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1 <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />degrees to the north, to 9 degrees to the west on the west flank <br />of the Sage Creek Anticline. <br />Faulting has been identified within the area by U.S.G.S. <br />geologists associated with the Buck Peak Anticline. Other <br />faulting in the area is likely, but not well understood. <br />WATER RESOURCES: <br />Surface Water <br />The area contains several minor northeast trending drainages. <br />Perennial streams in the area are located within Dill Gulch, <br />Berry Gulch, Hayden Gulch, Peck Gulch, Watering Trough Gulch and <br />Dry Creek. Other streams support ephemeral flow. The area is <br />bounded on the north and northwest by the Breeze Basin and the <br />Yampa River, and on the southeast by Watering Trough Gulch and <br />Dry Creek. Included within the area are watersheds that flow <br />northward to the Yampa River and others that flow generally south <br />to the Williams Fork River. Watersheds that flow northward <br />towards the Yampa include: Holderness, Smuin, Stokes, Dill, <br />Temple, Watering Trough, and Dry Creek. Watersheds that drain <br />southward to the Williams Fork include: Hayden Gulch, Dunstan <br />Gulch, Wise Gulch, Berry Gulch and Peck Gulch. The proposed <br />exploration drilling will be conducted as to not impact any of <br />the above mentioned drainages. <br />Ground Water <br />Bedrock aquifers in the area that will be penetrated by the <br />proposed exploration include the Twentymile Sandstone Member of <br />the Williams Fork Formation and the Trout Creek Sandstone Member <br />of the Iles Formation. Other minor local aquifers consist of <br />generally laterally discontinuous, very fine - fine grained <br />sandstones, siltstones, and coal beds which likely have low and <br />variable water yields. Recharge occurs along the crest of the <br />Williams Fork Mountains. Groundwater flow is generally down dip <br />(north to northeast). Groundwater recharge also occurs along the <br />axis of the Sage Creek anticline, and again flows down dip <br />towards the north and west. <br />VEGETATION: <br />The primary land uses of the exploration area are rangeland, <br />pastureland, and cropland. The vegetation types have been <br />described in detail within The Williams Fork Tract Profile, <br />Bureau of Land Management, 1982. Generally the rangeland <br />consists of serviceberry and Gambel's oak mixed with pastureland <br />16 <br /> <br />