i•.ap. t ' 22. Lid _cc+tc on nil ovc--j- 7. I}° of mz'1)- of lt::iit 20.31 c.r by coL::- of s}'L ')c_l c;: .l:tl0�,._ L.:' t7� cov''rC(I by �:CrCa 0 Iii_:': C" C L i J_ L i i2 a. of Lj' ja J-c�,.-. C-Dpy C -T n)'_'arizcd S t a C. Cr� a C' z 0 etc. s a n, p r c, p c', s o L s a V C 25. De r a- SG ccllilcll.tion --) g - -: ba U.IZ-1i in Ii 3S tb I. - -1 i 27. _c thair seq-o. - aid timl, 0 -1 to its, e-.lj s -_,ate I-dicate the 011 Of tile !-�P (T—_ 101. 19) .1 0 is 0! oil di;�.g-L-pn.F. as necessary. Ir C! udv:�C1).$41, the item -s listed be 10'% s Lon O,_ Ji.3-lin- n r, d grading. Of slop2s. (c) S t a 1) i J. 'Z L' i 0 El 0 P'S t i"Z�etc' v; (d) dr—na- o pre c. Re. iii 0 v S0 �; 1 OL' Ilii 1 i Z. a 0 C, r es i ,lU -a I strL(C' refuse, c 0 In e. -.-I t: C S.) rc._,arL-: `l0!3',!'C— f r L: c) ground! v of to CU,"L'f0j. r.., s e -m C: n C., a o r Cs I a ha J_ L 1 -7 - - - - - -- - - C 1, J C! IL: 't-; C, I: c t C Iii_:': C" C L i J_ L i i2 a. of Lj' ja J-c�,.-. C-Dpy C -T n)'_'arizcd S t a C. Cr� a C' z 0 etc. s a n, p r c, p c', s o L s a V C 25. De r a- SG ccllilcll.tion --) g - -: ba U.IZ-1i in Ii 3S tb I. - -1 i 27. _c thair seq-o. - aid timl, 0 -1 to its, e-.lj s -_,ate I-dicate the 011 Of tile !-�P (T—_ 101. 19) .1 0 is 0! oil di;�.g-L-pn.F. as necessary. Ir C! udv:�C1).$41, the item -s listed be 10'% s Lon O,_ Ji.3-lin- n r, d grading. Of slop2s. (c) S t a 1) i J. 'Z L' i 0 El 0 P'S t i"Z�etc' v; (d) dr—na- o pre c. Re. iii 0 v S0 �; 1 OL' Ilii 1 i Z. a 0 C, r es i ,lU -a I strL(C' refuse, c 0 In e. -.-I t: C S.) rc._,arL-: `l0!3',!'C— f r L: c) ground! v of to CU,"L'f0j. r.., s e -m C: n C., a o r Cs I a ha J_ L 1 -7 (i arl:•. f.: Go.ilr,: c�` �c.c. ......_ . I I'.''j.I1 t - C�i. O'' ;?-L^. 1.1LNO Awwr may affum futcir.L; rrAing at t S :i `c, and in .tilts I - c .. V . ,r,,•a. InterDepart'.0 e orae , TO Board of Zoning Adjustment F OM: Clay Castleberry, Director of Public Works. ; ; • .susJscT: Reclamation Plan, Robinson Construction Company, Lucky Seven Operations, Sections 34, 35,36, T21N, R3E,..Sec,tion•3,. T20,, RAE OATS: May 17,-1978 Attached is the Reclamation Plan for Robinson Construction Company Eor:ts.continuing sand and gravel mining operations on -Lucky Seven.Ranch land.in Butte County., It proposes to reclaim the land for grazing purposes after the sand and`.gravel is removed down to -original ground. I have reviewed.the plan and:visited the •property on -site -and believe it meets .the � requirements of'County Ordinance -1827 and the California Surface Mining Act of 1975: I recommend that' the Board of.Zoning Adjustment hold the required hearing and.advise Robinson Construction so it'may be present to answer any -questions. I will.be present, also. Clay Castleberry;- Director- astleberryDirector of Public Works CC:dsl Attach. cc: Robinson.Construction Co:, P. O..Box 1620, Oroville, CA 95965/wo attach-., State Geologist, State of California, 1020:N Street,. Room'419, Sacramento,CA 95814 /w. -plan � � � t .. may:. � *� " "-. • ' - •+�+- '^.^'.; - , -_ . - -- ...fir=:,..--.._ r !� J • r ' PLil^N'N lt.'gG-_ T)EPA'R.Tl "IF,NT' S Iii TERDEPART1, EN`S AL REVIEW REQVrE'ST TO: John Mendonsa - Public Works RE -QUEST: Review F Comment AP NO: 47-07-25(7.9-31) DE'SC IPTION GP PROJECT: Reclamation Plan LOCAI`iQNo along the bottom of the creek bank o£ Pine Creeg to the east of State Hwy. .99E-_��- APPLICANT: • Edward -Wilson,_. Pine Creek Sand F, Gravel ADDMESS: _Rt 4Box 489, Chico, Ca. 95926 0 WINE R BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT AC'T'ION SCHEDULED: 10/25/78 RE` UP,?i DATE REQUESTED: DATE DIST ilii TED: --10/9/78 -- -- - ATTACHMMENTS: CoPy of an ication. A plol., r1an. RETUMEM.- 60 COMMEMTS o of CO ®1 tip9MENt SEC• LOD ' AM 11�1�,1�2i3�4�5,6 �,aeg�10� IntOr-Depart emoondum . UN TO: Board of Zoning Adjustment . 1. FROM:. Clay Castleberry, Director of.Public Works C 1 SUBJECT. -Reclamation Plan,'Pi_ne Creek Sand and.Gravel AP #47-07-25 OAT E: September 21, 1978 Attached is the -reclamation plan for Pine Creek Sand and Gravel along with maps showing -the project location. We have received -and deposited its $50.00 fee.. We also suggest that you let Mr. Wilson know when his reclamation plan will be considered to allow him attendance and a chance to answer anyquestions you might have regarding his reclamation plan. I am familiar -with the location and feel that Mr. Wilson's operation does not.cause any,harm.to the environment and as a:matter of fact,.probably reduces the amount of• silt going down Pine -Creek that might cause problems for his neighborrs to the west. Clay Castleberry Director of Public Works CC: ids 1 Encls. Cc: Edward Wilson, Rt. 4, Box 489, Chico, CA 95926/w enols. -State Geologist,.State.cE California, 1020 N Street, Room 419, Sacramento, CA 95814 w/ enc l.. W. c� - 'SA � — e� c, c � Infer 'Depar` t emaraadum' UN TO: Board of Zoning Adjustment. FROM: Clay Castleberry, Director of Public Works r y: SU©JtcT: Reclamation-Plan,.Pine Creek Sand and Gravel' AP #47-07-25 } - r GATE: September 21, 1978_ Attached is the reclamationp lanlfor Pine Creek Sand and Gravel along with maps showing I , the project location.- We have -received and deposited its $50.00 fee. .'We also suggest that you let Mr. -,Wilson know when his•reclamation plan will be considered to allow him''.. attendance and a chance to answer any questions you might have regarding his reclamation plan. I am familiar with the location and'feel that Mr. Wilson's operation does not cause any harm to the environment and a's a matter 'of fact, probably reduces the amount of silt going down Pine Creek that might cause problems for his neighbors to the west. . Clay Castleberry Director of Public.Works CC:dsl Encls. - cc: Edward Wilson, Rt._4, Box 489, Chico, CA 95926/w encls. 3' State Geologist, State cf California, 1020 N Street, Room 419, Sacramento, CA 95814, w/ encl. , ~ .. • J .. r �� -alt ....,• .. ' iFr August 29,, 1978 EdwardjE. nwflson• RE: Surface Mining ?ermit Route 4, Box,'489 a Chico, CA- 95926 [ ' e Dear 14Ir'. Wilson: I received your application for a Surface Paining Permit for 'your Pine .Creek operatioi►. A quick look shows"`it doesn't appear to have any problems. Ido need four copies of your assessor;parcelimap, four copies of a tag coast and geodetic quadrangle contour.wap showing the property limits along with a $50.00 filing fee made payable, to Butte County: : I should have about four copies of your plan but we will,xerox them here since 'yours • . is pretty brief . , l After I rece Vey;the' 'mapsI and fee I'll process. it through 'the 'County^'s Board of Zoning,Adjustment. You'll�be notified of the hearing date to allcw•you'to,answer -any. questions .that might�come up. In the mean while I'll try to Look at your .� cite as it. iyr.the'only one I haven't seen of those that have been 'filed. Very truly yours, - " f Clary Castleberry Director of Public Works , CC:sr. - 71 ^ - r � File No. BUTTE COUNTY (For Action 1, 2,3) f Public Works Dept. P (For formation ✓) Director Dep. Dir. Sec. Rd. & Br. Mtce. ` Shop & Yards p+ Bldg. Insp. Admin. D&C / Traffic Ura. Const +t�•. �r�4 ? ,.Ji3" _•`i a +:rsli,,. 9.. t: .^E Rd. Des. Br. Des. Sur. &Loc.. ' Transp. R/W Vi«;µ f ;ii✓Y _ �' Mapping . q • %I Land Dev. Ref. Disp. i Drng. / S.I. � t .• Sub. & Pcl. Maps Perm its a - ' VEi;rr1,��'S'' � �j'ei AV PIM u�9� ze. Reza oi 95926 Edward E. , and Nina June Wilson.. _ Rt.- 4. Box 4891Chico, Ca.;, 95926: beJ.e;ion-, (916) 342-1640 - s.: 17n„_e (if any) of. Prop oi:L None '4 3. Fro, erty Q_nctr�, or oA sur'acc riz:ht-_s(],iso r.l_ LI I M! Same'as set -forth -in .number one hereof . Tele, hon•^ r- l Q:SJ.ers of: ri-IA!-s ° b - -- Same' as set..for.th in number orie ..hereof . c: ( Address •�!! 9 1C�C;J;?r� C --- _ Rti Les^ce. None '. 6'° Vii' Same as set -forth' in”, number' orie: hereof. . s :,�, �, Ic•C';t_ Off. t'Tp;:�'---- .'.,�• U�:�..�''.'.i.:.'� �,,' �1(:t.l; .'�!_' � •-- '°c:'. _ ._ !.. ._ ,�-•'.. Uof Edward `E. Wilson Rt- 4• Box 489,' Chico, CA.;, 9592.6 I (916) 3,42=1640 j :t i s "bank-of--Pine-Creek to theEast of: State Highway,. 99-E,. : Ex- :,, "..hibit- A hereof sets forth the legal' description. Approx..8 acres.. 23{&)- 1 W :' . U CSC i.` L; t Z.! :: o L' i .: Access provided=by private..easement:Commencing approx-1/2 mile south of the "intersection of- State Highway., 99E and -Pine .- ''. Creek.,_ -running easterly approx;l/2 mile, thence -northerly.., Approx- 1/2 mile -to operan' tiosite. y 10. Attar' Location anrt Vicinit; ,- If,• 7.�s. x?xXmxxk• o� or=-:�°._'i':nrine� 196.6. `- - 25-30 years. xXXXX.XXXaXXXXXXXXXXXX Gpc_rati.on vi 1.'. b Iritiermentl f 1'JL YeL iTl Ot):-,. ' _ i.G:! —__— 1C:". _ ......'.j :': C a ...�^_"� X-- stUCi.pilc: X11 • Under 5,000 tolls Cu. 5,000 - 50,000 tons cu. yds/y�:. 50,000 - 250,000 tons cu, yd's yr. 250j000 - 1,000,000 ton-.F,cu. Yd- /;-r. Over 1,000,000 to= Cu. ydSly_. ' z 17. Total anti.cii•-..tC:?,h_oduct?_o1 neral co:i-;odi_tie�; ��;,, 10.0 000 to b re:.:_ Ci , . {Cs. .. U� Waste retanc.? on trc ste — None. T i i COit:, (CUs yds.) t ��' W,lstc disposed cd oLi sty: -- •. P « None. to: s { U. , } es . ) `Ai�.2:a.r1u:T ?.t1t1C:i1)Jt^Ci de;)th 8 it. ).f,. ?• IN. nin 'iethoe.: (Chco'. all appl is abl._ ) _ Open Pit y. crarallsand Pi: x _ sino7.e i;`uch' L+'.-il_1 ��n_? SlcsC. ?i.3.1, 1'c: ._—X� i - -- _ - l'j C7• _.._1.0, SI CCt ]].P.t; C: Of of J.tfi COi '. }'.:I,.'C LO t1i11Oj:� _ �:.<• tet, C r n-- t!_Cy a Ci11:;..'et c'd Cr. C:J_S-;oS ^.! Of I;SOe None. 20. If the nature of til^. 6.cpos'1t aricl the I_''ll?li.v ire-•thol t:;._d vill T)cr- A:it, dCscr:Ct)C shw..., the steps or phases Of ti':? rinii:" OpCrat>_On that Allo':, conn.*.trent reclartati.On, C:ii-i 111CJ.ut' a prop 7Sci_ tl 3 scLIesute for sui:i2 co_.cu_rer:t 4ctirit _cs. Iriteralitent..use during periods creek not -.running.- Sand.& Gravel re- moved is refilled by annual.waterf-low-'during:winter' and spring. Vegetation 'not• affected., `nor is waterZwate-Ficourse. 21. 1'.ttacli a ma}? Cif the mincer ac i l photo3r,1-1. 1 (a) bJLCCu:i'L' .Ca at-ettop o-ra i)ilic dztailS Of. t e Site; (b) }..Ocn .c,il Of all strcai:?:,, roF..':s, railr0"CS, tater 8I?C'. l:t_ltity facilitics itiiit•: 500 fcct of .the site; (c) Loc :tioti of all currently proposed acc_ss rea,'s to be cOrt.sn acted in Conduct. the SLr'acc- I: ii?'_ Op ratiOii'E)'� (d) Local _O11 of areas (to bo.) r;. -.d, aOi Ca3Le C: taJJ n;,s hands U. . (e) Ly _;C of oVCrin3, S�Jii _ol or color, UC�,s.c'L:io:1 , 7i,illi_Tc 'ri 'tases it III>pl].c :'1,?_C. (Sec i tc77 2C� . (f) 11C :-Cwrc_ Of I"!:p h -. O, a:J.:-,L ntion Z=O::) Z. tt � t vCr'!.c (C:.C' , 1. .SQU , c c.) Of�.I;'C L'•:?_.). A hed- Fxhd-15 t-"-C7-j--a-n-dfsr- mai3-e-d--undue •_:4ega--� #ems 22. o ii : : i Axx gXXtXS` 7425•X }k}%kXtA h C 1)}' Ci-_) ca t.. b .�Atjtached--Exhibit D, and/or ,mailed - under �'c ``' --8-- —:-- - 2; - . 104 i k ri 0!: .., t. ,. Cuter ii. 1. �: ifC[. ;:7.5i„ i':_ C:f _.-. or ..._i._.._, i.:. _s it 1.:. 'j tr; til_ J= C. -E` t el kit :C' :t cr .,..__._. si.i:c -='ray -..- - C`_` LI:.... j?rC)cuc;..-. .i_' - l'j C7• _.._1.0, SI CCt ]].P.t; C: Of of J.tfi COi '. }'.:I,.'C LO t1i11Oj:� _ �:.<• tet, C r n-- t!_Cy a Ci11:;..'et c'd Cr. C:J_S-;oS ^.! Of I;SOe None. 20. If the nature of til^. 6.cpos'1t aricl the I_''ll?li.v ire-•thol t:;._d vill T)cr- A:it, dCscr:Ct)C shw..., the steps or phases Of ti':? rinii:" OpCrat>_On that Allo':, conn.*.trent reclartati.On, C:ii-i 111CJ.ut' a prop 7Sci_ tl 3 scLIesute for sui:i2 co_.cu_rer:t 4ctirit _cs. Iriteralitent..use during periods creek not -.running.- Sand.& Gravel re- moved is refilled by annual.waterf-low-'during:winter' and spring. Vegetation 'not• affected., `nor is waterZwate-Ficourse. 21. 1'.ttacli a ma}? Cif the mincer ac i l photo3r,1-1. 