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<br />BUR~AU OF rUNES <br /> <br />sm ':}IIARY <br /> <br />The Cahone Dam &nO. Reservoir sites &re in sec. 25, T. 39 ~I., R. 18 I-T.. <br />and sec. 30, T. 39 fi., R. l7t'.. tJlonte2uma County, Colo. The land is pri- <br />vately owned and :for the Inost part is being ul'let to L"aise -..meat and pinto <br />beans. <br /> <br />Socium chloride is present. and uranium ~v exist under the ~roject <br />area. Subbituminous coal of the Dakota formation occurs in a l:'inol:" out- <br />crop. but the quantity probt>.bly is negligible. <br /> <br />The area has oil and Ens potential, and this should be considered in <br />arri vine at a value for the delll and reservoir lands. <br /> <br />TITRCDUCTION <br /> <br />C') <br /> <br />At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation, Region 4, Salt Lake City. <br />Utab. a reconnaissance has been completed of mineral resources at the <br />Cehone Dam end I1eservoir sites and in the nearby surrounding area. A <br />study of CWlal routes .TaS not attell!pted because personnel at the district <br />office of the Bureau of Reclamation stated that conal-line locations were <br />subject to change and need not be cousidereo at this time. The canal <br />routes should be examined after they are established. <br /> <br />Study of the project iLrea was comI,leted Ciu:rine July 1961. lUneral <br />resources 'Were eva.luated in a general s.:'tlse by exandninE all published <br />data., including reports of the "Bureau of Recla.ma.tion, re~crds at the <br />Bureau of LWld Management. the plat book of the county assessor's office. <br />by inquiry to people living in the area. and by personal reconnaissance <br />of the subject area. <br /> <br />LOCATION MiD PHYSJ CAL FEATtrnES <br /> <br />As indicated on fig. 1. the Cabane Darn site is on Little Cahone Can- <br />yon about 1 1/2 miles nortl1vest of' the town of Ple~sant View. Colo. The <br />axis of the proposed dam coincides vitb. U. S. 'BiF;li~a:f 160 "Where it crosses <br />Little Cehone Canton in the east half of sec. 25. T. 39 N., R. 181-1. <br /> <br />If estaolisbed, the reservoir would extend into 'flec. 30, T. 39 N.. <br />R. 17 W. (fig. 2). The reservoir site occupies the upper limits of the <br />Little Cehone draina.ge, 1Jhere the topoETaphy 15 r;ently rolling and <br />entirely lacking in the chl1racteristics of a Ucanyon." As shown in <br />r1f!Ul'e 3. much of the reservoir area. is currently being farr:ed. <br /> <br />95 <br /> <br />>,. <br />.i. <br />