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Opalite Mine

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View of Burned Ore Piles from the Glory Hole.<br />Date Taken: 8/12/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0523611111111<br />Longitude: -118.035980555556<br />Tags:
View of Burned Ore Piles from the southwest. <br />Date Taken: 8/12/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0494722222222<br />Longitude: -118.038147222222<br />Tags:
Water truck applying water to site road. <br />Date Taken: 8/13/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Site staging area with water truck for dust suppression. <br />Date Taken: 8/13/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0501444444444<br />Longitude: -118.037986111111<br />Tags:
ERRS operator using mini-excavator to close Adit #4. <br />Date Taken: 8/13/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0522083333333<br />Longitude: -118.036002777778<br />Tags:
Archaeologist inspecting Adit #4. <br />Date Taken: 8/12/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0521555555556<br />Longitude: -118.036827777778<br />Tags:
Adit #2. <br />Date Taken: 8/12/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0513944444444<br />Longitude: -118.035727777778<br />Tags:
Adit #2. <br />Date Taken: 8/12/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0514055555556<br />Longitude: -118.035683333333<br />Tags:
Adit #2 closed. <br />Date Taken: 8/15/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0514361111111<br />Longitude: -118.035691666667<br />Tags:
Adit #3. <br />Date Taken: 8/12/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0519472222222<br />Longitude: -118.036086111111<br />Tags:
Adit #3 closed. <br />Date Taken: 8/15/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.051925<br />Longitude: -118.036163888889<br />Tags:
Adit #4. <br />Date Taken: 8/12/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0520833333333<br />Longitude: -118.0364<br />Tags:
Adit #4 closed. <br />Date Taken: 8/15/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.052125<br />Longitude: -118.036469444444<br />Tags:
Gray ash material at Ore Processing Area. <br />Date Taken: 8/13/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.051<br />Longitude: -118.0363<br />Tags:
Gray ash material at Ore Processing Area. <br />Date Taken: 8/16/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
ERRS stockpiling boulders for use during the removal action. <br />Date Taken: 8/15/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0529111111111<br />Longitude: -118.035675<br />Tags:
Site safety meeting with COVID-19 precautions. <br />Date Taken: 8/16/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0224944444444<br />Longitude: -118.015725<br />Tags:
DustTrak dust monitor at staging area. <br />Date Taken: 8/14/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Path of Lower Bypass Road. <br />Date Taken: 8/14/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0496055555556<br />Longitude: -118.038436111111<br />Tags:
ERRS applying water and compacting Lower Bypass Road. <br />Date Taken: 8/14/2020<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 42.0499444444444<br />Longitude: -118.038536111111<br />Tags:

View of Burned Ore Piles from the Glory Hole. View of Burned Ore Piles from the southwest. Water truck applying water to site road. Site staging area with water truck for dust suppression. ERRS operator using mini-excavator to close Adit #4. Archaeologist inspecting Adit #4. Adit #2. Adit #2. Adit #2 closed. Adit #3. Adit #3 closed. Adit #4. Adit #4 closed. Gray ash material at Ore Processing Area. Gray ash material at Ore Processing Area. ERRS stockpiling boulders for use during the removal action. Site safety meeting with COVID-19 precautions. DustTrak dust monitor at staging area. Path of Lower Bypass Road. ERRS applying water and compacting Lower Bypass Road. ERRS installing a ditch and berm along Lower Bypass Road. START monitoring the Lower Bypass Road berm for mercury vapors. ERRS compacting Lower Bypass Road. Construction of South Glory Hole Gate. ERRS installs gate at Lower Bypass Road. Truck delivers gravel for Lower Bypass Road. Construction of South Glory Hole Gate. Command post two miles from Opalite Mine. Preparation for stabilization of gray ash material at Ore Processing Area. ERRS places bags of cement into excavator bucket. ERRS mixes cement and water with gray ash material. START monitors the stabilized gray ash material for mercury vapors. ERRS continues to remove the gray ash material from the slope to stabilize in the depression. ERRS covered the stabilized gray ash material with burned ore. ERRS excavating and capping gray ash material on the southeast side of the Ore Processing Area. ERRS using burned ore to cover gray ash material adjacent to a wooden wall. Northeast Ore Processing Area after the gray ash material was removed, stabilized, and covered with burned ore. Berm installed across Trench #3. Berm installed across Trench #3. Welder/fabricator working on South Glory Hole Gate. ERRS installing three-wire fence along Lower Bypass Road berm/trench. ERRS compacting Lower Bypass Road. ERRS installing rocks next to a gate. ERRS and START installing a Northwest Ore Processing Area after gray ash material was stabilized and covered. Southeast Ore Processing Area after the gray ash material was stabilized and covered. Small amount of gray ash material covered by burned ore. Detour Ahead sign on road to the Glory Hole. Access restrictions installed south of the Glory Hole. Gate and Detour sign. Wall of rocks placed near gate to restrict access to the Ore Processing Area. ODEQ warning sign installed above the Ore Processing Area. ODEQ warning sign installed at the Glory Hole. Gate with boulders north of the Glory Hole. Detour sign north of the Glory Hole access road. Berm and ODEQ warning sign installed in Trench #4 north of the Glory Hole. Gate and detour sign on access road to the Burned Ore Piles. Gate and rocks on access road to Burned Ore Piles. Gate with ODEQ warning sign on access road to Burned Ore Piles. ODEQ warning sign on road up to Burned Ore Piles and Ore Processing Area. Berm, fence, and ODEQ warning sign on western access road to Burned Ore Piles. View of western section of Lower Bypass Road with three-wire fence and berm/ditch. View of eastern section of Lower Bypass Road and new gate on the access road to the Burned Ore Piles. Close view of eastern section of Lower Bypass Road with berm, ditch, and three-wire fence.