1 (a) bJLCCu:i'L' .Ca at-ettop o-ra i)ilic dztailS Of. t e Site; (b) }..Ocn .c,il Of all strcai:?:,, roF..':s, railr0"CS, tater 8I?C'. l:t_ltity facilitics itiiit•: 500 fcct of .the site; (c) Loc :tioti of all currently proposed acc_ss rea,'s to be cOrt.sn acted in Conduct. the SLr'acc- I: ii?'_ Op ratiOii'E)'� (d) Local _O11 of areas (to bo.) r;. -.d, aOi Ca3Le C: taJJ n;,s hands U. . (e) Ly _;C of oVCrin3, S�Jii _ol or color, UC�,s.c'L:io:1 , 7i,illi_Tc 'ri 'tases it III>pl].c :'1,?_C. (Sec i tc77 2C� . (f) 11C :-Cwrc_ Of I"!:p h -. O, a:J.:-,L ntion Z=O::) Z. tt � t vCr'!.c (C:.C' , 1. .SQU , c c.) Of�.I;'C L'•:?_.). A hed- Fxhd-15 t-"-C7-j--a-n-dfsr- mai3-e-d--undue •_:4ega--� #ems 22. o ii : : i Axx gXXtXS` 7425•X }k}%kXtA h C 1)}' Ci-_) ca t.. b .�Atjtached--Exhibit D, and/or ,mailed - under �'c ``' --8-- —:-- - 2; - . CJ C, L' C'_. The, site.'consists .of creek bed, with noveg- etation-other than.natural'grass and'wee-L'along creek bank,• which are -not affected by.mining operations. Future.use is that of a, creek bed'.. suitable, for water-. flow: CN See, number 23: above-, \ � as to -use, ''potential. _ ._r.-� r'].•`:_t ^ G< use, and * suitable' -use. and v ` niDt. [L I;U't:'I__ic!d or Lt: i),_G: i'c� L!! C��) or�'OtCI:_!�tJ_ L S in itc:[:! 2.2. (Attu'-, copy C:T noZ:r.rizcd _,tete^_r. o f. calo;;leca:^,;:r[_t, etc-) See Grant Deed recorded 1952 wherein applicants- listed herein -are shown,ds last`grantees"in._re subject real proper. Butte'County Recorder' 0ifine- 2u. D3ribc .,1 cc)itr_3.tio_a ar.:r propo_.c) soil P Creek bed 'consists of .rock .and sand.. It is. expected: that. rock..and gravel/sand will continue' -to be'the substance of* _ the creek,eco,_as' ere is no .other -.use feasible %%. Ti_sCTibc^ ttlC I:c:fa)oi' , tneir secti .... __. F.'.-Ld tlialil � to a USC:! i b2].il`ia�, til'_ 1'C C: i.Fi:':_t=i.Gi1 Of tyle lan'- t0 ? tS S_itc2. LIIdlC''tC. C1_ i.?��) 21 -2 ) O'_ oIl G�=?Z "2i --in ?S 1-:_cec,sa-j: y « 71`c�ll(l ^.?SSii cion -of tllE �Cxt _Llr=lis lterl3 .l ].sLcd ✓�iO",'. Tnckfillin,- nnd Natural and, on annual. basis. (b) Ste',i.?.i.,:ntion GiF s].o,)cs. N/A (c) Stion Of par;7.c,i2cti t C?.iS e c?L itL ^, %? i 11L1� , etc. (d) P►?a.`N �].l i:_'t.on o1 pr _ll�_i.` c.rn�rlM�e,N,/,A (e) RE_`tllo'. .'.l, clis'pos.31, O1' of strL(ct:l.:re^, refuse, etc. N/A (f) CoI1Lrol o_ :lily Wwi:(1 rc-Zir" to sur— L; facc ruiiOf c i.P,C, f 7:O:il1:T Z;:[ ]:. N/A" (�) JrC:?...^.•'_:. _ Of to c .!t;J,_ N/A C;:L!ai,:.i:...7, . _ .�;i i)' L`i;l.iit:i 1; 1 • N/rA !". ].i �),)11C;:nt: t): _. _..'.�'._.(:E1li .. Si.Jr:_ ....'1-... ;))i _, O }'){.. r�.^1-. -• r-"•�� V?SCt S.l)L. J.. [i C:•:......J.� li::. .`:�)C:C1L.:. 1't::... ... :J.C:r; (.C) -. F'. r_.i:G:'.�' _. �!i'.. 2.7 - 7 ' N r ! • , i i 4 1 CJ C, L' C'_. The, site.'consists .of creek bed, with noveg- etation-other than.natural'grass and'wee-L'along creek bank,• which are -not affected by.mining operations. Future.use is that of a, creek bed'.. suitable, for water-. flow: CN See, number 23: above-, \ � as to -use, ''potential. _ ._r.-� r'].•`:_t ^ G< use, and * suitable' -use. and v ` niDt. [L I;U't:'I__ic!d or Lt: i),_G: i'c� L!! C��) or�'OtCI:_!�tJ_ L S in itc:[:! 2.2. (Attu'-, copy C:T noZ:r.rizcd _,tete^_r. o f. calo;;leca:^,;:r[_t, etc-) See Grant Deed recorded 1952 wherein applicants- listed herein -are shown,ds last`grantees"in._re subject real proper. Butte'County Recorder' 0ifine- 2u. D3ribc .,1 cc)itr_3.tio_a ar.:r propo_.c) soil P Creek bed 'consists of .rock .and sand.. It is. expected: that. rock..and gravel/sand will continue' -to be'the substance of* _ the creek,eco,_as' ere is no .other -.use feasible %%. Ti_sCTibc^ ttlC I:c:fa)oi' , tneir secti .... __. F.'.-Ld tlialil � to a USC:! i b2].il`ia�, til'_ 1'C C: i.Fi:':_t=i.Gi1 Of tyle lan'- t0 ? tS S_itc2. LIIdlC''tC. C1_ i.?��) 21 -2 ) O'_ oIl G�=?Z "2i --in ?S 1-:_cec,sa-j: y « 71`c�ll(l ^.?SSii cion -of tllE �Cxt _Llr=lis lterl3 .l ].sLcd ✓�iO",'. Tnckfillin,- nnd Natural and, on annual. basis. (b) Ste',i.?.i.,:ntion GiF s].o,)cs. N/A (c) Stion Of par;7.c,i2cti t C?.iS e c?L itL ^, %? i 11L1� , etc. (d) P►?a.`N �].l i:_'t.on o1 pr _ll�_i.` c.rn�rlM�e,N,/,A (e) RE_`tllo'. .'.l, clis'pos.31, O1' of strL(ct:l.:re^, refuse, etc. N/A (f) CoI1Lrol o_ :lily Wwi:(1 rc-Zir" to sur— L; facc ruiiOf c i.P,C, f 7:O:il1:T Z;:[ ]:. N/A" (�) JrC:?...^.•'_:. _ Of to c .!t;J,_ N/A C;:L!ai,:.i:...7, . _ .�;i i)' L`i;l.iit:i 1; 1 • N/rA !". ].i �),)11C;:nt: t): _. _..'.�'._.(:E1li .. Si.Jr:_ ....'1-... ;))i _, O }'){.. r�.^1-. -• r-"•�� V?SCt S.l)L. J.. [i C:•:......J.� li::. .`:�)C:C1L.:. 1't::... ... :J.C:r; (.C) -. F'. r_.i:G:'.�' _. �!i'.. 2.7 - . i:� ��... �J. J.h� i.��•.. L.:Q..b'i AO!. of (.:C .. PALO in i_n ,_ i-. i:.._ _"i n..... lacy MUM u!1urc i:::.,ily a.. -G � sitte wK to rid•:) N AI . L. r 21 t I � M t �j ) E a i ^ 2S ' 11-�e fractional Northeast quarter; the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter; and the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 3, 'Township 23 North, Range an__the Northeast quu,rte_r._.o..f: t.h..e Southeast quarte'r.aad theLSau �ppf th Southeast quarter. of Section 34, 'Township 24 North, Range 1 Wast, M.D.B.&M. EXCEftfNG THEREFROM a portion of the Northeast quarter of tht- Southwes. quarter and raSoutheast quatei°..of Northwest quarter of said; Section 3, described as follows: COvlYIF. ING 'at a;;,point on the West line of the Southeast quarter of Northwest quarter of said Section 3., where the Southerly bank -of Pine Creek intersects said West line; thenop South along said line a distance of 1275 feet, more or less, to the Northerly bank of a slough.,�thence in a Northwesterly direction along the bank o= said slough to ftp;. thence Northwest along said ,Shasta, Road to the Southerly bank, of-Fline ,Creek; thence Westerly 54 feet to the place of beginning. ALSO FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM a portion of the Southeast quarter of Northwest quarter of said Section 3, described as follows: BEGrNN,111* at a point about the center of Pine Creek and running thence along the 'West boundary line of the Southeast quarter of Northwest quarter of Section 3, said Township and Range, North 7.ch.ains to the Northwest c,o:ner of said Southeast quarter of Northwest quarter;°thence East, along the North line of said South cast quarter of Northwest quarter, 12 chains to the center of Pine Creek; thence in a Southester;y direction, along the center of Pine Creek, to the place of beginning., ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM the following described parcel of land: A portion of. Section 3, Township 23 North, Range 1 West, M,D.13.&M, more particularly described.as follows: BEGINNING it a point in the center of Shasta Road (State Highway III,But-3-D), from which the Southeast corner of the Northwest quarter of Section 3, Township 23 North, Range l West, M.D.B.&M., bears North 800 16' 22" East, a distance of 924.50 feet; then,.. North 700 09' East, a distance of 30.00 feet to a 1 -inch iron pipe tagged RCE 11128; thence North 750 41' 25" East, a distance of 1,2 3.26 feet to a 1 -inch - ,ron pipe ?agged RCE 11128; thence South 880 09' East, a distance of 848.50.'feet to iron pipe tagged RCE 11128; thence North 1° 06' 50" East, a distance of 2;139-86 feet to a 1 -inch iron pipe tagged RCE 11128; thence continuing North 1° rO6 East a distance of 130 feet, more or less to the center of Pine Creek; thence. Southviest,erly along the center of Pine Creek, a distance of 3,100 feet, more or less, to the intersection of the center of Pine Creek with the center of Shasta Road; thence South,eaater-ly along the center of Shasta Road to the point of beginning. EXCEPTLING THEREFROM that portion which lies within the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter df Section 3. W� 1. .- 0* EXHIBIT •"A" :f . F 0* EXHIBIT •"A" • .fir ; xrt>'. �oasu, excepting therefrom thet portion of the following �1 , cribod property: 0 described property lying within tho boundaries of the a uVU �s. 11 that certain real ^ property situate in the Counties of Butte a-nd Tehamas E,°;t® o California, described as fol l6tvs : A ?�grtivn f Secti;n 3, Township 23 North, Range 1 West, M. D. B.& M. and a {, pc ,tip n of %� Section 34, Township 24 North, Range 1 West, M. D. B.� M. and banq�.mo�Re particularly described as follows: 3., a Road (State ,•,. ~; Bu Commencing ata point in the cetiter orneroofrtheLnorthwest quartet of Section39 ;;-D) from which the southeast corne ' 1 Township 23 North, Range West, M. D. 13.& M. bears North 80° 16' 22" East a distance of 924.50 feet; thence Nurth ;7()° 09' East a distance of -30.00 eet to a _L,.9rte..inch iron pipe tagged RCE 11128; tlicrnce North 750 41' 25" East, a distance ti t: of 1,263.''6 feet to a one inch iron pipe tagged RCE 11128; thence South RB* 49' Nast, a distance of 848.50 feet to a one inch iron pipe tagged RCE 11128; � O.nd the true point of beginning for the parcel of land herein described; thence OJ frim said point of beginning, North 1° 06' 50" East a distance of 2139.86 feet � ?"Cre orless, to a 10inch iron pipe tagged RCE 11128, which pipe is on the .a m Southerly bank of Pine Creek in the Northeast quarter of Section 3, Township ZZ North, 71ange 1 West, M. D. B.& M. acid from which pipe the center of said Ssction 3, bears South 28° 22' 40" West, a distance of 2,589.5 feet; thence North _• 33*57+50+" Easy a distance of 2YV.5V feet;thence North 10°51'35" East, a distance of 87,56 _gee*; thence North 8° 22' 50" East, a distance of 215.37 feet; thence North 25° 31 40" East a distance of 66.39 feet; thence North �°'O1' 30" East a distance of 109.50 feet; thence North 371 33' 00" -East, a distance of 271.10 i� feet; thence North 63° 19' 20" East a distance of 291.40 -feet; thence North 530 07' 50" ' ; East distance of 506,12 .feet; thence North 77° 54' 54" East, a distance of 357 feet more or less, to a point on the East line of Section 3d, Township 24 North, Range 1 West, M. D. B•& M. thence Southerly along the Easterly line of said Section 34, to the Southeast corner of Section 34, being also the Northeast corner of Section 3, Toranship 23 North, Range 1 West, M.D.M. thence continuing Southerly along the Easterly line of the fractional Northeast quarter of said Section 3, to the Southeast cgrner of said Northeast quarter of said Section 3; thence Westerly along - e �o�t�herly line of said Northeast quarter of Section 3, to a point which bears mouth 1.° 061 50" West from said point of beginning; thence NorO 1° Ob' 50" ' at to the point .of beginning. � Reserving therefrom, a right of way for road purposes over the 'Westerly 16 feet of the above described parcel of land. TOGETHER with a right of way for road purposes over a strip of land 60 feet in .j width lying northerly of and adjacent to the following d escribei line: Beginning at the southwest corner of the above described parcel of land; thence Westerly along the so�ltherly line of the Fractional Northeast qu;►rter of said Section 3, *v the South'vest corner of said Northeast quarter; then.;e South 75° 41' 25" West to the center of. Shasta Road (State Higriway III -But -3 -Di and the end of . , -',d lint-, EXHIBIT "A" 70 rYrl k R. / IV. M. D. Ta>< Code 62 - 33 1. BUTTE; CO. ?SI 12 Ac. ,' •: x�y,'�; :r46 AC • i 61 AC • I 73. 7 Ac. I iru iAC , k I I J _ - - - -'1 - - - - - - /'- /200 a 2 19 Ac' /2 t fi G�t.c •� 78AC. X27) `40Ac. ' 592.76Ac- 499.9,4 Ac. �. w Pin if. r5tQ4 56 O - , t 4.36 Ac. 009 230.0 Ac. 4 r- 72 ., 126-78 AC 4604 g20.0 Ac o f.. 06 63.2549 v . o ., 632.0 Ac. N .r 373.4 �.L 2— 6 f / 24 SOP. 76 A 53.27 Ac. ' 40.374C 47.32Ac �0 1193. S i �'. BRO YL E516"93 ROAD r� too o ( A 36 1: 74 4 C. i - •, .d. ^IIx dBS: 49e Ac / 4 /. 5S2 Ac • k '. 3g 106. 03Ac. srao p 73 I ✓ SAC ao^ s> 11 f 261.7. 12 k r 9 - T /0 Bio. o k x /a' .:9sJ•' ,, _ _ 07 Assessor s -No:,` -4 7-- NOTE—ASS PARCEL BLOCK COUrI%�/ Of Butte, N 37124 Sec. 12 Re'c-- A1oy 19-76,.d LOT NUM BERS SHOWN 1955 !N, CiRc�Es.: Morch, psr:!