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and, by definition, could not be classified as an aquifer or <br />renewable resource land. <br />In summary, Apache Canyon is not ~~onsidered an alluvial <br />valley floor because of the absence of sub:irrigation, no defined <br />alluvial aquifer, no potential for flood irrigation, and no <br />historic land uses which would indicate ,slluvial valley floor <br />conditions. <br />Ciruela Canyon - Ciruela Canyon lies to the south of the <br />Golden Eagle Mine and drains an area of ].,745 acres. As with <br />Apache Canyon, Ciruela also has a woodland cover with a herY>aceous <br />valley bottom. Land use is grazing and wildlife with mining as a <br />minor use in the lower reaches of the canyon. <br />Surface water monitoring began iri May 1984 at Stations <br />CCS-1 and CCS-2. Station CCS-1 is located above mine operations <br />and only one flow event have been recorded or; monthly sampling over <br />the monitoring period. Station CCS-2 is located at the confluence <br />with the Purgatoire River. Flow recorded during monthly samplings <br />is the result of the Golden Eagle Mine discharge which enters <br />Ciruela Canyon between Stations CCS-1 and C'CS-2. There axe also • <br />two on-stream impoundments in the upper canyon which retain ;surface <br />flow for livestock watering. On a seasona]. basis, the only flow <br />observed in Ciruela Canyon has been in the summer as a result of <br />thunderstorms sufficient enough to produce :runoff conditions. <br />Alluvial water monitoring began in May ].984 with the in:;talla- <br />tion of well CCAW-1 at the mouth of the canyon. As with well ACAW- <br />1, water levels correspond with surface water availability, rising <br />during the summer and falling during the winter. In August: 1985, <br />a series of 7 holes were drilled and completed as monitoring wells <br />to further identify alluvial characteristics (Map 14, Apache <br />Canyon, Ciruela Canyon Surficial Geology and Map 15, Apache Canyon, <br />Ciruela Canyon Cross Sections). Similar alluvial deposits and <br />bedrock conditions exist when compared to Apache Canyon. Wells in <br />the lower and upper canyon exhibit limited or no water whiles wells <br />3 and 4 are in a narrow steep portion of the canyon. This ax-ea has <br />2.06-2e <br />• <br />(Revised 04/27/94) <br />