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<br />I. <br />I <br />J <br /><I <br /> <br />3763 <br /> <br />Hot Paradise Springs, located on the West Fork of the Dolores <br />River, added another 700 tons of salt annually. <br /> <br />The remaining portion of the mineral quality problem <br />attributable to natural sources took the form of surface runoff, <br />interflow, and baseflow entering stream channels. Discharge from <br />Disappointment Creek added over 140 tons per day at certain times <br />during the study period. <br /> <br />1 <br />I <br />tl <br />"I <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Mine drainage referred to in the salt budget originates in <br />the headwaters of the Dolores near Rico (2,200 tons per year), <br />the headwaters of the San Miguel (1,500 tons per year), and the <br />headwaters of the South Fork of the San Miguel (3,600 tons per <br />year). Effluent from the Union Carbide Uranium Mill at Uravan <br />contributes close to 9,000 tons annually to the San Miguel. An <br />unknown amount of increase within the Uravan reach was <br /> <br />contributed by <br />near the mill. <br />Telluride added <br />tailings pond. <br /> <br />seepage from the industrial waste holding ponds <br />The Idarado Mining Corporation mill above <br />small amounts of salt through seepage from a <br /> <br />The report refers to two areas in which irrigated <br />agriculture has resulted in salt load increases. Irrigation of <br />approximately 6,000 acres along Naturita Creek near Norwood <br />resulted in an increased salt load of 16,800 tons annually. A <br />small amount of irrigation in the headwaters of the West Fork of <br />the Dolores was identified as a source of additional salt <br />loading. <br /> <br />-31- <br />