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1 APPENDIX 3 (IN SITU TEST LOCATION AND CRITERIA FOR SELECTING VIABLE TEST, SAMPLE FIELD AND LABORATORY DESCRIPTION, MINERALOGY AND CHEMISTRY)

2 IN SITU TEST LOCATION AND CRITERIA FOR SELECTION VIABE TEST Location Sample Name UTMnorthing UTMeasting Field Measured Cohesion using laboratory friction angle low normal stress (kpa) Comments or rejected test baed on max. particle size less than /5 the shear box size MID-AAF-000- MID-AAF Unknown (ft shear MID-AAF-000- MID-AAF Unknown (ft shear Middle rock pile MID-AAF-000- MID-AAF- 000 na na 6.07 Unknown (ft shear MID-AAF MID-AAF Unknown (ft shear MID-VTM-000- MID-VTM inch particle size (ft shear Pit Alteration Scar QPS-AAF-000- QPS-AAF Unknown ( ft shear QPS-AAF-000- QPS-AAF QPS-AAF QPS-AAF QPS-AAF QPS-AAF inch particle size (ft shear inch particle size (ft shear 6 inch particle size ( ft shear QPS-AAF QPS-AAF Unknown ( ft shear

3 QPS-VTM-000- QPS-AAF-000- QPS-AAF-00- QPS-VTM- 000 QPS-AAF- 000 QPS-AAF inch particle size ( ft shear 5. inch particle size ( ft shear 0 inch particle size ( ft shear box Spring Gulch rock pile SPR-AAF-000- SPR-AAF-000- SPR-VTM SPR-VTM SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-00- SPR-VTM-00- SPR-VTM-00-3 SPR-VTM-009- SPR-VTM-009- SPR-AAF- 000 SPR-AAF SPR-VTM SPR-VTM SPR-ATM- 000 SPR-VTM- 00 SPR-VTM- 004 SPR-VTM- 007 SPR-VTM- 009 SPR-VTM inch particle size ( ft shear 4 inch particle size ( ft shear 5 inch particle size ( ft shear 4 inch particle size ( ft shear 6 inch particle size ( ft shear inch particle size ( ft shear inch particle size ( ft shear inch particle size ( ft shear 0.5 inch particle size ( ft size inch particle size ( ft shear 3

4 Sugar Shack South SSS-VTM SSS-VTM-060- SSS-AAF-000- SSS-AAF-000- SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-VTM SSS-VTM- 060 SSS-AAF- 000 SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-AAF inch particle size ( ft shear box0 4 inch particle size ( ft shear 3.5 inch particle size ( ft shear 7.5 inch particle size ( ft shear box failed test) inch particle size (ft shear 9 inch particle size ( ft shear 4 inch particle size ( ft shear 6 inch particle size ( ft shear Sugar Shack West SSW-AAF-000- SSW-AAF Unknow ( ft shear SSW-AAF-000- SSW-AAF-000- SSW-AAF SSW-AAF- 000 SSW-AAF- 005 SSW-AAF inch particle size ( ft shear 3 inch particle size ( ft shear 3 inch particle size ( ft shear 4

5 SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-006- SSW-VTM-006- SSW-VTM-003- SSW-VTM-006- SSW-VTM-006- SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-VTM SSW-VTM- 000 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM- 006 SSW-VTM- 009 SSW-VTM- 003 SSW-VTM- 006 SSW-VTM- 008 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM inch particle size ( ft shear 4 inch particle size ( ft shear 4 inch particle size ( ft shear inch particle size ( ft shear box0 inch particle size ( ft shear box0 inch particle size ( ft shear box0 inch particle size ( ft shear 7 inch particle size ( ft shear 7 inch particle size ( ft shear 3 inch particle size (ft shear 7 inch particle size ( ft shear 4.5 inch particle size ( ft shear 6.5 inch particle size ( ft shear 5

6 Debris Flows MIN-AAF-000- MIN-AAF MIN-AAF-000- MIN-AAF-00- MIN-AAF-005- MIN-AAF- 000 MIN-AAF MIN-AAF- 00 MIN-AAF- 3 MIN-AAF inch particle size (ft shear 5.5 inch particle size (ft shear 5.5 inch particle size (ft shear 5 inch particle size (ft shear 7 inch particle size ( ft shear 6

