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- 6 - <br />• <br />Soils that are encountered in the area belong to a.lluyia,l <br />deposits of the Munger Creek and its tributaries, terrace <br />deposits of the same creeks, talus deposits, colluvial soils <br />and landslides deposits. They will be discussed in more detail <br />in subsequent parts of the report. <br />2.3 HYDROLOGY <br />Ground water apparently exists in the valleys of the Munger <br />Creek and its tributary. There are no data available on its <br />depth or depth variations during the year's seasons. For practical <br />purposes, it has to be assumed that during the periods of high <br />precipitation or snow melt, ground water in these valleys will <br />i coincide with the surface (this may not occur in the wider valley <br />of Munger Creek). <br />There are apparently no significant aquifers in bedrock <br />formations above the bottom of both valleys. There are no signs <br />of any springs or seeps on either side of the valley. The Book <br />Cliffs Coal Field area is considered a desert and, according to <br />previous studies performed by Sheridan Enterprises, Inc., no <br />ground water is present within the bedrock formations that are of <br />interest for this project. <br />It is very probable that significantly different hydrological <br />conditions did exist during the development of the present topo- <br /> graphy. We suspect that during the Pleistocene Period ground <br />• water might have existed within the permeable strata of the Mesa <br />