� `6 i � � ' ', - �„ �� � L � _ - � }a. ` •. .. cif - �.' _ 1.„ �. a. .. ' r r. 5 '. Y 41', i � ' ^ ,.: .. . . . .:I! R ; ,yy •. � .. . -�' .:".� .. .•,:Y i . F " Y +1. _'.•R..tT �,- > (. c. 1' .. �.. .. Yl., .u_ 5 'Y'f ': .. .. ..:.. - . :. .. i. ,. 4 S ,.y,,. • �al • i.5t ...T .1:"' �• ."�. .i ..l... .•: ,. ,. 'r. r f.. _� ... 4 k.. - }.. ..aC ..... ... r :i t- ^ i `•`i.' .'Y. _: 4 3-`t . '.'ly nY?•.f '7 .A*'..9Fn 2 1. ,.,� f'.Ht.� `^ry: - j' Me: i,:�i'i, .., •, � { }ti ' �S , g i x v •... ct `>� aG »� r•' . J, .1 Vt. t r. w,. k sY,...\. 3x-1 �. 1 W �` � :h: • ' t?3" .h • -..r� _ . ':i 7 ,. A: ..1 .,; ,,. ! `y, .r. n•L .r• ,-.r -...�. t . 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CALIFORNIA 95965 Telephone: (915) 534-4681 H. W. MDONALD Deputy Director September 19, 1978 This will acknowledge receipt this date:of"Check .'5857 from Pine Creek Sand and Gravel Company for $50..00. This covers filing fee. . -;'Jane McDonald, Secretary . - �' dye •?'`•_�. l•,I .c __ ._ __ —.____ ___.. __-. _.�.._. . � ' .. ..._- -- -_ __- --_. .. _-_ _--_.. ai..'i:.:^..`,�: ''.:'_:i� .»:I t:"....�.-..�..:.a:.1fi:.(: �a .... •'J ' - �� sVi'G777?.� ,.... 1 is •. n •- ' 'Te 2•• T:..y� (fy. wry). "of..,,:i rrc:b?" Prop3,r,ly -.---=-- e or `c�- �\ L J r, oP E:t : 'CJ rz^hf_-s (I.ist all, v o::._ t>>. 3 O . o� r l;. ProRr _,� • l I - A dress Telephone Y _ . �� !;a r©gs of ,finr�l ri_,,:__•. G Address r.a s- }4y�R • � "`=, i -r*=..: -i- -- • .yam ,Fi S� • a. Yid:. P T rTY x: \ .. Vit,• t•i'ta. , c•;•: .. .. "�= - - : _ ... _ o i rLi.,,., i tl�'_ ..�,1�, �_C�• .: Gi 'r S:'•�. G I�:.=' _ t..•_ a?^_^-c_.S �O.:t; LO L`__ i 10. Ate?c'. L'o_a=ioa aac'. Vicinity !.—Tap. r . u 11. 2;inar_'_ ca:%7, o�ity. {to be) �:ir.= C 1?'. C-2OI.v�iC do-scrl 1.:ion inc u-iin, -+:- Z ca ? -s-' !� t � 1'r1Cf �C:a_._2.._ ca�t,_O�,LC Sc .�..I:"� 01' C �Ct�:l =u zC'J1.0-ic C�•^.SC'C1�� iG:l G:. f'tljt M!?2Z-2 . �iCJ.S r (to and princi.n _'minaicnls c_ rock t}•pew p_cse�_. J.'. }iL-ie C?�Si ?'..��)[? Of Ci:V -^:Zrt_;!'- _ _. is l.';w 07: "� S_���1 ' i.c:'; ._�s a-l;iltt_'i.r r::►,:i;. ,.;:....:� ..:��� rrc'!..__._.:1, of O�•_.".- —• • ' ' C.'J :..�. 3.�'.':��:. 7 ems. i:.:i•.. a t?�=c�: r. o: Y�� in S��c�alila is :c_ • _ - Under S,C00 toils cu. yes; ; . �_• .. 9 5,000 -- 50,000 tons cu. yes/ . ' 50',000-250,C00 .tons cu. Y%1-1yr. !_• 250,000 -� l,CO0,000 to s cl_. yd_i�L. _�.. . 16: - Over ,.,OO��,000 tors cu. ydsf�-. • . - u - ' f " ? ] 7 Tota]. anricin-te� psotucti_oz a mineral corod=tie,. to be re -o : ='? — - C Wastc retained oz the site tens (els• }ds.) • z• c IMS to disposcd cLb.sites - tors (� yep..) tiu::ins^ aliticipa!:cd depth ®� ft. 3.8. _ (.Cheer. CravzVS.- -d P1 pen Pit- -- Sin. an•; Blast 1 Ten, ' �y'• ' _ � � 1 v ::'t:) a--_• j•i! - C t h :: - ----- ----- C t;.1 r- �c.'.a J f + 0r i:. —.._ 'i1 th- si.Lc; iJ y Ci Li,,j):C3C.:SC-_ ....'� .^.':�ilal` .; ._ a•ii: :!_ il_�t_'�„ v _cti. %i_�2.► �, G_ r 1- b. -!'s:. .ar (!:. ...L-....�', \c,�L_-.1.J::o :i:e _ a.a•i ..._1::: i'_ ...--�_ _._:ate _. _ j b� tits -n' o o: _(' c` __--.!_i.on, st cc__v7.t14 p=nr:,�'�. so':_C..5 OF `later, rlc�:?Q I.ts cor..�,. to tEl?.s r_o^c- tit}' a1n.Ct .CCL:: , l j s?� '] 1•'Ctila?CI GA .P G:.s�.O�id`1. of L:aC�� S:'_;�J: w. -ter • za. If the nature Oe Per- -ha deposit and the i'11i:1i".� rethQ 'Lhs_3 talil p -rte. - mit, describe and show the steps or phis -es of the r_i ir.; o?_ratioa that allot:, concurrent re.cla {�t;nn, ai,i iuclud- s pro, oscd ti -1n schc:Llulc for su::il corcu_ re:it aCtivr? t i_es. IU u - 21.' Attaca a rap of the minad lacus anid; o=sc:_'_tab1= C.0 r ' a1 p ot:0-ra-.lh e showing: G (a)- Bourldaoarf as and top o`-raP11. -c d'et{lils of t11e S{ tet 2 ��.- F i 1 t� fr +- o G (b) Loca.tiazrl of .1_l S`rcc..:.s,.roa:!s, railrond-s,, �r-•..L�� �;:.�.�5, e ane' utility facilities uid-iin 500 f=t of the site; (c) Location of all eurrarhtly proposed acccss reacs to ba CO:l t -uctcd in Coa ucti:?„ t'j?P. Stir:c:�t: iLii3� Oj�c:iZ`.30i?�3.); . (d) Loc zLi0n or areas (to bc) Chiliad, . and of waztc .CL:..6 .^.t d" t:l7.l:�.nys pC•ild:3. (e) ry. 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C= �:1� 61 i1 -a -!b: . _ brii.oin - Lh.-: rczl:.natj,On of the ±C_d1.1 Lo its Ca'l Stat2. jad_czte e: ;.•ap (Ttaa 21-22) or on do��=� - as r:_cessa=y. lrcluri_ dist�s- sioz oP t(18 pe d:!�_ .` item. listed L -Ira'. 7:. ct�Lellin- : nd S`a:lini. _ c Stal-0-li::ation of.s].o,:=s. . z Scab il.i_z,tion. Cf pa".= -a -n x7a to'dcZtp s, t?'e?ia-s, etc, (d) RahaIL i_1:1 t_ti c, of pie-,,; z a- drairta;e. ((;) _ F'�CC1o•...�, C_isr os or 1� zar- ion G- YCS7. a.. _.�:� ....6 i }• •i !:� i• r.i1 V•.% Cli:.�...f .'.):. %. Gr LCr_: Sit.•_ :.t'� _°_����' •, :P;'!.. ..: LCI,': ._ .•'.: •L' �_,.•. � ' ). ' . . ti L�rt�•:; C� is ALL .C7:;'y L': O� 7. v. r �•. 7 • a,. _ .. a G: ..- :' � •! : "➢:; � � . - _ •:' _ _ �_. ., ' ►lava 'D_.e:it Y:v:.•l-ied Of ba• - pro 3 :} b `;B(5! Oma' �20%t:Ca_.. ideati; ied in 2 rcm 22.. (Attach copy C r:L!%t^-I izCC. Si?`.0 2�, �a,zri.h� so:1 cc_i'�.t .o_a ar_ ► propozed soil sa_4a.ge pla:_. . 27. ID-2acr Ce �. r Com; , "' to be U52d J.:1 the i :'.i:}:C1 s_ C[l_]. SCC��. . C= �:1� 61 i1 -a -!b: . _ brii.oin - Lh.-: rczl:.natj,On of the ±C_d1.1 Lo its Ca'l Stat2. jad_czte e: ;.•ap (Ttaa 21-22) or on do��=� - as r:_cessa=y. lrcluri_ dist�s- sioz oP t(18 pe d:!�_ .` item. listed L -Ira'. 7:. ct�Lellin- : nd S`a:lini. (b)• Stal-0-li::ation of.s].o,:=s. . (c) Scab il.i_z,tion. Cf pa".= -a -n x7a to'dcZtp s, t?'e?ia-s, etc, (d) RahaIL i_1:1 t_ti c, of pie-,,; z a- drairta;e. ((;) _ F'�CC1o•...�, C_isr os or 1� zar- ion G- YCS7. a.. _.�:� ....6 , 8 strLJc2+�::e.s, rcruge, etc. (f) Cct_tme2. Of cor_tp-=_inzrn;:s', e. uci ill u7j.i a rc:car<' to st,= Qp JI('ryi of streaz7!5=:t:.J. :;::L) i0 C•i :a c, 11 ^.nom seuiici :1_atic (r j F': a: `..'? 0i' 'C!i�1.G!; �• .__ r:i C_�' rC S.ill':?.L } �'. • �.,. ''-'LA•`- - L' - i.:. _._LA's Lt,•,�,._`. s,•_.L :. c ;. 1_'' �. r �'•i)!_..0%'RC_ }+:�:. _.'!`C..i.:.E'ii .. S:IJC:_ ..- -. a �--- - c -'- }t'.. 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Att__ Location and Vicinity. a -. p. - _ F 11• 1'111:.''-r�� co _-,odit} (to UL, 1:i2:ncI: .- - et.io' ��ti:2C= f -20! �o-i?• i7v.,j c setting- mG7 ioC�n^S� CL�a.E1otcf CiCrlc�tu1Gdi: 0.dC�0:;1t (to �',C'JZ^•v7.0Li L=—Z minerals. or rocs: t}'pay Oi opf:r f e I ?..i'• �•il l: L Li -------•- -. in :';l_a .e�.�j . ' Und.r 5,000 toes cu. __• 5,000 -. 50,000 tons cu. ycs/f ,_• _. ` 50,000 — 250,000'tons cu, yds%yr 250,000.— -7;000,000 tons Cu. Y:'-iy'r- _.-.• u -e , Over 1,000,000 Loan cu. ycs�y • . a F. .. z ].7. Total. anricin�te� h_"o.�T.cti_oz .. — t e > -- — tons (Cu. Mineral co:nod=ties to re"O �_,d — ' yds.) ' • •be 1�taste �retaincd on t::e site t.oa3 (cu, yds.) • n vas disposed o�L. site -- tons (cu. yes .) --- ?fu::ins^allticip,�::cd depth �— ft. �.i.nal. 2pplir'a.bL_j - ` Cr val/S: nd aft Op ea Pit e_--- — Drill ast • . ti I,o:t I. •c:..�. C I i - --- ------ C t:C.- T. - .'.C' jf ''iJLC'S;?.li' of or ...-.._._.'1.-- .__ .:i IS :��,. - �. CC, .^ G:.•.- euctc' rt cr' r.�j ^ _ ._ tri ti:e S;. LC b-s� y c:_:._ :i.'J _ Ci L!:.^ j�iOCuti' .. '' ...,'_' C':Jla., - 7i•i.- :!_ i._�t.- -.v. _:._: i F._!.s•' jam. G • `.lam` r� -- rc-2 l.s :i• jsJ-.-r.{ir—r (i :e.. •�..-.._}, till: r.i.1i•iJ � L� .. � l..l. :. :l v—�V� J -r .. .._�_ a —•L.� .>.: — by til: n=0 �t7:\ \� G� _-.. _1.J::, $! ^C-rY J. 11� a1_tJ �.: ,:'.T Jv'__ -_.> C:_ V7 aLC_, OL' - = 2..'�_ r�_:, •_�.,.- Ll_Lho;? 7 -. CS con%, y ,:RC'_' L"o t4j. r=•CL Z:? - tit }� and r.. ,d:.s�,osa l oc' ::scd a; •'_,'o= s:. l:�t+:� . CSL/.'\� i -� A .s. S'et.l..d cf water. 20: If the natutc o` 6-? z deposit and the mdnir.�, rzsthol used- "!1-U. per - er-rmit, mi deseriba and sho::. tire. steps Or phases of th-a r=:,inf, ope;atica _ that allo:r con.%urrent recl-matT.c:.i, aad iuclude z proposed ti:-ta. schedule for sm-ch concu_reat acti-vi- LICS. - 21. - Attach a rap 'o 'L the min._ d lan_ls and; o: su.'.taSic acrii siio:�fna= .. (a) Bau Adar..C3 znd for o�r�-�n . c det<zils of tine site; (b) Location of all strca:�s, roa.'_s, railronds, e:at_- and u::ility facilities vitlt_r. 500 feet of the site, (c) Taocatio4� of all eurrar_tl,: prop osed acc_ss rca,.•!; to ba co=tructcd in conduct -n- the sur. ace t:i::i (d) Location- of areas . (to bc) riinan, ani of i:aste tail-ings p;•nds. (e) Ty LI C of overlay Sl:<T_`�� Com• colo -,,e - CL mill p':� �- s if- a i 1 1ic-.:t_l' ^. (Sea . IL -s. 2 of r:.;:p bnsc; c_;.cnt tian =t:: a_r,:-), r.n? CLC.) of tL:e 7i, 7,::;i_c,._c c�i� <�:: o:c;-]:,-} of t.:c:i> of 1.:._... c_ l>; co'.-_ o: L10 t - :c2rL•C! Jf ;:e:C.�_.'...SIC•:: j'' .'l., %. 1�. :I`, !.t - 6f1,_ !��... t... .. ottl• �'• t Cli:..... � �.•:i:. G� �C`," S.L•:' lL:!`� � �ir ` .:i L•i0.�'1 pnL;.7iLJ.•.l t: :�a•G� ..if•. i'f_.. _�. 1.t:t'�.. a`:� L �� v T 1l ::? l0 4'. �� d • ..\1 �.. .b'... _ �.9'c. _. G: e'1'� ��•�t �:'.�J �. ..-. - _s e.. . .D- .. a .... ic:5..' I'i�Vc9. OL identified is I..0:rl 22. (Attach Cob. ' C I Ut.c i:i[r d St to a. Qf . . abC:1;O:•: ZC���ai. y CCC. )' 25, Dzcet%be soil coal:'.?..t°o:•.; zr. ► 'proposed soil. sn:z PI .J IL D-zscr{ b. t�!^_ i,"::�f:�:0 i� y th!zir segi.. nca c':'tld � lila��y to ba L: �.: lIl thlL Ic—zl nat on Of the lzml LO itS Cld S=is�.2o T:?iti C?_tC' ori ;.:?p (_Leis 2j-22) or on di=�.a ! as r:__essmry. Ir -c' ci_ cisct � Sio:1 of t's14. pe.t'_:sr_;;¢ iteMS UStCd b2lc+1�. (a) Bacr:r_llin ; and elvk ",, into (b) S ta��i.liz� tion of 'S].O,:cs.• (C) Stil?1? ]'i Z9%�'.5n of �-a to du:7.p.s t?_iiin-Sy etc. (d)a}i3`vi.tLt�tic:+ of pre�t�o:z�a� draane. dis:.c `_io0--rCS).(C). 6Clsi striictilrv:3, rcCusea Ct'Co (f) CrIaCrJI. Of CorC?"iZa';,�:`,'a C�i�L'C�. Iii? -'L'II r.t:_ar;� CO .riar- (�) of st:c'�;'�_s:; ..n to co __o? C I:O J.Ci1 .'.:1'� SCtiiCli:1•_i C 1C :.. 1/-, .. C'...! .,itL�.l. _ j,• ►.. J..LL`':i. 1 r' I;-% C;- ' L _; CL' i.lJn iI\ C :' .... !. � i:i:.. '•`:,aC+Cet1 i.;. 1"�� .....3.C•'. La? :'' . P. t_ �_:•.:i•'.. _..l_L.. - 2 7 -- cou LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH AN,D BEAUTY PLANNING COMM SSI ON 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE OROWLLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 PHONE: 534-46111 March 18, 1981 CERTIFIED RETURN RECEIPT Foster Willets Case P.O. Box 306 Red. Bluff, CA 96080 Re: Richardson Springs Quarry. Zoned A-2_ Dear Mr. Case: . it ha come to my attention that at the 'above menticnc-CIL location ycu mave ,made . an application to the Butte Ccunty Sheriff Depart meat and have received a.permit #21.61 to handle explosives with- out first cbtainirg a use permit in violatior,. of tr,e Butt& County. Zoning Ordinance. .Section•24-66 A-2 (Gener_al) Zone (b) Uses requiring use permit,.which states:(11) Industrial uses which m.ight.be objectionable byreason of emission, of noise, offensive odor, smoke, dust, bright light, vibration or involving the. handling of explosives or dangerous materials. It -ha been noted that ycu. have'admitted to an int`ntion'to blast rock for a quarry located in Richardson Sprints, a form of surface ruining as defir--d .in the :Butte Coanty Code 13-102 "Surface Mi_nino Operation". Thcref r_ ycu are instructed -that to blasting and. handling explosives you must apply .icr' a use permit. you are also ir.st,r-uc-• tea t., apply app]_y fora permit to mine from the Butte County P"blis. Works Department and file a reclamatiotl. plan.0,.I-th the Buttes County Planning Commission as per Butte County Code Section1.3-1C;�E or s,; and dcsist from any mi ning and/or quarr_ying. at the abov`:: rc:.