Big Hunch Mine South
MOJA Spring ID: PIVA1
General Location: NA
Elevation: 1733 m
History: NA
Hydrogeology: NA
Type of Spring: NA
Vegetation: NA
Animal Use: NA
Aquatic Biota: NA
Ephemeral: NA
Discharge: NA
Water quality: NA
Site Condition: NA
Type of disturbance: NA
Type of infrastructure/diversion: NA
Photos: No
CARUTHERS CANYON (CCA)
Caruthers Canyon Top Pool, pool 2, pool 3, USGS Gauging Station
MOJA Spring ID(s): PIVA2 – 4, 12
General Location: Caruthers Canyon
Elevation: 1726 -1766 m
History: Mining
Hydrogeology: NA
Type of spring: NA
Vegetation: Grasses
Animal Use: NA
Aquatic biota: NA
Ephemeral: No
Discharge: NA
Water quality: NA
Site Condition: undisturbed
Type of disturbance: None
Type of infrastructure/diversion: USGS gauging station.
Photos: Yes
Fourth of July Canyon Creek
MOJA Spring ID: PIVA5
General Location: Fourth of July Canyon Elevation: 1689 m
History: Mining
Hydrogeology: NA
Type of spring: Seep (in a creek bed)
Vegetation: Grasses
Animal Use: NA
Aquatic biota: NA
Ephemeral: No
Discharge: NA
Water quality: NA
Site Condition: slightly disturbed
Type of disturbance: diversion
Type of infrastructure/diversion: There is a silted in check-dam in the creek channel and remnants of a pipe about 100m below the actual seep, which is also located in the creek channel.
Photos: Yes
GOVERNMENT HOLES (GOV)
Government Holes (well & trough)
MOJA Spring ID: PIVA6W, PIVA6T
General Location: Round Valley
Elevation: 1541 m
History: extensive
Hydrogeology: NA
Type of spring: Well with trough
Vegetation: Cottonwoods
Animal Use: NA
Aquatic biota: NA
Ephemeral: No
Discharge: NA
Water quality: NA
Site Condition: highly disturbed
Type of disturbance: livestock
Type of infrastructure/diversion: windmill, trough
Photos: Yes
HOWE SPRING (HOW)
Howe Spring (mine shaft), Howe Seep (lower)
MOJA Spring ID: PIVA1, 6-8
General Location: South of Butcher Knife Canyon
Elevation: 1720 – 1741 m
History: Mining
Hydrogeology: NA
Type of spring: Rheocrene, mine shaft, seep
Vegetation: NA
Animal Use: NA
Aquatic biota: NA
Ephemeral: NA
Discharge: 0.03125 gpm (Howe Spring)
Water quality: NA
Site Condition: highly disturbed
Type of disturbance: diversion, wildfire
Type of infrastructure/diversion: Mine Shaft, historic windmill and other infrastructure was severely damage or destroyed in the 2005 wildfire.
Photos: Yes
Matt Spring
MOJA Spring IDs: PIVA9
General Location: Watson Wash
Elevation: 1434 m
History: NA
Hydrogeology: NA
Type of spring: NA
Vegetation: NA
Animal Use: cattle
Aquatic biota: NA
Ephemeral: no
Discharge: 0.125 gpm
Water quality: NA
Site Condition: NA
Type of disturbance: livestock
Type of infrastructure/diversion: NA
Photos: No
ROCK SPRING (ROS)
Rock Spring and Upper Rock Spring
MOJA Spring IDs: PIVA10, 11
General Location: Watson Wash
Elevation: 1461 - 1474 m
History: Rock Spring was used to irrigate Lanfair Valley until it ran dry.
Hydrogeology: NA
Type of spring: NA
Vegetation: Salix Lasiolepis in wash, Malacothrix coulteri, Brickeleia, Ericameria laricifolia, needlegrass, Baccharis sergiloides, Prunus fasciculatum. Phaecilia fremontii in sunny sandy slope above wash (Upper).
Animal Use: NA
Aquatic biota: NA
Ephemeral: NA
Discharge: NA
Water quality: NA
Site Condition: NA
Type of disturbance: diversion
Type of infrastructure/diversion: Lots of old iron 2” pipe above this site (Upper). Rock Spring is adjacent to the canyon wall and has a springbox storing some water which is piped out to a pool below.
Photos: Yes
