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Section 785.19 (c) Continued. Unconsolidated stream-laid deposits in the Canadian River flood- plain were mapped within the boundaries of the general area shown on Figure 34, Kerr Hydrology General Area. Information from the Preliminary Geologic Map of the Gould Quadrangle, .North Park, Jackson County, Colorado (Kinney, 1970) was used together with field reconnaissance to map the unconsolidated stzeam-laid deposits shown on Map 5, North Park Hydrology. I • Unconsolidated stream-laid deposits in the mine plan and adjacent area were mapped in detail by field checking the aurficial geology shown on Map 6, Kerr Mine Area Geology, and digging backhoe pits to determine the lithology of the stream-laid deposits. In addition, the low-lying areas which contain alluvial deposits were field checked to varify the existence or non-existence of stream channels meeting the definition of "unconsolidated stream-laid deposits holding streams" in 30 CFR 701.5. Stream-laid deposits were found in the ephemeral drainages in the mine plan and adjacent area; however, these drainages do not contain stream channels meeting the above definition, and so the deposits in the ephemeral drainages were not mapped. Unconsolidated stream-laid deposits holding streams were mapped in the intermittent draws traversing the mine plan and adjacent area. As shown on Map 16, the intermittent drainages are Bolton Draw, Bush Draw, Williams Draw and Sudduth Draw. These drainages are discussed below. Bolton Draw is an intermittent stream valley which drains 6.8 square miles. Stream-laid deposits were found in the lower reach of the draw along a narrow floodplain approximately 500 feet wide. These deposits appear as fine sand and clay at the surface, and extend as a continuous deposit from the pond at the north line of Section 11, TSN, R78W, to the confluence with the Canadian River in Section 31, TSN, R77W. 785-8