` r:rccd Iccn,ti.or.. • "c a He BUTTE COUNTY (For Action 1, 2,3) Public Works Dept. (For I ormation ✓) Director Dep. Dir. Sec. Rd. & Br. Mtce. Shop & Yards Bldg. Insp. Admin. D&C / Traffic Const. Rd. Des. Sr. Des. Sur. & Loc. Transp. i R/W Mapping Land Dev. Ref. Disp. Drng. / S. I. Sub. & Pcl. Maps Permits _ 0 y h 4 Up QCocQU�@ I/Zls NAR � " 1987 P� ` ���6 LAND-OF?NATURAL, WE.1LTH AND .BEAUTY PLANNING COMMISSION tiT -• COUNTY CENTER DRIVE OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 PHONE: 534-4631 `January27, 1981 Mr. Carl J. Woods Mr.'; Carl J. Woods, P.O. Box M Engineering Contractor ' 1223. Franklin Ave., 1321 Grey Street " Yuba City,, CA• . 95991 Yuba City,` CA 9591 Re AP' 47-23-,36 :Dear' Mr Woods �. It has come 'to, my attention that on the above refErenced 4' parcel -you have made an application to handle explosives without , -*first obtaining a use permit in violation of the.. - Butte'Coun-ty•Zoning.Ordinance Section 24-66 A -21 -(Genera 1Y -2 (General) • It zone' (11) 'Industrial uses whichi might be objectionable by reason of emission of noise,.,offensive odor, smoke, dust,. bright; light, vibration or involving the handling ,of ex- ; plosives or dangerous materials. It has' been noted that--You-have admitted to an intention to blasting rock for a quarry located on Cohasset•Road past Keefer Road'. a form of surface' mining .as defined in' the -Butte County- Code 13-102., Surface Mining Opere.tions. f It has - also been .noted that -Luhrs Brothers' Use 'Permit #76-48 issued on,March 25,1975 to allow a rock crushing plant and blasting on the above referenced. parcel has been ' revoked -as per Butte County Ordinance Sec. 24-48.2 which states., A' use permit shall,b6 deemed revoked, if the use for ' which the permit was granted has ceased- .or has been r suspended fora period of twelve ' (12) consecutive t months. You are; therefore, instructed that prior to blasting - ` and handling, explosives or' doing any surface mining. on the above referenced 'parcel ,you must first apply..fo.r a use permit -to the Butte County Planning Department,- apply for a permit to mine from the .Butte County. Public Works Department, and file for approval 'of. a reclamation. plan• j' 1N0. 1 1, 2, 31 YY (For Action Y BUT TFCOUNT �) (For In .ormation Public Works Dept. D irector Dep, Dir. Sec. Rd. & Br. Mtce. " Shop & Yards Bldg, Insp- Admin. p&C / Traffic j Const. Rd. Des. II Br. Des. Sur. & Loa TransP. R 1 \I Mapping / `f Land Dev. , Ref. DiSP- Drng• Sub. & Pcl. Maps Permits ice. Carl Woods Jan.. 27, 198.1 to.the Butte County Planning Commission and the Butte County Public Works Department or cease and desistfrom.. any mining or quarrying on that parcel.. Failure to comply with this notice.prior-to any use of .explosives and/or mining/quarrying on the above referenced ` parcel ,will. result in the matter being .forwarded tD the Butte County Counsel and/or the Butte.County District .Attorney's Office for appropriatte.legal action. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact this office. Sincerely, Vince Anzalone F. Zoning Investigator VA.:jc cc: Planning Director County Counsel t Yy -District Attorney ✓Public Works Dept.- Environmental ept.Environmental Health Dept. Sheriff's Office (Lt..Kortons) N- L86L onana io I u c STATE OF CALIFORNIA—RESOURCES AGENCY _ EDMUND G. BROWN 1R., Gove="o DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES P.O. BOX 388 SACRAMENTO &095802 ( 916) 445-8984 DEC 171980 l S zi,,1 S TO ALL PERSONS AND AGENCIES'INTERESMM IN THE RECLAMAQION BOARD'S SAND AND GRAVEL POLICY: The Department of Water Resources staff for the State Reclama- tion Board is holding a public workshop on Wednesdayy, January, Bu3:lding, 1 16 Ninth Street, Sanr p-1q..,� The purpose of the workshop is to disc""- ussthe giros and cons .of the attached draft of proposed revisions to the present standards on borrow activi- ties. At some time in the.Yuture, a revision to the present standards will be proposed for adoption by the Board. - You are urged to attend and participate. The primary reason for revising the .present standards on borrow activities that are encroachments in floodways is that, on July 18, 1980, The Reclamation Board adopted a sand and gravel extraction policy. The workshop is designed to obtain the pub- lic's views on the proposed changes in the present standards to reflect the intent of the sand and gravel extraction policy. If you are unable to attend the workshop, we would like to have any written comments sent to us before the workshop, if possible. Please address written comments to: Staff for The Reclamation Board, Room 204 - Resources Building, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Questions about the workshop can be asked of Mr. Jacob Angel whose phone number is (916).445-9898. We 916) 445 -9898 - We expect that some members of The Reclamation Board and the General Manager and/or Chief Engineer will participate in the workshop. r G. Donald Meixner Program Manager State Reclamation Attachment Board Programs THE RECLAMATION BOARD STANDARDS FOR ENCROACHMENTS MINERAL EXTRACTION FROM CHANNELS AND LANDS UNDER THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION The extraction of mineral.resources,(sand and gravel) from the streambed or from within floodway limits may pose a threat to the flood -carrying capability of the waterway.. Extraction from, or adjacent to' levees are a threat to levee safety, -and to life and property. Accordingly, 'no excavation within the limits of a proje-ct works, a plan adopted by the Board,•or a designated flood-;_ way is permitted. without the prior approval of.The Reclamation Board. through.its application procedures. Environmental considerations, entrapment of -.fish and.mosquito abatement make it necessary that areas from which material is_removed be provided with drainage facilities to eliminate -trapped or ponded water. The existence ofd. trees and riparian.vegetat'ion is a valuable resource of the State and the decision to retain'or remove the existing vegetation should be, and.will.be carefully considered. There,are instances, for example, where the Board has designated specific sites where the vegetation is'to be retained as a flood protection measure necessary for the successful operation of a flood control project. 'When a decision is made. that .trees and/or brush 'are to ba _cleared , from a borrow site, downed vegetation will be disposed of outside the limits of the floodway unless permitted otherwise by the Board.. Excavated material will not be stockpiled within the lim'ts of the Sacramento' River,- its tributaries and distributaries during the period of November 1 to April 15, --nor within the limits of the San Joaquin River, its tributaries and distributaries during 4 the period from November 15 to July 20. Any damage to the levee • F. and/or existing access ramps, caused by borrowing operations per- formed in compliance with Reclamation Board permit conditions will;. be promptly repaired. Surfacing on the levee crown or on existing access ramps damaged during hauling operations will be repaired or .replaced to Reclamation Board -standards. Any vegetation specifically conditioned to be retained and subsequently removed shall be replaced by replanting as soon as•practical or as directed by the Board. ,3 f. J When -material is extracted on the waterward side of a project levee, designated floodway line or an -unprotected stream bank under the E Board's jurisdiction, such extractions shall not go.below the normal streambed elevation. Streambed borrow, shall not be removed from �. within 100 feet of the waterward toe of the stream*or the waterward, edge of any bank protection works. Any waterward side extraction shall be protected from incoming flows unless otherwise permitted ' by- the. Board. Two methods of permitted land borrow operations conducted adjacent- • r to project levees, and within the limits of a designated floodway are shown with definitions delineated on the attached plate and R are a part of .the standards. Fi Side slopes of all waterward borrow sites, measured at right angle's to the bank, shall have slopes no steeper than 1 on 3 Depths of` permitted channel extraction varies with each stream and requires,' study by the approving agency. In all cases, the Department of `J I Fish and Game, Water Quality Division of the State Water Resource's 4� Control Board and State Lands Commission will be notified that an` a `i -2- Si L' extractive activity is to be undertaken and no work will be per- mitted until a Department of Fish and Game streambed alteration agreement is consummated. In conformance with The Reclamtion Board's policy on sand and. gravel extraction adopted on July 18, 1980, these standards recognize that the Board's responsibility is to protect the integrity of floodways and to prevent damage. Local agencies, under.existing law,.have_the primary.responsibility'to control the rerr_oval of extractive minerals from within, and outside of, the floodways. Related legislation that come into play when local agencies are considering approving.extractive activities are California Environmental Quality Act, Surface, Mining and ReclamatiDn Act and Porter -Cologne Water Quality Control Act as well as locally adopted ordinances. The Reclamation Board may assume primary responsibility only.in the event that applicable state laws are. not being conformed to. Special conditions have been established for the removal of borrow materials from the streambed of the Yuba and Feather -Rivers and for the Lower,San Joaquin River Flood Control Project. No changes are proposed on the special conditions for the Yuba and Feather Rivers. -3- Peen, - IYCw. /e,el4 WD,e, a CMn..e/ Dolror.,I r .CNO—W OD,IpO.i / i , i CAome/ Owr✓o#+'•+T-7+_ foe O/ IirN Donf i.' roe o%. sane P,aecho.J ; 100 i J , .. ��i l00 s . �`•✓ .:' °�',�t % . minimum �,�;„ed a.p„✓ minimum nrr.o,ee 4eo,.J CMANMCL BORROW M1ar Ta S=;. 100” ./Foye a, awrow vW AwIhds/ !tarn /6.66 E4pe N dwto._ a," „eves, wo M.ae minim -um . I{/ Bortcs Jb Os Jm,- W o /eve/ 01 sweGl+e.Ys4r� tcMe slo.n, / ^7 yo, .� MI {041wle m�p'essr,e, oaast ova. area ho,n me B6,T 1 �Ifsl 10 Me we, - 6a.'lam o/ �„ b LQ j/'a4rn64 ro O JO-b,en(p � r of 6" from ie.e, w 5,00,9 r.". . CaNOSIOE • BORPOW 100' y - { S M ' sh'n. Q.jrn .Ae/e „Yd LW![tJ;aW ;t OA+deV 01 Je.T9 t/gge! or y . ��.�19wn �A6rir '`n0 't MVC &vVMC,;oe IS Ooride0 M /eves s+r4es , s`Op1 See f:b,e // 9o�,or ro ar seen an o ,e-4 r soecd ad TICN-w c•.vne J wfh- me 'ro erorlse 5,.2.M na7ress,.ery across to,rty wro Cow~ —1/ IrV,A me 6400 formes/ Iron k it -V, w #m u e n.e- Door Owro+ ubes nW Aryr'o o, sf," w bank .. Nona//y .5 6r F/o/Jer for 8.::.Jcn cl ur x o! s2o4••ne4 - - Voo-Cohesive dle/Irle/s .v o /curare c,•6 -hp•. ,e e/ \� w 5��n9 �-no lower than the streambed ' Wt7fPS,^f BOPPOW elevation. �. PROGRESSIVE BORROW 1000 af Omar arra HnD69 l,on:. V6 - V / MCWo/ ro es' eK4ro,Qd en/i,e/r OJYOst ,Ilr Ow,ew we4 on o ,eve+ r \\ /• macs/be sbo;,q p/Ore, .,In,n ,AI M/evanw'd.,,I. ne, arvo.r fwrelas, sCCC,!nflr. � . .� //I !wro u•.J+eressery` ^ ECt,ar a ,M A4 ,fwd -W,-, N Brew . J o�oss r+tie Oreo an 4 o/~ adore ~AwoJM, ro na iTTri•6w1 cu.e Y /� \• Swe as AMC✓,e4 w slow , •' J a. !,isms - - - - . Bu„OT of p;f 0 M V�,Aed M 4 AlwV " N no lower'than the streambed elevation. UfIIFOR M=t;Rfu1W Figure I.LAi��� A��1U C i�.�' f �L Gi RQ fi�. IV. LOWER SAN JOAQUIN°RIVER FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT'BORROW CRITERIA 9 Borrow is allowable as an aid in the control of'sediments along the San,Joaquin River from Road 21 in Madera County to Chowchilla Bypass Headworks and reaches of the Chowchilla and Eastside Bypasses within the Lower San Joaquin River Food Control Project. A. San Joaquin River - Road 21 to Chowchilla Bypass Roadworks 1. Channel Excavation Material'can'be removed from the full width of the,chan- nel provided that waterward-berms.at least 68.100 feet in width are'left undisturbed: Borrow is not allowed from the channel where the berm is 69 100 feet or le:s"!