7 FIELD AND LABORATORY DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLES TESTED IN SITU (party written communication, 5/08/007) Location In situ id Bucket Sample_id field description color grain size alteration Water content Structure Plasticity Grain angularity Sorting MIDAAF000- MIDAAF000 well graded soil fines QSP of and prophyry moist massive nonplastic angular poor Middle Rock Pile MIDAAF000- MIDAAF000 well graded rocky soil fines QSP of and prophyry dry massive nonplastic angular poor MIDAAF003- MIDAAF0003 well graded rocky soil fines QSP massive nonplastic angular poor MIDVTM000- MIDVTM000 boulders QSP moist massive medium angular poor Debris Flow MINAAF000 MINAAF000 tan ly sand boulders and fines QSP dry massive nonplastic subangular to subrounded poor MINAAF0004 MINAAF0004 tan ly sand boulders and fines QSP dry massive nonplastic subangular to subrounded poor MINAAF000- MINAAF00 well graded debris flow light QSP dry lensed nonplastic angullar to subngulr poor MINAAF00- MINAAF003 well graded debris flow light QSP dry layered nonplastic angullar to subngular poor 7

8 MINAAF005- MINAAF005 well graded debris flow light QSP dry layered nonplastic angullar to subngular poor QPSAAF000- QPSAAF000 clayey clayey QSP damp stratified high subangular poor QPSAAF000- QPSAAF0003 clayey clayey QSP damp stratified high subangular poor QPSAAF00-3 QPSAAF0005 rocky clayey clayey QSP damp stratified high subangular poor QPSAAF008- QPSAAF0008 colluvium jarosite, gypsum on rock fragments clayey QSP moist stratified medium angular poor Pit Alteration Scars QPSAAF009- QPSAAF0009 colluvium jarosite, gypsum on rock fragments clayey QSP moist stratified medium angular poor QPSAAF000- QPSAAF000 well graded GWGC large rocks to clay QSP moist layered high angular to subangular poor to moderat QPSAAF00- QPSAAF00 well graded GWGC large rocks to clay QSP moist layered high angular to subangular poor to moderat QPSVTM000- QPSVTM000 well graded GWGC large rocks to clay QSP damp layered medium angular to subangular poor to moderat Spring Gulch Rock Pile SPRAAF000- SPRAAF000 to GPGC to fines propyllitic moist matrix supported moderate angular poor 8

9 SPRAAF000- SPRAAF0003 matrix supported brwon to fines prop moist plastic plastic angular poor SPRVTM0005- SPRVTM0005 rocky soil dark fines, argillic moist massive nonplastic angular poor SPRVTM0008- SPRVTM0008 loose rocky soil grass roots dark fines, argillic, calcite, chlorite moist massive nonplastic angular poor SPRVTM0008- SPRVTM000 loose rocky soil grass roots dark fines, argillic, calcite, chlorite moist massive nonplastic angular poor SPRVTM00- SPRVTM00 weathered rocky soil and clayey QSP moist massive medium angular poor SPRVTM00- SPRVTM004 weathered rocky soil clayey QSP moist massive medium angular poor SPRVTM00-3 SPRVTM007 weathered rocky soil dark clayey QSP moist massive high angular poor SPRVTM009- SPRVTM009 rocky clayey soil clayey QSP moist massive medium angular poor SPRVTM009- SPRVTM00 rocky clayey soil clayey QSP moist massive medium angular poor Sugar Shack South SSSAAF000- SSSAAF000 rocky light fines QSP moist stratified medium angular poor SSSAAF000- SSSAAF0004 light fines QSP moist stratified medium angular poor 9

10 SSSAAF0005- SSSAAF0005 orange fines QSP stratified medium angular poor SSAAF0005- SSSAAF0007 orange fines QSP moist stratified medium angular poor SSSAAF0009- SSSAAF009 some fines QSP moist stratified well angular poor SSSAAF0009- SSSAAF003 fines QSP moist stratified medium angular poor SSSAAF0600- SSSVTM0600 rocky soil fines, argillic, some chlorite moist massive nonplastic angular poor SSSAAF060- SSSVTM060 loose rock pile material fines, argillic, some chlorite moist massive nonplastic angular poor Sugar Shack West SSWAAF000- SSWAAF000 well graded soil gravey sand QSP moist stratified nonplastic angular poor SSWAAF000- SSWAAF000 select clay lense white clayey QSP moist massive high angular moderate SSWAAF0004- SSWAAF0004 granular soil and fines moist massive nonplastic angular poor SSWAAF0005- SSWAAF0005 well graded QSP damp layered Some plastic angular to subangular poor SSWAAF0007- SSWAAF0007 well graded QSP dry layered minor angular poor SSWAAF000- SSWAAF007 well graded soil gravey sand QSP moist massive nonplastic angular poor 0

