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:BUREAU OF /lINES SW-1MARY The Ruin Canyon Dam and Reservoir sites are in sec. I and 18, T. 38 N., R. 18 H., Montezuma County, Colo. 'l'he privately owned land currently is being used for cattle ranee and to produce wheat and pinto beans. Although formations are present that contain uranium in no uranium is known to occur in the dam and reservoir area. ide is present at a depth of 6,300 feet. Subbituminous coal the surface formations, but all beds seen in the surrounding thin and too local to permit mining. other areas, Sodium chlor- may exist in area were too The area has a ga8 and oil potential that should be considered in arriving at a value ror minerals under the dam and reservoir lands. INTRODUCTIOl'l ,.....;~~"'. , 'J , At the request of the Bureeu of Reclani,,;tion, Rel)ion 4, Salt Lake City, Utah, a reconnaissance has been made of mineral resources at the Ruin Can- yon Da:m and Reservoir sites. This survey included the nearby surrounding area. A stu~ of canal lines was not attempted because personnel of the Durango district office of the Bureau of Reclamation stated thet canal- line locations were subject to change and need not be considered at this time. Pdneral relationships of these routes should be examined after the routes are established. Stu~ of the project area was completed during July 1961. ~(ineral resources were appraised by examining all published data, including reports of the Bureau or Reclamation, records of the Bureau of Land Management, the plat book of the county assessor's of rice , by inquiry to people livin~ in the area, and by personal reconnaissance of the subject area. LOCATION AND PHYSICAL FEATURES Ruin Canyon Dam and Reservoir sites are located in secs. 7 and 18, T. 38 N., R. 18 W., Montezuma County, Colo. This area is approximately 7 miles south"est of the town of Pleasant Vie" (fig. 1), ",hich is on U. S. Highway 160 approximately half way between Cortez and Dove Creek. The damsite can be reached by driving on a graveled county road 5 1/2 miles due west of Pleasant View, then turning one ~ile due south. This places the traveler at a county road Junction indicated at the northeast corner of figure 2. The county roads shown are all graveled and would be passable in virtuallY any weather. The rarm roads are not improved and are usable in dr.y weather only. 82 ,-'r ~, ;_;