§7 in width. The channel excavation shall be limited :to"a maximum depth of 6 feet and alength of.600 feet with a 1,200 -foot un- disturbed area between the borrow.areas. This method of. removal of material from the channel is"intended'to create a"ser.ies of sand traps and to avoid a lowering of the channel gradient. In no case shall streambed excavation be made below Mie _accepted streambed bottom unless the applicant applies for, and receives 'a variance. 2. Berm Excavation Excavations shall not be made -within 69 100.feet of the waterward toe of the levees or in reaches of active berm erosion. Oxbows may be excavated where the course of the river will not'be-directed toward.a,project levee or'-. berm.' An -undisturbed berm, a minimum of 69 100 Eeet wide 4-1 at the upstream and downstream ends and at least 150 feet wide at the center of the excavated oxbow, shall z be left in place. ;. Berm or channel excavations shall not be made within ." 500 feet upstream and 1,500 feet downstream from the Chowchilla Bypass Headworks. B. Chowchilla Bypass.- Chowchilla Bypass Headworks to Firebaugh- Fresno 'Road c� 1. -'Channel Excavations Sediments deposited in the existing sand traps, con- structed as part of the project features, are available' for borrow. Material can also be removed from the channel.at a site 1,000•feet upstream from the Firebaugh- Fresno•Road. The borrow area shall be limited to the ?S, full width of the channel, a maximum length of 600 feet v: .and a depth of 4 feet. The existing banks along this ;i_ • f5 reach shall not be excavated. If no adverse erosion .occurs prior to recharging this borrow area (sand trap), the depth may be increase to a maximum of 8 feet and the length increased to 800 feet. In no case shall stream-' -bed excavation be made below the.accepte' streambed bottom i3 unless the applicant applies .for, arid receives a variance.;' 2. Berm Excavations q Berm excavations are not permitted in this reach. C. Chowchilla Bypass - Firebaugh-Fresno Road' to Avenue '14 1. Channel Excavations s� Borrow material can be removed from a site�2.,000 feet upstream from Avenue 14 with the same requirements 4-2 t as the-aformentioned area,."",000 feet upstream from Firebaugh-Fresno Road. 2.- Berm Excavations Berm -excavations -are notpermitted"in this rea'-zh.. D. . Chowchil'la Bypass Averiue� 14 to 'Road 9 -Channel or berm excavations 'are:not .permitted'in.this reach. E. Eastside Bypass -Road 9 to Road 4 Channel or berm excavations are not permitted in this reach. F. Eastside Bypass - `Road 4 to Highway 1:52---',. 1. Channel Excavations • r Channel excavations are not permitted.in this reach'. 2. Berm 'Excavation> yExcavations shall not be made within.150 feet of the waterward toe of the levees. The excavation shall be no deeper than the adjacent thalweg of the channel. Excavations shall not be allowed on the. outside: of curves where*there.is active erosion. The excavations between the right and left bank berms shall -'be -balanced, except the berm•on•the inside `of a•curve may be excavated where excavation is prohibited in the opposite bank. Excavations shall not be made within '150 feet upstream or downstream from the centerline of bridges. G. Eastside Bypass Highway 152 to West Washirigt'ori RoAd Channel or berm excavations are not permitted in this reach.. H. Eastside Byp'ass =. West Washington Road' to Merced Wil*d'iife Refuge Channel.or berm excavations are not permitted upstream from the Sand Slough.Interchange. All channel deposits in the 4-3 'Sand Slough area are available for borrow, except a 1 -foot - thick 'sand layer is to remain to'protect the underlying fine materials. The channel maybe widened by.300 feet (150 feet from each berm) from a point 1,000 feet downstream from Newhall Crossing to 1,000 feet upstream from the Wildlife Refuge.. Material shall. not be excavated within 150 feet of the waterward toe of the levees. I. Eastside Bypass - Wildlife Refuge Channel or berm excavations are not permitted opposite the Merced Wildlife.Refuge. J. Eastside Bypass - Sandy Mush Road to Eastside Sypass Control Structure - - r The channel within this•reach may be widened by 300 feet with the same requirements for the reach between Newhall Crossing and the Merced Wildlife Refuge. Excavations are not permitted from 1,000 feet upstream from Mariposa Bypass to the Eastside Bypass Control Structure and within 1,000 feet of .Sandy Mush Road. K. Eastside Bypass - Eastside Bypass Control Structure to Los Banos -Stevenson Road Channel or berm excavations are not permitted in this.reach. L. Mariposa Bypass Channel or berm excavations -are not permitted within the Mariposa Bypass. M. General The side slopes of the perimeter of all borrow areas.shall be no steeper than 1 on 3. All bank..transitions shall be 4-4 i' J � r t' .gyp ®pyo _ 3, • i _ VA TO: FROM: SUBJECT: ,DATE: ..: ` t 80 -TO 28 06 _ sago Planning Commission Stephen A. Streeter, Environmental Review S. R. Minerals Corporation - Reclamation Plan & Mining Permit December 120 1980 After sending our memorandum of November 20th to the. Planning.Commission, we were contacted by Elgar•.Stephens, of the Division of Mines and Geology. He had reviewed the memorandum of November 14th from Clay Castleberry,. as well as the reclamation plan and., decided. that a field trip to the site would be .warranted., On December 11th, a field trip to the mining site was held. with Elgar Stephens, California Division of Mines & Geology, John Soto of S.R. Minerals Corporation, Bud Russell of Public --Works Department, and Steve Streeter,, Environmental. Review. . As' we observed. the open -pit mining area, Mr. Staphens suggested that the water coming into the open -pit mine area during and before rainstorms would need to be re- routed'as part of the mining operation.. At the time. of the field trip, there was approximately 15.faet of. water in the -pit area. The State Regional Water Quality . Control Board is expected to require bypassing of the pit area by culvert or channel so that none of the' drainage water would go into the pit area. Air. Stephens suggested that the washed gravel could be put along .-this bypass channel to help stabilize it.-. Another factor -mentioned first in the April 26; 1979 archaeo.logical survey letter, is the Blue.Lead Mine washing plant foundations... It is recommended t--iat the applicants or the county look into historic status for this site. A brief history of mining in the Bangor - Wyandotte area is contained in.Bu.11etin 193 from the California Division of Mines and Geology:: (A copy of this bulletin is attached.) The Office of Historic Preservation 'an be contacted by calling area code 916-445-8006. Their address is 1220 K Street, 3rd Floor, Sacramento. Californias 95814. Dr'. Knox Mellon is the State Historic Preservat-on Officer. -.-One. comment made by 14r.- Soto was how they: intend to * exca•vate the material. They intend to ,.use a, ripper. :.> •: K'for most of the .work. If blasting i.s. needed, 'it wil1�` <. be infrequently used. Planning Commission :. Page 2 December, 121, 1980 The width of the open -pit mining area was -questioned by Mr. Stephens, Mr. Soto indicated that the mining area will extend-at,least 150 feet up to the east from the existing pit area. There are many undergrcund workings on the west to northwest. side' -of: the existing pit. Mr. Soto commented that the test excavation amcunt was allowable up to.about 2100 tons. I am not aware of. -that specific figure under Butte County ordinance, but it should be.clarified for future cases. Mr..Ster-hens said that under. state law, 'they did not distinguish between test exploration and the mining operation. As Mr. Stephens reviewed the situation, he was concerned that the reserved. tailings pond area (shown in blue on the plot plan) was so far away from the areas to be mined. He suggested a closer location should be studied to . minimize. travel to an off-site location. Another comment -that came up from Sir.. Stephens was the .possibility of selling some of.the gravel ° This has not been mentioned as a firm proposal, but if that were to be done, retaining the reserved tailings .in the areas shown in blue would.make more sense.' If the gravel were to be sold, then hauling to this location would facilitate processing it and transporting it into Oroville or other locations where it might be needed. The settling pond and trommel area that were used as a test operation should be reclaimed in the judgement of Mr. Stephens. In order to properly reclaim the area, he suggested pushing the fine material to the east toward the existing trommel location and then placing some of the washed gravel near•the creek to stabilize erosion from occurring or sedimentation that would affect Honcut Creek. In summary, the following recommendations and concerns were .raised at the field trip .of. December 11th. 1. The water -coming into the . open -'pit area should be re -routed -around it .via culvert or -lined channel. r 2. The historic status of the.. Blue Lead Mine foundations 'sho:uldr he 'determined and his -toric: status sought if it' is . significant. ZZ zt- D ta; Z�z tnr. VF C Ge -:Z- T L N r4�1 lifor6i�-. L sion .6f Mlr.e5-_ e- C, 1970 ' Bibliograpby Dim' ICTS—SIERFLa `EVADA i Lindgren, Waldemar, 1911, Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada: U. S. Geol- Survey Prof- Paper 73, pp. 121-130. Lindgren, Waldemar, and Turner, H. W., 1895, Smortsville folio, California: U. S. Geol. Survey Geol. Atlas of the U. S-, folio 18, 6 ??- . -A location. This district is in western Mariposa County in the vicinity of the towns of Bagby and Fear Vallev. It is in the Mother Lode gold belt. History. The streams were placer -mined early in the gold rush, and the Pine "Tree and Josephine veins «-ere discovered in 1849. Part of the area was on the Ls Mariposa Spanish land grant of General John C. Fremont. Bagby was first known as Benton Mills, :lamed by Fremont for Senator Thomas Hart Benton, his father-in-law. It was renamed in the 1890s for A. Bagbv, a hotel owner. The town was a stop on the Yosemite Vallev Railroad, which once extended up the Merced River Canyon to Yosemite National Park. Gold mining activity continued until around 1875. There was mining in the district again in the early 1900s. The Pine Tree -Josephine aline was worked on .2 major scale from 1933 to 1994, and the Red Bank aline has been active in recent nears. Part of the area, including the old town of Bagby, was inundated -hy :he Exchequer Reservoir in 1967. Geology. In this district the Mother Lode gold belt is .about t y miles wide. It is underlain bv north u -est -striking beds of state, phyllite, and mera- sandstone of the-Marlposa Formation (Upper Juras- sic), with greenstone and green schist both to the west ^d southeast (see fig. 18, page 95). A belt of serpen- tine extends northwest through the central portion of the district and is structurally important in relation to some of the gold -bearing veins. Ore deposits. There are several northwest -trending n systems that consist of quartz veins and stringers with brecciated slate, schist, and associated bodies of pyritic ankerite and mariposite-quartz rock. These 'rein systems are often scores of feet in thickness. tThe ore contains free gold, pyrite, and arsenopyrite with small amounts of chalcopyrite, galena, millerice. Fsphalerice, and niccolite. Milling ore averaged 1/7 to 1/2 ounce of gold per ton. In places high-grade ore is ;abundant. The ore shoots had stoping lengths of up 'to 600 feet, and the veins were mined to an inclined . :(1epth of 1500 feet. -11i7Ies. Dolman, French $116,000+,. Jumper, Juni- Per, Live Oak, Mexican 1 $50,000, Oso $507000=, Pr.e Tree -Josephine 34 million—, Queen Specimen. ' `'d Bank $100,000--L-, Specimen. BibliogTaph-v - Eay.em, O- E., Jr., 1957, Mariposa County, Pine Tree and Jasep';ne Zm'ne California Journal of Mines and Geology, vol. 53, pp. 151-155... Costello, W O., 1921, Mariposa County, Bagby district: California Bur. Rept_ 17, pp. 91-92. C^oaf, Adolph; -1929, Mariposa' Estate mines: U. S.. Geol, sur.vey T paper 157, pp. 83-83. 