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below the Cameo seam. The Cameo seam's associated roof and floor strata are not saturated <br />in the area of the mine The mine is not a recharge area for these strata (see Figure 4.4 -1 and <br />Appendix G). The Munger Canyon Mine is located updip of the McClane Canyon Mine, <br />which suggests that similar conditions likely prevail in the Munger permit area. <br />No water was encountered in the mine during initial mining operations; the mine portals have <br />been sealed and mine disturbances have been largely reclaimed as of December 2007. No <br />further mining is proposed or approved. There has been no discharge of water from the <br />mine, and no future discharge is anticipated. <br />An alluvial ground water aquifer has been identified along East Salt Creek. Monitoring wells <br />established in the alluvium indicate that alluvial water levels fluctuate seasonally in response <br />to flow in East Salt Creek, which in turn fluctuates primarily in response to flow in tributary <br />ephemeral streams. Data collected by the applicant from the Salt Creek alluvial aquifer thus <br />far indicate a sodium system, as would be expected. No significantly adverse affects on <br />ground water resources are anticipated from the proposed underground mining activities. <br />A monitoring program is in place to monitor the effects of operations at the Munger Canyon <br />Mine, and the McClane Canyon Mine, which is located further up the East Salt Creek <br />drainage. <br />The permit application contains East Salt Creek alluvium baseline ground water monitoring <br />data for three calendar quarters of 1981. In order to accurately determine seasonal <br />fluctuations and describe the essential hydrologic functions of the East Salt Creek AVF, the <br />Division required a continuous record of alluvial ground water levels and water quality data. <br />Narrow bands of alluvial - colluvial material extend about one mile up Munger Canyon from <br />the confluence with East Salt Creek. Monitoring well GW -4, which is 40 feet deep and is <br />located at the lower part of Munger Canyon, was dry in April 1981 during the period of the <br />year of snowmelt and highest precipitation. Test pits TP -1, TP -2 and TP -3, dug to a depth of <br />ten feet in the Munger Creek alluvium, had no traces of mottling and only a very slight <br />increase in moisture. Additionally, plant species present on the alluvium indicate the absence <br />of natural subirrigation in the Munger Creek alluvium. <br />No wells or springs have been identified within three miles of the mine Thus, the Munger <br />Canyon mining operation will not effect the quantity or quality of any ground water that is <br />put to beneficial use off site. <br />The operator has committed to the following ground water monitoring program: <br />1) Quarterly monitoring of wells GW -1, GW -3, and GW -6 for Static Water Level, pH, <br />Temperature, and Specific Conductance. <br />2) Water quality sampling of mine water discharges as required by CDPS permit. Due <br />to the sealed and reclaimed status of the Munger Canyon Mine, and historical <br />21 <br />