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Ciruela Canyon has a drainage area of 1745 acres with primary <br /> land uses of grazing and wildlife habitat. Cover in the canyon is <br /> primarily woodland with a herbacous valley bottom. There are two <br /> on-stream impoundments which catch surface flow for livestock <br /> watering. Two seeps were monitored (Appendix 4 ) which were not major <br /> contributors to stream flow. Two stations were monitored on Ciruela <br /> Canyon. CCS-1 is above the Golden Eagle Mine Discharge. Only minor <br /> seepage events of five gpm or less were observed during the year (Table <br /> 1-6 of Appendix 1 ) . CCS-2 is located at the confluence with the <br /> Purgatoire River. Flow at this station during the year was the result <br /> of the Golden Eagle Mine Discharge. Flow and water chemistry measured <br /> at the station (Table 1-7 of Appendix 1 ) was similar to that of Station <br /> MDGE-1 . All data is summarized in Table 1-9 of Appendix 1 for the <br /> previous three year period. Parameters which have declined over the <br /> three year period include flow, pH, conductivity, TSS, TDS, TCS, iron, <br /> and manganese. The water at both CCS stations is a sodium-bicarbonate <br /> type resembling the discharge rather than Purgatoire water. <br /> Station SCF-1 is located in Santistevan Canyon approximately <br /> one-half mile from the Purgatoire River. The stream was determined to <br /> be perennial at the station as measured by the flume recorder. <br /> Drainage area of the canyon is 2181 acres comprised mostly of woodland. <br /> The canyon was in the process of being sub-divided into 35 acre <br /> ranchettes. The subdivision is believed to be out of business as no <br /> development is taking place . There are currently four houses and a <br /> lodge with a swimming pool located in the upper drainage . These <br /> structures utilize water from wells and Trinidad City water. Waste <br /> disposal is by means of septic systems and drain fields which may <br /> supply additional water to the alluvial system. Three USGS springs <br /> have also been identified in the canyon and appear out of fractures <br /> between sandstones and shales which outcrop on the surface (Appendix <br /> 4 ) . A portion of the canyon is also utilized as grazing land. Water <br /> monitoring was discontinued at this station until longwall mining <br /> commences under the canyon. <br /> Station ACF-1 is located in Apache Canyon approximately <br /> 14 <br />