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West Elk Mine 2006 Annual Hydrology Report 18 <br />. Canyon mine panel area) and issues from a sandstone bed above the F-Seam. This spring has <br />perennial flow, but shows strong seasonal variations with high flows in the spring months. <br />Monitoring at this spring began in 1996. <br />3.2.1.4 Seep E14-1 <br />Seep E14-1 is located in upper Box Canyon which is tributary to the North Fork. It is located <br />above the Box Canyon panel area (Map 2). This seep issues from a sandstone bed above the E- <br />Seam and has not flowed through the period of record. It is damp only during very wet spring <br />months, but is typically dry. Monitoring at this seep began in 1998. <br />3.2.1.5 ~rin~ 27-1 <br />Spring 27-1 is located in upper Sylvester Gulch, is tributary to the North Fork of the Gunnison <br />River, (Map 1) and feeds an area known as "twin ponds". This spring issues from alluvial <br />sediments and is located above the south side of mine Panel 15 (Box Canyon mine panel area). <br />Hydrologic monitoring measurements from this station are taken at the end of a plastic drain pipe. <br />Monitoring at this spring began in 1996. <br />3.2.1.6 Sprite G-7 <br />Spring G-7 is located in a western tributary of Sylvester Gulch and is situated south of the NE mine <br />panel area and north of the SE panel area (Map 2). This spring issues from joints in a sandstone <br />ledge and has perennial flow, but shows strong seasonal variations with high flows in the spring <br />months. Monitoring at this spring began in 1977. <br />3.2.1.7 Springy G-16 <br />Spring G-16 is located in Sylvester Gulch east of the NE mine panel area (Map 2). This spring <br />issues from a sandstone bed above the F-Seam and flows seasonally. It is typically dry in the late <br />summer and fall. Monitoring at this spring began in 1979. <br />3.2.1.8 Springy G-24 <br />Spring G-24 is located in Sylvester Gulch east of the NE mine panel area (Map 2). This spring <br />issues from alluvium and is measured at the outflow of a plastic drainage pipe. It flows seasonally <br />and is typically dry in the late summer and fall. Monitoring at this spring began in 1979. <br />• <br />December 2007 HydroGeo, Inc. <br />