4 Lr,an, C. A., 1935, Pine • Tree and Josephine .mines: California Civ. !t"'n- Bull. 108, pp. 186-189 and plate X. Ronsome, F. L, 19x'0, Mot: er Lade district foiio:. U. S_ Geol., Survey Geol. Atlas of ;Ise U. S., folio 53, 11 pp. Storms, W. H., 19CO3 The Mo. -her Lode region—Mariposo County: - Calif. Min. Bur. Bull 13, pp. 143-136- Bcngor-Wyandotte Location. This - district is in southeastern Butte Countv about 10 miles southeast. of 'Or•oville. It is an extensive area of placer deposits that occur in the vicinity- of the old towns of Bangor ani Wyandotte. The Honcuc dredging district is just to :he southwest. History. The district was originally mined during the Bold rush. £xrerst- e drift and hydraulic mining was done from the middle 1850's through the 1890s. Bangor, founded in 1855 by, the Lumbert brothers and namedfor their home town in 1lrtaine; was an important mining and staging center. Numerous Chinese were in the districr from the 1870s through the 1890s. This and the adjoining Honcut. district were dredged in the earl,,- 1900s and again in the. 1930s. Geology. Te.i;am- gravels covering a broad. 3- by 8 -mile area are believed to represent ar, ancient delta of the Tertiary Yuba River. The channel flowed northwest the ough Bangor and then wes Farther west are shore ara`•els of Pleistocene age.. The ch -an -mel vravels were mined by drifting, the shore gravels b-,- 'nrdraul.icki.ng, and the Recent gravels b,.- dred int-. The channel Gravels are as much as 150 feet thick, -ell rounded, well. cernen::ed,. and con- sist of intrusive and rTletamorphic roct: figments with 10 to 20 percent quartz. The gold was faLy and often rusty. A number of coarse nuggets were found, one of «°pith was report_d to have �� eigh=d 1.4 pounds. Bedrock consists rnam.. of greenstone and amphibo- lt te. &rift n; nes- Ban_or, Blue Lead, Catskill, Gray - Lead, Tur:er. Bibliogr,: shy Crawford, J. J., 1894, 3a:-.gor mine: California Min- Bur., Rept. 12, op. 80-81. Lindgren, Wai=ema:, 1295. Smarhville folio, Cal forma: U_ S. Geol. Survey Geol. A'Ics of the U. S., folio 18, 6 pp. Lindgren. Waidemor, 1911, U. S. Geol. Survey Prof- Paper 73, pp. 172-123. Logan, C. A-, 1930, Butte County, Blue Lead Mining Company: Cali- fornia Div. Min. Rept. 25, p- 337. Bidwell Bar Loc.ztian. Bidwell Bar is in southeastern Butte County abot r 10 mi!es northeast of Or-)%-ille and west of the junction of the South and :Midd_e Forks of the Fear`ler Ri•.-e:. The disc.;ct includes tie Hur•.;.ron, Scringcown and En.termrise areas to the 2asr. History. Go!d was discovered here in 18'78 by General John Bidwell. soon after :\'larshall's discovery- at Colonia. News of this rich find spiead, and there was a general rush to the Feather River region. Bid- Wei id- W el! Bar. Long-; Bar. Thompson Flat Potter's Bar.,. Adamscovm. and other sectlements were soon estate lisped. all of these co,vns have long since disappedreci' �^` = .. .,:-...,,,..�..,.,...•,-,.-:._::... ......,.:-+..-.�_-'^--_ ................. ..a :'�=+r:,...,-<:....�.,a '......,. p..tist:a..=;---- --.r .,.-.'-'..^Zq^a. .. ,. — ate^•+-nr•r.e+r.•�.-,. r!,s3' "S W613 FROM: SUBJECT DATE:. \(y T 80-10- 28-06, ' 80- IV^28'"00 �•b .� t',:. Planni ng file # 81-45 Planning Commission Stephen A. Streeter, Environmental Review S. R. Minerals Corporation - Reclamation Plan & Mining -Permit.,*':''-, ' AP 28-20-14 November 20, 1980 _ This project is related to two earlier projects which were. reviewed and:processed-pursuant to the Zontelli Miming EIR' for a rezone. from A-5' to A-10.. Prior actions related to this. property 1. October:10, 1979 - Planning Commission recommended. rezoning or .80 acres of the 1284 acre+ site from A-5 to -A--10 for.: the proposed mining -operation. 2. November .6, 1979 -.Board of Supervisors .certified EIR : with finding of no significant effects and approved rezone for 80 acres from A-5 to A-10. 3. April 23, 1980 - Planning Commission recommended rezoning of 300 acres from A-5 to A-10. 4. May 20, 1980 - Board of Supervisors approved rezone . from A-5 to A-10 for the 300 -acres -noting the previously.. certified EIR. The prior EIR outlines the same basic operation that is planned -by S. R. Minerals Corporation though the volume of material mined is expected to be greater. S. R. Minerals plans to. process up to 100 cubic yards of material per hour versus 50 to 100 tons per day of 'material for the Zontelli..Mini ng operation. This application may be processed based on the previously certified EIR for Zontelli Mining. The following conditions. of approval and mitigation measures are, recommended: 1�. Meet the Public Works Department requirements .for a culvert installation at.the draw crossing (between the red and yellow areas as shown.on the submitted topographic map and air photo). 2. Meet the Public 11Io=rks Department requirements for i n stallation of a retention dike for the northerly. side of the tailing storage area (as shown in yelloi., on the submitted . topograp'_n_ic map and air photo ) 3. Meet the requirements of .-the,•Cal-ifornia 'Department of Fish and Game for.: -the mining -operation. (See.A:)penGix H for prior agreemel s:;) - Planning Commission November 20, 1980 Page 2 4. Meet the requirements of the Cal -4 - orni a Regional Water Quality Control B'oalr for t1ae -, ;_rv; ng operations (See Appendix K, III b.) 5. Stabilize theemb=an,'�ents alo„.g -tae access roads by re - vegetation or other suitable,ea_-,S to minimize potential erosion. 6. Comply with the reclamation p? an=o_ the areas to b' mined. Su lemental comments: :. 1. Fencing of the areas' to be pined ay- be a factor depending on. the cattle graz 3 - J season in• Telation to . the mining - _r operation.. Jay Grubbs cu_-ently =as about 200 head of cattle which grape on the orc_ier-C Periods of potential. blasting and the operation of d trucks, front^end loaders, etc. ma.y present a con_1=ct :b*ith cattle grazing on the property. 2. The reclamation plan submitted :,y the applicant seems reasonable iso long a- it. i mplementad. Once a particular open pit area shned as far as mining, reclamation should begin immed=al=ly for that area. 3. The mining operoncn is expect _:d -o involve 10-220 -employees. - The life span of he operatio_ _S expected to be 7 to i0 years. 4. Any new areas to ;;e- - l ned or the ,0 acres zones A-10 would be subject to coon y revie;': o t=reclamation plan and . mining permit once proposed. 5. Most heavy 'truck and, eauip'ment ti, raff-c wou1d utilize Avocado Road rather than D- stcne Drive as the main access. It is 2. �, m_i lett from Oro B==oor Highway to the entry gate via Avocado Road a:,ad %.6 Riles from the oaved section of Dunstore Drive totbe no_ Lb,. (at its intersection with Grubbs Road).=yocado Road is a better and wider gravelled road Iran is the gra.el�ed section of D:anstone Drive. Some ti' 1 _ - - �_ c . -� -_._ _=n1:1a CDer- i'0= i come up Dunston: =,- a e f rc_ I=.-- V =_.Dad (4+ mi es; ; but this will not b; f - =went , 6. Copies of the rec=.�a tion pia_ _-=:nd pln andot plas rave been sent to Tony L=. -cis., :,a1- c rn::_ .Water a ter ° quality Control Board a�7d Ro art T Essen; gal-f'.ornia Department of Fish and. .Game 'or. re• ;e;i and. co__nt: . cc:. S. R. Minerals Corporat_o on �r 010 r C� 00 r/aTE OF CAC'FORNIA—RESOURCES AGENCY EDMUND G. BROWN IR., Governor , DEPAIRTMEh!T OF WATER RESOURCES R-2 THE RECLAMATION BOARD --- 1416 – 9th Street, Room 335-18 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 445-9454 ?f N. 1� V V^ 'Dv JUL 251980 \ 0 _ Z tL TO ALL PERSONS AND TMENCIES' Iii?TERESTED IN THE, RECLAMATION BOARDS _ SAND _AND . GRA' VEL. EXTRACTION POLICY:. This letter transmits the sand.and gravel ext_rac- tion policy that was adopted by The,ReclamatiyDn Board at the July 183 l9tO meeting. Requests for additional copies of the Policy and for more information should be directed to me. Sincerely, ELDON E. RIN&HART General 14anager Attachment O U Q \ � O O LL LL d CL E \ m F m j° m O v u c' a N> Y Q w J a vi O 0 oil 6. m d d n > ° dl. . U 3 0 m$°° 3°` d N u `a z . U Q m in �¢ i�¢° cn a. m 6 U J _ m. 0- °. O cn ¢ m ° TO ALL PERSONS AND TMENCIES' Iii?TERESTED IN THE, RECLAMATION BOARDS _ SAND _AND . GRA' VEL. EXTRACTION POLICY:. This letter transmits the sand.and gravel ext_rac- tion policy that was adopted by The,ReclamatiyDn Board at the July 183 l9tO meeting. Requests for additional copies of the Policy and for more information should be directed to me. Sincerely, ELDON E. RIN&HART General 14anager Attachment i THE RECLAMATION BOARD SAND AND GRAVEL EXTRACTION POLICY A. Intent. It is the intent of The Reclamation Board to protect the integrity of floodways from potential damage caused by individual or cumulative sand and gravel extraction o-Derations. B. Background. The Legislature, in 1970, declared that The Reclama- tion Board, in establishing standards for flood protection "shall give full consideration to fish and wildlife, recreation and environmental factors." Significantly, in 1970, the Legis- lature also passed the California Environmental Quality Act and, in 1972,.clarified this law declaring that all agencies, State .and local, that regulate activities affecting the environment, give major consideration to preventing environmental damage. Enacted in 1975, the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) and the implementing regulations of the State Mining and Geology Board provide for the reclamation of virtually all land dis- turbed by surface mining activities since January 1, 1976. Further, SMARA provides that local cities and counties are the lead agencies responsible for approving reclamation plans prior to issuing permits to mine. The Department of Fish and Game and the State Water Resources Control Board also have statutory authority in regard to mining activities that may adversely affect the natural environment within The Reclamation Board's areas of responsibility. C. Rationale. The Reclamation Board is responsible for maintaining the -integrity of the floodways of the Central Valley and will exercise its jurisdiction over sand and gravel extractions in, and immediately adjacent to, the floodways. The reason being, these extractive activities have a potential for changing the course of streams and increasing flood hazards. D. Policy. It is the policy of The Reclamation Board to allow local control over the extraction of sand and gravel from floodways, so long as the Board's responsibilities in the area of f=oodway pre- servation are not jeopardized or compromised. ;there local agencies, cities and counties, acting as lead agency, are performing in compliance with existing laws, the Board will act as a responsible agency in matters of floodway protection -- with emphasis on the early consultation process. The Board will continue to require applications for encroachment in accordance with its duly adopted procedures and standards. i.lhen The Reclamation Board determines that the local Lead Agency is not complying with existing legislation or is failing to per- form in a manner preventing environmental damage, the Board will notify the State Mining and Geology Board, as provides in SMARA, and request that The Reclamation Board be assigned the role of lead agency. Adopted: July 18, 1980 STATE OF CALIFORNIA—RESOURCES AGENCY EDMUND G. BROWN 1R., Governor DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES THE. RECLAMATION BOARD 1416 – 9th Street, Room 775-18 Sacramento, CA 95814 1 (916) 445.9454 JUL 14 ,1980 TO ALL