11 SSWAAF000-3 SSWAAF008 granular sand QSP moist massive nonplastic angular poor SSWVTM0600- SSWVTM0600 rocky soii clay lenses fines QSP acid generating moist massive low angular poor SSWVTM0600- SSWVTM000 rocky soil clay lenses fines and QSP acid generating moist massive low angular poor SSWVTM SSWVTM0004 crust at surface of hoodoo, up to 3 inches thick and tan ly sand and fines QSP, weathered moist stratified medium angular poor SSWVTM006- SSWVTM006 dark some QSP moist stratified medium angular poor SSWVTM006- SSWVTM009 layered, dipping 5 degrees on north wall dark olive to some orange QSP moist stratified medium angular poor SSWVTM003- SSWVTM003 layered, dipping 5 degrees on north wall some orange QSP moist stratified medium angular poor SSWVTM006- SSWVTM006 orange QSP moist massive low angular poor SSWVTM006- SSWVTM008 orange QSP moist massive low angular poor SSWVTM0030- SSWVTM0030 QSP moist massive medium angular poor SSWVTM0030- SSWVTM003 orange QSP moist massive medium angular poor

12 Location In situ id Bucket Sample_id general appearance Cementation Cement minerals Consistency lithology USCS_Texture SWI MIDAAF000- MIDAAF000 top 6 inches is loose material, below that is denser moderate firm, volcaniclastic, GP 4 MIDAAF000- MIDAAF000 plastic clumps of clay sample as MID-VTM- 000 moderate firm, volcaniclastic, SP 4 Middle Rock Pile MIDAAF003- MIDAAF0003 mixture of clay and large /boulders, appears to have more clay and is denser than upper two samples tested moderate firm, volcaniclastic, apite SP 4 MIDVTM000- MIDVTM000 pockets of plastic clay moderate gypsum, clay soft GM 4 Debris Flow MINAAF000 MINAAF000 ft boulders, lots of roots poor soft, r GP 3 MINAAF0004 MINAAF0004 ft boulders, lots of roots, pockets of plastic clay weak clay, gypsum soft, r GP-GC 3

13 MINAAF000- MINAAF00 dip of beds deg S, dip of slope 5 deg S moderate dense, GP 4 MINAAF00- MINAAF003 moderate firm, GP 4 MINAAF005- MINAAF005 beds dip 0 degree S moderate firm, SP 4 Pit Alteration Scars QPSAAF000- QPSAAF000- QPSAAF000 roots well clay firm QPSAAF0003 roots in block well clay firm GP-GC 4 GP-GC 4 QPSAAF00-3 QPSAAF0005 well clay firm GP-GC 4 QPSAAF008- QPSAAF0008 upwards fining sequence, more ngulr than QPS- AAF-000 well clay firm GP-GC 5 QPSAAF009- QPSAAF0009 upwards fining sequence, more ngulr than QPS- AAF-000 well clay firm GP-GC 5 QPSAAF000- QPSAAF000 clay lenses are wetter than sand lenses moderate gypsum, clay soft GP 5 3

14 QPSAAF00- QPSAAF00 clay lenses are wetter than sand lenses moderate gypsum, clay soft GP 5 QPSVTM000- QPSVTM000 clay lenses are wetter than sand lenses moderate gypsum, clay soft GP 5 Spring Gulch Rock Pile SPRAAF000- SPRAAF000 poor calcite, clay firm GP SPRAAF000- SPRAAF0003 poor calcite clay firm GP SPRVTM0005- SPRVTM0005 fresh pyrite, calcite, some plastic clay none soft GP-GM SPRVTM0008- SPRVTM0008 none soft GP-GM SPRVTM0008- SPRVTM000 none soft GP-GM SPRVTM00- SPRVTM00 some pyrite in fragments well clay, gypsum firm, GP-GM 4 4

15 SPRVTM00- SPRVTM004 some pyrite in fragments, more than SPR-VTM-00 well clay, gypsum firm, GP-GM 4 SPRVTM00-3 SPRVTM007 some pyrite in fragments, more than SPR-VTM-00 well clay, gypsum firm, GP-GM 4 Sugar Shack South SPRVTM009- SPRVTM009- SPRVTM009 SPRVTM00 some pyrite in fragments, more than SPR-VTM-00 some pyrite in fragments, less than SPR-VTM-00, similar to SPR- VTM-009 well well clay, gypsum clay, gypsum SSSAAF000- SSSAAF000 weak gyp soft firm firm,, GP-GC 4 GP-GC 4 GP-GC 3 SSSAAF000- SSSAAF0004 moderate gyp soft andesite GP 3 SSSAAF0005- SSSAAF0005 moderate gyp firm SSAAF0005- SSSAAF0007 moderate firm GP 3 GP 3 SSSAAF0009- SSSAAF0009 none soft GP-GC 3 SSSAAF0009- SSSAAF003 none soft GP-GC 3 5

