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The mine plan area encompasses 14 mil or 0.4 percent of the <br />'~ drainage area of the Yampa River Valley. <br />3.3.4 Water Quality and Use <br />Surface waters a[ [he mine site are dominated by [he same ions as <br />[he Yampa and Williams Fork Rivers. Table 3-3 shows selected <br />baseline chemical constituents from No Name Gulch before mining <br />started. TDS values are significantly higher than those in the <br />Yampa or Williams Fork Rivers. Appendix C presents an analysis of <br />water quality on the mine site. Lithium and manganese exceeded <br />primary drinking water standards in a number of samples <br />(Woodward-Clyde 1977). <br />•~ ~ Water is used primarily for stock watering on the mine site. A <br />number of stock ponds were built by local ranchers to contain <br />spring snowmel[. Water [ha[ flows in the Yampa River is used <br />mainly for irrigated agriculture. <br />•\ <br />-15- <br />r <br />