PERSONS AND AGENCIES INTERESTED IN THE RECLAMATION BOARDI.S SAND AND GRAVEL.EXTRACTION P°:)LICY This letter transmits the proposed sand and gravel • extraction policy that was revised as a result of the workshop held on Thursday, June 12,'1980 in the • Resources Building, Sacramento, and the comments;. received at the June 20, 1980 Board meeting. In addition to -the policy, we have attached the staff:.] report.on the changes, the reasons for the changes, and the spawning gravel policy. The prop.osed sand and gravel policy will be considered for adoption by The Reclamation Board at its meeting on July 1.8, 1980. The meeting will be held in they Resources Building Auditorium, 1416 Ninth Street,-' Sacramento, California., This item will be heard about 1 p.m. Sincerely, ELDON E. RINEHART General Manager Attachments 1 _ • a. File No. BUTTE COUNTY (For Action 1, 2,3) Public Works Dept. (For I" rma ion Director Dep. Di.r. Sec. Rd. & Br. Mtce. Shop & Yards Bldg. Insp, Admin. D&C Traffic Const. Rd. Des. Bi,. Des. Sur. &' Loc. Transp. R/W Mapping Land Dev. Ref. DisP- Drng./S-l- Sub. & pcl. Maps --parrrfits- ----------- 910'2- 086L i f S"Q/A 0118r)d �O 5j-lp'O jO 411rinoo STAFF REPORT ON THE PROPOSED SAND AND GRAVEL EXTRACTION POLICY The Proposed Policy has been prepared by staff and is submitted to the Board for. adoption at the next meeting, July 18, 1980. The sand and gravel extraction policy accommodates the comments that were received at the Board's June 12 Taorkshop, tre June Board meetina and other comments submitted earlier in writing. The purpose of the policy is to define the role of The Reclamation Board in processing encroachment applications from operators involved in the extraction.of sand and gravel from waterways under the Board's jurisdiction. The following is a section -by -section statement of sta.ff's reason- ing for the changes made to the draft of*the policy that was pre- sented to the Board at the June Board meeting. The changes to the draft are shown as follows: words deleted are limed out and the added words are shown underscored. In addition, a copy of Board Resolution No. 79-34 detailing the. Board's position on preserving existing salmon spawning gravels and encouraging streambed gravel replenishment is attached to the Proposed Policy. Changes in Section A. Intent. have been covered most zomplet.ely in Board Resolution No. 79-3+ attached and leaves the intent in a better position of defining the purpose of the policy. The change in Section B, Background. accommodates the .Department of Fish and Game's objection stating that DFG had no legislative power for project "denial". The second change in this section "delimits" the Board's area of potential overlap. There are no.changes in Section C. Rationale. In the first paragraph of Section D. Policy., the language has been modified to take out the statement of legislative intent. The Board must comply with legislative intent and there is no need to so state. The second paragraph has been changed to include a specific . reference to the early consultation process although early con- sultation is required.by the State EIR Guidelines and is an important part.of a responsible agency's role under CEQA. Finally, in the last paragraph of the policy section, changes have been made to conform the policy to language in SW.RA.. .0 W. THE RECLAMATION BOARD 0y SAND AND GRAVEL EtTRACTION POLICY A p s�. d A. Intent. It is the intent of The Reclamation Board to protect the integrity of floodways from potential damage caused by individual or cumulative sand and gravel extraction operations aa�-�e-p�ese��re-e��s��t�g-spawr��eg-gra.�e�s-aa�-eeee��age-s��eaxi�eesi g-ravel-FepleRi shPext . B. Background. The Legislature, in 1970, declared that The Reclama- tion Board, in establishing standards for flood protection "shall give fall consideration to fish and wildlife, recreation and environmental factors." Significantly, in 1970, the Legis- lature also passed the California Environmental Quality Act and, in 1972, clarified this law declaring that all agencies, State and local, that regulate activities affecting the environment, give major consideration -to preventing environmental ctamage. Enacted in 1975, the Surface Mining and Reclamation.Ac.t (SMARA) and the implementing regulations of the State Mining and Geology Board provide for the reclamation of virtually all land dis- turbed by surface mining activities since January 1, 1976. Further, SMARA provides that local cities and counties are the lead agencies responsible for approving reclamation plans prior to issuing permits to mine. The Department of Fish and Game and the State dater Rezources Control Board also have statutory authority %9-appFeve-eF-deay in regard to mining activities that may adversely affect the natural environment within The Reclamation Board's areas of -responsibility.. C. Rationale. The Reclamation Board is responsible for maintaining the inFegrity of .the floodways of. the Central Valley and will exercise its jurisdiction over sand and gravel extractions in, and immediately adjacent to, the floodways. The reason being, these extractive activities have a potential for changing the course of streams and increasing flood hazards. D. Policy. It is the policy of The Reclamation Board's €eg al- eeege ee-e -deg;s a }sae -}a ea o previde allow local control over the extraction of sand and gravel from1�ZIways, so long as the Board's responsibilities in the area of floodway pre- servation are not jeopardized or compromised. Where local agencies, cities and counties, acting as lead agency, are performing in compliance with existing laws, the Board will act as a responsible agency in matters of floodway protection --with emphasis on the early consultation process. The Board will con- tinue to require applications for encroachment in accordance with its duly adopted procedures and standards. GJhen The Reclamation Board determines that the local Lead Agency is not complying with existing legislation or is failing to per- form in a manner preventing environmental damage, the Bcard will notify the State Mining and. Geology Board, as provided in SMARA, and request a e Rec arra. ion Board rmay-assume be assigned the role of lead-aigency. THE RECLAMATION BOAPD RESOU-ICES AGENCY STATE OF,CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION O. 79-34 WKEREAS, The Reclamation Board recognizes its primary responsibility to participate in protecting people and property from. the flood waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems; and WHEREAS, The Reclamation Board also recognizes the vital importance of spawning gravels in perpetuating runs of salmon in California; and.. WHEREAS, the California.Legislature has xecog.ni�ed the necessity formaintaining maintaining salmon spawning gravels by t:ze passage of Fish and Game Code Sections 1505 and 1600, et seq.; and WHEREAS, the. Secretary for.Resources has ins:itutod a "Renewable Resources Investment Fund" to assist in enlargsig the salmon.stocks of California., among other purposes; and WHEREAS, The Reclamation Board further recognizes that salmon spawning gravels may be lost by three general types of activity,tnat fall within the Board's jurisdiction. These are:. 1) loss of downstream gravel recruitment due to impoundment behind dams;'2) loss of lateral gravel recruitment due to bank protection works; and 3) actual removal of gravel from floodplains for .aggregate material with associated channel degradation;. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, it is The Reclamation Board's intent -that all activities carried out under its authority and under its permits give recognition to the value of -salmon PLANNING COMMISSION 7 COUNTYCENTER DRIVE - OROVI_LE, CALIFORNIA 95965 PHONE- 534-460 July:16, 1980 : Mr. Dan Hays P 0 Box 3040: Chico, Ca. .95927. Re: AP. 46-33-55 Fi 59 Dear Mr. Hays: Enclosed,is a copy of Staff Findings concerning your application,,for a use permit and Reclamation Plan to allow a. rock crushes'1/4 mile east of Canyon. Shadows Road, approximately 1-1/2. miles southeast o.f'State Highway 32, south of Forest Ranch. A public hearing on this matter has been set =or the Planning. Commission, at their regular meeting on July .23, 1980: This meeting will be held. in. -he Board. of Supervisors' Room, 25 County Center DRive, and -is' .scheduled,•to begin at 7:30 P. M.. Should -you have•any questions, please feel free: to contact this office. Sincerely,. ettye air Dire for of Planning /hd Enc, CC .Ryass Croninger /o .Ringel Associates anal Clay Castleberry, _ Dept. of Public Works Auditor's..,Office Clay Castleberry, Director of Public Works Reclamation Plan - Dan Hays June 11, 1980 as .. Enclosed is $25x00 in cash in regards to the above reclamation plan. Please deposit in the general fund. - Clay Castleberry Director of Public. Works -Cc/ss Encl. %2)le-Y C2c/fy IT Arl, 7b • t BVoi ®� �, , ,s �� Yom• 1 T�� to N JU F NATURAL WEAL : i FI: Ai. ` ; U7`( -� DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ° CLAY CASTLEBEF;RY, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE, OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Telephone: (916) 534-4681 H. W. McDONALD Deputy Director 21, P2 . r Bettye Blair, Planning Director. Clay Castleberry, Director of Public Works Reclamation Plan - Dan Hays, 46-33-53 & 59 - June 10, 1980 Attached is a copy of:Dan Hays' reclamation plan for processing rock for a 90 day period in the area near Santos Way east of Route 32. Mr.. Hays proposes processing material for manufacturing aggrejate and his plan as stated is to.use thesite for a homesite. The plan indicates.to me that it' is in conformance with'the county Surface Mining Act,as well as that of the State of California., When'you set this for a public hearing, would you advise Mr. Hays, Russ Croninger of Ringel Associates and me. We will be present to answer your questions. By copy of this letter I will forward one copy of the plan .to the state geologist for.his files. We are also`depositing the $25p00 as required by county ordinance into the general fund. Clay Castleberry Director of.Public Works CC/ss Attachment cc: James F. Davis, State Geologist, Division of Mines & Geology, State of California, 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, -CA 95814 w/encl Russ Croninger, Ringel & Associates, 331 Wall Street,.Chlco, CA 95926 wo/encl •COQ ``r P' O , .. Appendix B County/City Butte SUGGESTED MODEL RECLAMJATION PLAN As a guide to Counties and Cities for Compliance With— section 2772, Surface Raining and Reclamation Act of 1975 OWNER, OPERATOR, AND.AGENT. I. Applicant Name Add" ess�• CO ... L3d 1� j>04 O Gt 5cl•Z 7 Telephone 2. Name (if any) of Mineral Property �pn� 30 Property Owners," or owners. of surface'rights (List all ov;ners) ' . Name R-Owp 7.� � M Address, VA -L L V, -,AB 0F,A- 40 -ca C t -i t GCS Telephone 3 q-3— 4. Owners of Mineral.rights. Name Address t�(�ro U61-crc�Ol�hOv� ��� .. GrtC GU Telephone 5. Lessee. Namei�4-c�'S Address 1�- C�. �O�c 3c��1d cl�5`1 Z7 Telephone 6. Operator. Name►"^ Address Fes• 0. t� x - .LC)-1CJ q �`J"L7 Telephone --22 _ 8. Brief des*pti on, including legal, the extent of the mined land (to be) involved by this operation, including total %acreage. C_.. 'i�.�� 7,?