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• Adc:eci Lands From February 1983 Revision <br />The additional permit areas to the north*and south occur in the <br />upper hillsides of the Raton Creek drainage basin. The same three <br />water-bearing formations located within the existing permit area are <br />located in the additional permit area to the north and south. <br />Descriptions of the three formiations, the Trinidad Sandstone, <br />Vermejo Formation and Raton Formation are given in the existing <br />permit. There are no known differences in the strata from the <br />existing permit area to the proposed expanded area. The additional <br />area to the south contains considerably larger thicknesses of the <br />Raton Formation. <br />Figures 1, 2 and 3 depicting the site specific hydrology have been <br />revised to include the additional permit area. Although the general <br />direction of arourdwater flow for the region is to the east, localized <br />• flow patterns may vary. Water within the Vermejo Formation flows to <br />the northwest while flow from the Raton Formation generally seeks the <br />lower drainage channels in any direction. <br />Hydrologic Characteristics <br />All three formations show poor characteristics as aquifers. Per- <br />meabilities, porosities and specific yields are all low. The Raton <br />formation appears to have slightly better characteristics than the <br />other two formations, but is still in the poor category. The only <br />two wells within reasonable distance in the Raton formation are the <br />CF&I wells in R63W, T34S, Section 4. Both wells went dry soon after <br />drilling in the 1960'5 and have not been used since. <br />L <br />~ NOTE: The A.P.Green lease has not been renewed, therefore <br />is no longer part of the permit area. If it is re-leased <br />it will be added at that time. <br />153 <br />