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<br />o <br />OJ <br />~ <br />OJ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />RESSRVOIH AUD DAM SITE GEOLOGY <br /> <br />", <br />~,. <br /> <br />FOUl' distlnllc &0010&10 formations are oxpolJed t'rom tho uppermoat to <br /> <br />bho lowost Be followSI <br /> <br />Raton Ji'ornatlon <br /> <br />TertllU"y <br /> <br />Vernejo l"ornation <br /> <br />Oretlleeans <br /> <br />'I'riuid/l.d Sandstono <br /> <br />Cl'otaoaOllS <br /> <br />Pierl'e Shale <br /> <br />Creta llOOUS <br /> <br />The resel'voll' ehould lie onth'aly within the relatively impervious <br /> <br />. <br />"- <br /> <br />Raton and Vermojo formations. <br />.. <br /> <br />Laa.l..'"9.g9 will be naglil!;ible since the ground <br /> <br />V1B.ter is tributary to the 3trENlln~ <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Bedrock L\t ehe dam sit" i~ the Trinidad llnndstone. Ova.'burden <br /> <br />o.lluvlum l\nd gravols vary from 20 feet in dopth on the nOloth nox\; to th6 road, <br /> <br />to 10 f'oot at tho riVer on the south. Tel'race gravels are" deposited at the <br /> <br />south nbut,;1a;lt 60 i'oat abovo the rIver Bnd extend up anll davm the 1'iver with <br /> <br />depths "J(\:,,'yiltp; r'l';);U ao to 40 i'eetf <br /> <br />AboVa tho Varmajo f'ol"lllt\tion. conI bearing t'o.,..ks of' freah waterlbe <br /> <br />origin lie unoom:i.'orlJlll.b1y With thi d<:nass of' 100 feet. <br /> <br />Diamond drill holss wero borEJd f'or the determmntion of' foundation <br /> <br />a-t the sitEJ. Total drillEJd was 788 feet. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br />