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West Elk Mine 2007 Annual Hydrology Report 24 <br />is 3.2.4 Springs above the E Seam in the Minnesota Creek and <br />Dry Fork Drainage Basin <br />3.2.4.1 Spring J-4 <br />Spring J-4 is located in East Gulch East of Horse Gulch and is tributary to the Dry Fork and <br />Minnesota Creek (Map 2). It is situated south of the SE mine panels and north of the SOD area. <br />This spring issues from alluvium, is seasonal, and is normally dry in late summer or autumn. <br />Monitoring at this spring began in 1981. <br />3.2.5 New Spring Monitoring Sites Added in WY 2006 <br />3.2.5.1 Spring 35-3 <br />Spring 35-3 is located in upper Deep Creek which is tributary to the North Fork (Map 2). This <br />spring is located in the SOD area that is scheduled for development between years 2009 and 2013. <br />The source of this spring appears to issue from alluvium. Baseline monthly monitoring of Spring <br />35-3 began in the spring of 2006 and included measuring flow, collecting field water quality data, <br />and collecting samples for laboratory water quality analyses from May through October 2006 <br />(CDRMS, 2006). Routine monitoring (three times per year) at this location began in WY 2007. <br />• 3.2.5.2 Deer Creek Spring <br />Deer Creek Spring is a decreed domestic spring located in Deer Creek which is tributary to Dry <br />Fork. It is located west of the SOD area. The source of this spring is not known. Baseline <br />monthly monitoring of Deer Creek Spring began in the spring of 2006. Baseline monitoring of this <br />station included measuring flow, collecting field water quality data, and collecting samples for <br />laboratory water quality analyses from May through October 2006 (CDRMS, 2006). Routine <br />monitoring (three times per year) began in WY 2007. <br />3.2.5.3 Spring WCC-24 <br />Spring WCC-24 is a perennial spring located in a small unnamed tributary on the south side of Dry <br />Fork (Map 2). It is located west of the SOD area that will be developed between years 2009 to <br />2013. The source of this spring is not known. Baseline monthly monitoring of Spring WCC-24 <br />began in the spring of 2006 and included measuring flow, collecting field water quality data, and <br />collecting samples for laboratory water quality analyses from May through October 2006 <br />(CDRMS, 2006). Routine monitoring (three times per year) at this location began in WY 2007. <br />• <br />June 2008 HydroGeo, Inc.