2013-05-31_HYDROLOGY - M1977342

• Permit No: M1977342
• IBM Index Class Name: HYDROLOGY
• Doc Date: 5/31/2013
• Doc Name: Submittal of Annual Water Monitoring Report
• From: Climax Molybdenum
• To: DRMS
• Permit Index Doc Type: Hydrology Report
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

May 2013 Groundwater POC Memorandum ♦ 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section No. Page No.
1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. ..............................1
1.1
BACKGROUND .............................................................................................. ..............................1
1.2
OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................. ..............................2
1.3
2012 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS .................................................................... ..............................3
2.0
SUMMARY OF GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY ....................................... ..............................4
2.1
SITE GEOLOGY ............................................................................................. ..............................4
2.2
SITE HYDROGEOLOGY ................................................................................ ..............................5
2.2.1
Hydrostratigraphic Units ...................................................................... ..............................5
2.2.1.1 Quaternary Sediment Aquifer ........................................................................... ..............................5
2.2.1.2 Tertiary Troublesome Formation ........................... ............................ .......... ..............................6
2.2.1.3 Precambrian Bedrock .............. ....................................................... ............................... ............6
2.2.2 Groundwater Flow ................................................................................. ..............................6
3.0
1 -DAM POC WELL EVALUATION .................................................................... ..............................8
3.1
EAST OF1-DAM ............................................................................................ ..............................8
3.2
POTATO GULCH ............................................................................................ ..............................9
4.0
3 -DAM POC WELL EVALUATION ................................................................... .............................11
5.0
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................... .............................13
6.0
REFERENCES ................................................................................................... .............................14
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