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-25- <br />if these two formations are water bearing in the vicinity of the JD-5 <br />lease. TO our knowledge, no wells or springs are present in either of <br />these two formations in the vicinity of the lease. <br />Since deep well data is not available for the Mesozoic Formation <br />underlying the Morrison Formation in the vicinity of the JD-5 lease, <br />it cannot be directly determined if these formations contain water or <br />what the hydrodynamic conditions of the potential aquifers are if they <br />are water bearing. Ground -water flow in the Mesozoic aquifers in the <br />Colorado Plateau usually follows the dip of the strata, and it is <br />possible to evaluate the general flow direction for the potential <br />aquifer based on the geologic structure in the vicinity of the site, <br />see Fig. 5. Monogram Mesa forms a structural and potential ground <br />water divide. Beds to the southwest of the mesa dip gently down into <br />the Dry Creek syncline. Beds to the northeast of the mesa are faulted <br />down towards the Paradox Valley. If the Mesozoic aquifers are water <br />bearing, we anticipate that ground -water flow will be away from the <br />mesa toward the Paradox Valley on the northeast side of the mesa and <br />towards the Dry Creek syncline on the southwest side of the mesa. <br />Regional ground -water studies, Hanshaw and Hill (1969) indicate <br />that the ground -water in the Limestone Member of the Hermosa Formation <br />and the underlying older Paleozoic rocks is oonf ined with a <br />pot surface at about elevation 5,600 feet. The general <br />.n of ground water flow in this portion of the Colorado Plateau <br />aquifers is toward the northwest. <br />effects of faulting on deep ground -water flow patterns have <br />:termined. Based on our observations in the mine, the fault <br />