- Qt (, rv��� r Section (s) Z Township N , Range ? , . N•l;'R 1�� `l�iyteridian 9...Describe the access route to the operation site. 10. Attach Location and Vicinity Map. s� Lo C -4--7110M wtnf" . DESCRIPTION: 11. Mineral commodity (to be) mined: 12. Geologic description, including brief general geologic setting., more.detailed geologic descri.ption.of the mineral deposit (to be) mined, and principal minerals or rock types present. • (3<{sA-L^1" T`��E- OF �'-O�"� � �-tTe,�=� �t,Cf}-n!!G 13, Brief description of environmental setting of the site and the surrounding areas. Describe existing area land use, soil, vegetation, ground water elevation and surface water° characteristics, average annual rainfall and/or other factors pertaining to environmental impacts and their mitigation and reclamation. ATCl-�G� off-- LIVE—'- CQ --fes- ZIL-ae DA-tc S,= P-Ltp--, ��{ t S o PCSA-TLol-( 4 S 4 (5e4 c� Y t v>1 4-T4-(, �"' - 24 - i PROPOSED (EXISTINCr&SURFACE MINING OPERATION- 14. PERATION14. Proposed starting date of operation Jt,�►uL t'7 �� c� � Estimated Life of Operation ck-gs— ; Duration of First Phase��.�>c� p,yC=;1� 15. Operation will be (is): Continuous , Seasonal , Intermittent . eynaE fPµ4S& TIL -4 Developed, �/ not. yet in operation /"� , Temporarily deactivated , Stockpile. in. Mine 16. Operation will:be (is): Under 5,000 tons cu. yds/yr. . 5,000 - 50,000 tons cu. yds/yr.'X�_. 50,000 - 250,'000 tons cu. -Yds Vyr. • 250-1000 - 1,000,000 tons cu. yds/yr. Over 1,000,000 tons cu. yds/yr. l?. Total anticipated production Mineral commodities to be removed 50opVtons (cu. yds.) Waste retained on' the site -►►gyp vj4=`ie tons (cu. yds.) Waste -disposed -off site tons (cn.. yds.) Maximum'' anticipated depth 18. Mining Method: (Check all applicable) Open Pit � Gravel/Sand Pit Single Bench N O Drill and Blast: �d0 Quarry: Dill Top Multibench Side Hill Dragline Low Level Shovel 25 Clay Pit Truck to processing Borrow Pit Plant (to RR) Tailings Pond Slurry Pump r • _ •• Un3ergnd Waste _ �p . o t Gravel bar'skinning Rail OtherOther - 19ao If processing of the ores or minerals mined is planned to be conducted at or adjacent to the site, briefly describe the nature of the processing and explain disposal method of the tailings or waste from processing...c? 19b. Estimate quantity (gallons per day) and quality of water required by the proposed operation, specifying proposed. sources of this water, of method of its conveyance to this.. property and the quantity and quality and method of disposal of used and/or surplus water. YY' 20. If -the nature.of the deposit and the mining method used. will permit, describe and show the steps or phases of the mining operation that allow concurrent reclamation, and include a proposed time schedule for such concurrent . activities. ' v4' 21. Attach a map of the mined lands and/or suitable aerial photograph showing: (a) Boundaries and topographic details•cf the site, (b) Location of all streams, roads, railroads, water wells, .and utility facilities within 500 feet of site, (c) Location of all currently -proposed access roads to be constructed in_..c nducting the surface mining. operation(s); (d) Location of areas (to be) mined, and of waste dumps and tailings ponds. (e) By -use of .overlay symbol or color, depiction of separate mining phases if applicablE. (See Item.20) (f) The source of map base, orientation (North arrow), and scale (e.g., 1}9 = 500Q, etc.) of the map. RECLAMATION PLAN: 22. Indicate on an overlay of map of Item 20, or by color or symbol on map those areas to be covered by reclamation plan. ss Acreaga J /qG Q �. Z3.. Describe to ultimate 'physical. condiO n of the site and - specify proposed use(s),.or potential. uses, of the mined lands, as reclaimed.. 24. Describe relationship of the interim uses other than mining and the ultimate physical condition to: (a) Zoning regulations. (b) General plan and plan elements_ 25. Provide.evid'ence that all owners.of a possessory interest. in this land have been notified of the propased.use(s) or potential uses identified in Item 22. (Att'2ch copy of notarized statement of acknowledgment,. etc.) 26. Describe. soil conditions and proposed soil salvage plan. 1 70 27. Describe the methods, their sequence and timing, to be used in bringing the reclamation of the land to its end state. Indicate on map (Item 21-22) or on diagrams as. necessary. Include discussion of the pertinent items listed below. ✓(a) Backfilling and grading.- W(b) Stabilization of- slopes. (c) Stabilization of permanent waste dum-os,'tailings, etc. ..(d) Rehabilitation of pre -mining drainages. (e) Removal, disposal, or utilization of residual equipment, structures, refuse, etc. (f) Control of contaminants, especially with regard to surface runoff and ground water. (g) Treatment of streambeds and streambaaks to control,. ..erosion and sedimentation. (h) Removal of minimization of residual hazards. (i) Resoiling, revegetation with evidence that plants can survive given the site's topography, soil and climate. peal00��Qoc,\c, 280 If applicant ha,s selected a short term phasing of his reclamation, describe.in detail the specific reclamation, to be accomplished during first phase. _97- 159422 op LOT , PARCEL AADE 160.96 A.C. E%VAGE 90TH siDEs 0� GF �s e E4SE1WENr ON CANYON ROA!? IS q/'fEPEO ILSON COUNTY. \ EXlsrl, ro BU DCOICArION \`CANYON ( SEWAGE " IRON PIPE - ROAO \ 01spOSAL I 1�S 2643 S Or) 0~ ' W .700.00 — AREA- . T Fort BUILDINGU NE \ 6� �Q, SET WITNESS •a%p SETBACK CORNER. 15 EAST OF CREEK o ' W 90.10 100 ° 30 W 200` S 41 cfi! 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LOT NUMSERS SHO; ' • ' 17 ; 4 13+24 197.17AC 1� -4 _ I _ 4 O O J0 320 mc 1 111 3/r1 1 C4 'USOAr, f LOT I fJ �T+ ' I ' L •: = 1leuso 1 ILOr al � fJ9.3fi+C) y A, { Asscsso4s MAP No. 46-71 a NOM ASSESSORS PAXCLEtOOst COUNTY .OF BVnTg; CAU B. LOT NUMSERS SHO; ' • ' 17 ; 3 .~ Appendix B County/City. Butte SUGGESTED MODEL RECLAMJkTION PLAN . As a' -guide to Counties and Cities for Compliance with section'2772, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 OWNER, OPERATOR,` AND. AGENT: ' I o Applicant Name Address �, p , 1c >o 4 O GI Sq Z % lt-VC- C3 Telephone E)q - t7 VT . 2 Name (if, any) of Mineral Property 3. -Property Owners, or owners of surface 'rights (List all ov;iiers) Name } Vowckr:r (7 SaM Address ..L0),A8G>- Telephone 3 6FF., 4--4-1 1. 40 Owners of Mineral rights. Name H.nvj P C.�rv�, Address ¢ ro U�-c.c.0l�d� o �}. 0E • cttc CIO Telephone S. Lesseeo d Name ��d Ha'�j •s Address cl�-l27 Telephone 6. Operator. 'Name1-�f Address 0, 624 x 'R-,0 4 0 Telephone ` - 22 ?o Agent of Process. (Person designated by operator .as his agent for the service: of process) Name Address ?.o Ct'tLGO Telephone �1. t IT? -7 k g, Brief desc�pti on,* including• legal, the extent of the mined land (to .be) involved- by this operation, includin- total acreage. �I� 'GEiC � -%' 'P�� c, Yv��� r - le, z5 Section (s) 2i Township N , Range , Meridian 9...Describe the access route to the operation site. 10. Attach Location and Vicinity Map. DESCRIPTION: 110 Mineral commodity (to be) mined: 12. Geologic description, including brief general geologic setting., more detailed geologic description of the mineral deposit (to be) mined, and principal minerals or rock types present. f� FSA-l�"T T`� PE O F �OGI✓� �-1 Ti✓tzrJ �t:C��.!!G 13. Brief description of environmental setting of the site and the surrounding areas. Describe existing area land use, soil, vegetation, ground water elevation and surface water characteristics, average annual rainfall and/or other factors pertaining to environmental impacts.: and their mitigation and reclamation. P�Tc I'i rt-, c> Lt VIE:- Oq-fes- � 31� 04-lG SC PJAP_; U4—, —,J —FNIS OPC�A-TLOt4 I v6 04 A &C-C46e4C, SLO Pccc+ AP P ILOYC I YK AT4--"(, j `•gyp/Q .._ 24.- PROPOSED (EXISTIN I SURFACE.IJINING OPERATION .14..Pruosed starting date bf operation �l,@�tuL 'c-) 11 estimated Life of Operation Duration oT first Phase 15o'Operation will be (is*): Continuous , Seasonal Intermittent Ewt-L'! Developed, not yet in operation /� , Temporarily•deactivated , Stockpile in Mine o �-�-pC�p3C.� 'f 0 �um�J 16. Operation will be (is): Under 5,000 tons cu. yds/yr. 5,000 - 50,000 tons cu. .yds/yr._. 50,000 - 250, 000 tons cu. -Yds M/yr. 2509000 - 1,000,060 tons cu. yds/yr. liver 1,000,000 tons cu. yds/yr. 17. Total anticipated production Mineral commodities to be removed 50poutons (cu. yds,) Waste retained on' the site -.1►lD it)Q:-`re tons (cu. yds.) Paste disposed off site tons (cu:. yds.) Maximum anticipated depth Q..` 77n 18' Mining Method: (Check all applicable) Open Pit- � Gravel/Sand. Pit. Single Bench N O Drill and Blast r`YO Quarry: Hill Top. Multibench Side Hill Dragline Low Level Shovel . - 25 - Clay Pit Truck to processing Borrow Pit Plant � (to RR) Tailings Pond Slurry Pump r.:•• Undergond Waste ep Gravel bar skinning Rail Other Other 19a.- If processing of the ores or minerals mined is planned to be conducted at or adjacent to the site, briefly describe the nature of the processing and explain disposal method of the tailings or waste from processing° 19b. Estimate quantity (gallons per day) and qualLty of.water Co required by the proposed operation, specifying proposed sources of.this water, of method of its conveyance to this property and the quantity and' quality and method of disposal of used and/or surplus water.. o 20. If -the nature of the deposit and the mining method used will permit, describe and show the steps or phases of the mining operation that allow concurrent reclamation, and include a proposed .time schedule for such co-acurrent . activities• 211. Attach a map of the mined lands and/or suitable aerial photograph showing: (a) Boundaries and topographic details of the site; (b) Location of all streams, roads,' railroads, water wells, and utility.facilities within 500 feet of site; (c) Location of all currently proposed azcess roads to be constructed in_.conducting the surface mining operation(s); (d) Location of areas (to be) mined, and of waste dumps and tailings ponds. (e) By use of overlay symbol or color, depiction of separate mining phases if applicable. (See Item 20) (f) The source of map base, orientation (North arrow), and scale (e • g• , 1" =.500' , etc.) of. the map. RECLAMATION PLAN: 22. Indicate on an overlay of map of Item 20, or by color or symbol on map those areas to be covered by reclamation plan.' ° Acreage 23, Describe tiOultimate physica-l�condit0h of the site and specify proposed use (s) ,. ,or potential "uses, of the mined lands as reclaimed. 24. Describe relationship of the interim uses ot'aer than mining and the ultimate physical condition to: (a) Zoning regulations. Loc. PeAzs tr-f D��4T1 Ate: (b) General plan and plan elements, 25. Provide evidence that ala owners.of a possessory interest. iii -this land have'been notified of the proposed use(s).-or- potent . ial se(s).orpotential uses identified in Item 22. (Attach copy of .notarized statement of acknowledgment, etc.), 26. Describe soil conditions and -proposed soil salvage plan. CID O k e_ S/ 4:,A=Y-Pt t L,' 27. Describe the methods, their sequence and timing, to be used in bringing the reclamation of the land its end state. Indicate on map:(Item 21-22) or on diagrams as necessary. Include discussion of the pertinent items listed below. 61"(a) - Backfilling and grading.' °�(b) Stabilization of slopes. (c) Stabilization.of permanent waste dumps, tailings, etc. (d) Rehabilitation of pre -mining drainage. (e) Removal, disposal, or utilization of•residual equipment, structures, refuse, etc. (f) Control of contaminants, especially with regard to surface runoff and ground water.' (g) Treatment of streambeds and streambanks to control erosion and sedimentation. (h) Removal of minimization of residual hazards. (i) Resoiling, revege.tation with evidence that plants can survive given the -site's topography, soil and climate. PSYYI o0�8. 120CIV1 A-MiP WIC. 28. -If applicant has selected a short.term•phasirg of his reclamation, describe in detail the specific reclamation, to be accomplished during first phase. 134 22 jog 0 ARCEL ( 1 160.96 Ac' ;RADE SWAGE \��. r ON BOTH SIDES �F S -0,' rfEP. ED 30 Ea SEMEN CANYON ROAP EX/ST/,yo S, ILSON COUNTY. �. TO bUTTE DE-ilcATION CANYON ROAD SEWAGE \� ' IRON! 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