PERMFILE123597

• Permit No: C1996083A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/15/2002
• Section_Exhibit Name: Rule 2.04 Environmental Resources
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

• 2.04.7
less than five gallons per minute and most flows infiltrate back into the
ground before reaching a stream.
Five of the springs located adjacent to the permit area are decreed water
rights shown on Map 23 -Water Rights Location. The J & M Springs &
Pipelines are claimed for domestic and stock watering purposes. Water right
numbers 1 and 3 are decreed for 4 gallons per minute. Number 2 is decreed
for 2 gpm. Numbers 4 and 5 are decreed for 5 gpm. The decreed water
rights located on the Applicant's land are owned by the Applicant.
(b) The subsurface hydrologic regime may be divided into four discrete
subsystems: 1) the alluvium and terrace deposits associated with the North
Fork of the Gunnison River; 2) localized deposits ofalluvium-colluvium within
the Hubbard Creek, and Terror Creek area; 3) groundwater occurrences
within the Mesaverde Formation; and 4) colluvial discharges associated with
soil moisture storage in Steven's Draw, C-Gulch and at the head of
Freeman, Sheep Corral and Dove Gulches.
• North Fork of the Gunnison River Alluvium
Alluvial fill associated with the North Fork of the Gunnison River and tributary
drainages (Terror Creek) have been extensively developed for domestic and
agricultural water sources. For a discussion of Alluvial Valley Floors, see
section 2.06.8. The State Engineer's records depict 3 registered wells
completed within the alluvium located in Sections 14, and 15., T.13 S., R.92
W., 6th P.M. (Bowie No. 1 Mine Area)
These wells range from 14 feet to 77 feet deep and typically produce water
from 12 feet. The well yield ranges from 5 gpm to 120 gpm with average
yields of approximately 17 gpm. Water quality is highly variable within the
alluvial fill. Most wells completed near the river sustain quality adequate for
human consumption; however, the higher sulfate and total dissolved solids
values are probably a function of return irrigation flows and well completion
depths near the alluvium-Mancos shale contact.
Localized Alluvium-colluvium
Localized deposits of alluvium-colluvial material reworked by fluvial
• processes are present within the area, primarily within the Hubbard Creek,
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