16 SSSAAF0600- SSSVTM0600 poor soft GP-GC SSSAAF060- SSSVTM060 very coarse material held mostly by matric suction none soft, GP-GC Sugar Shack West SSWAAF000- SSWAAF000 poor clay firm, volcaniclastic, apite GM 4 SSWAAF000- SSWAAF000 well clay firm GP 4 SSWAAF0004- SSWAAF0004 firm, GP 3 SSWAAF0005- SSWAAF0005 beds dip 35 degrees W, some zones of plastic clay some dense GP 4 SSWAAF0007- SSWAAF0007 some dense andesite and amalia SP 4 SSWAAF000- SSWAAF007 poor soft, apite GP 3 SSWAAF000-3 SSWAAF008 poor firm, GP 3 SSWVTM0600- SSWVTM0600 moderate clay, gypsum firm, GP 4 6

17 SSWVTM0600- SSWVTM000 moderate clay, gypsum firm, GP 4 SSWVTM SSWVTM00 dip degrees, pocket penetrometer.5 ton/ft, pckets of plastic clay well gypsum, clay? firm, andesite GP 4 SSWVTM006- SSWVTM006 moderate gypsum firm GP 3 SSWVTM006- SSWVTM009 moderate gypsum soft andesite GP 3 SSWVTM003- SSWVTM003 moderate gypsum soft andesite GP 3 SSWVTM006- SSWVTM006 weak gypsum firm GP 3 SSWVTM006- SSWVTM008 weak gypsum firm GP 3 SSWVTM0030- SSWVTM0030 weak gypsum firm GP 3 SSWVTM0030- SSWVTM003 weak gypsum firm GP 3 7

18 MINERALOGY RESULTS 8

19 In situ sample In situ test id Cohesion (kpa) Quartz K- spar/orthoclase Plagioclase Illite Chlorite Smectite Kaolinte Epidote Fe oxides Rutile Apatite MID-VTM-000 MID-VTM MIN-AAF-000 MIN-AAF MIN-AAF-003 MIN-AAF QPS-AAF-0005 QPS-AAF QPS-VTM-000 QPS-VTM SPR-AAF-000 SPR-AAF SPR-AAF-0003 SPR-AAF SPR-VTM-00 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-004 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-007 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-009 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-00 SPR-VTM SSS-AAF-000 SSS-AAF SSS-AAF-0005 SSS-AAF SSS-AAF-0009 SSS-AAF SSS-VTM-0600 SSS-VTM SSW-AAF-009 SSW-AAF SSW-AAF-0005 SSW-AAF SSW-AAF-0007 SSW-AAF SSW-VTM-0600 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-000 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-0004 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-007 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-0030 SSW-VTM

20 In situ sample In situ test id Cohesion (kpa) Pyrite Calcite Gypsum Detrit gypsum Auth gypsum Zircon Fluorite Jarosite Pyrite+Calc ite+epidote Gypsum+Ja rosite+fe oxide Gypsum+Jarosite MID-VTM-000 MID-VTM MIN-AAF-000 MIN-AAF MIN-AAF-003 MIN-AAF QPS-AAF-0005 QPS-AAF QPS-VTM-000 QPS-VTM SPR-AAF-000 SPR-AAF SPR-AAF-0003 SPR-AAF SPR-VTM-00 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-004 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-007 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-009 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-00 SPR-VTM SSS-AAF-000 SSS-AAF SSS-AAF-0005 SSS-AAF SSS-AAF-0009 SSS-AAF SSS-VTM-0600 SSS-VTM SSW-AAF-009 SSW-AAF SSW-AAF-0005 SSW-AAF SSW-AAF-0007 SSW-AAF SSW-VTM-0600 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-000 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-0004 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-007 SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-0030 SSW-VTM

21 CHEMISTRY RESULTS

22 In situ Test id In situ sample id Cohesion (kpa) SiO TiO AlO3 FeO3T FeOT FeO FeO3 MnO MgO CaO NaO KO PO5 S SO4 C LOI MID-VTM-000- MID-VTM QPS-AAF QPS-AAF QPS-VTM-000- QPS-VTM SPR-AAF-000- SPR-AAF SPR-AAF-000- SPR-AAF SPR-VTM-00- SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-00- SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-00-3 SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-009- SPR-VTM SPR-VTM-009- SPR-VTM SSS-AAF-000- SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-AAF SSS-VTM SSS-VTM SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-AAF SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-VTM-006- SSW-VTM SSW-VTM SSW-VTM MIN-AAF-000- MIN-AAF MIN-AAF-00- MIN-AAF

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