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Section 7 MONUMENT VALLEY AREA 7.1 United States Environmental Protection Agency ABANDONED URANIUM MINES PROJECT Monument Valley Area OVERVIEW MAP 113° 112° 111° 110° 109° 108° 107° 3 8 ° ° 8 3 3 COLORADO 7 UTAH ° ° 7 3 ARIZONA NEW MEXICO # Kayenta# Shiprock NAVAJO Tuba City 3 6 # ° ° NATION 6 3 #Window Rock # Gallup ,-.40 Flagstaff # 3 5 ° ° 5 3 # Winslow # Holbrook 3 4 ° 113° 112° 111° 110° 109° 108° 107° Aspen Spring Baby Rock Spring 8-44 Sand Spring Tsiah Spring The Monument Valley area is located in northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah. Some of the physiography of the area is shown above in photos taken by Glynn Alsup (USACE). The overview map shown on the facing page provides the map extent boundary for the Monument Valley area maps presented in Section 7. Ten aerial radiation surveys were flown in the Monument Valley area: Baby Rocks Mesa, Cane Valley, Dennehotso, Double Arch Canyon, Mexican Hat, Monument Valley Park, Oljato, Shonto, Wetherill Mesa, and Agathla Peak. Water samples from 31 sites were collected in the Monument Valley area. 7.2 111°00' 110°45' 110°30' 110°15' 110°00' 109°45' 109°30' ÷ø276 3 7 ' ° 4 5 5 4 ° ' 7 3 ôó95 . o . % C o d C Blanding l e n i f a 276 r u ø J ÷ a G n a S 95 ôó /(19 1 3 7 ' ° 3 0 Õ 0 3 ° ' 7 3 ÷ø263 C e d a r M e s a æå æ 3 7 ' 5063 ° ø 1 5 jo ÷ Navajo a 5 1 v ° ÷ø261 a ' 7 N 3 å MEXICAN HAT % å 191 M o n u m æ /( e n /(163 Mexican Hat t OLJATO V a l l e y CANE VALLEY SHONTO MONUMENT 3 7 ' San Juan Co. ° UTAH 0 0 Co. 0 0 San Juan å Õ VALLEY PARK ° ' 7 o Co. æ Co. 3 Coconin ARIZONA Apache /(19 1 /(160 e g d i DENNEHOTSO DO UB LER WETHERILL ARCH MESA C b % AGATHLA CANYON Dennehotso m h PEAK o (163 160 i 3 / ( 6 C / ' ° 4 5 n 5 4 ° ' 6 3 Kayenta \&åå%å l å BABY e . 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Co. n Juan ' San Juan Sa 0 0 VALLEY PARK San Juan Co. " 0 Co. ° Coconino Co. Navajo æ 7 ARIZONA Apache Co. 3 DENNEHOTSO /(191 3 6 ° 5 " 2 0 ' Mexican Water 3 3 ' 0 2 " 5 ° WETHERILL 6 3 Oljato MESA 7 . o . o 5 C C 160 /( e DOUBLE o % j h a c v ARCH a Dennehotso a p N AGATHLA CANYON A Sweetwater PEAK 191 3 /( 6 ° 4 " 5 0 ' 0 0 Dennehotso ' 0 5 Kayenta " 4 ° Kayenta 6 Chapter 3 Inscription ååå House Kaibito House Kayenta \&å% å BABY (160 . / ROCKS o . o C C MESA o n o j i a n v o a c Shonto o N 3 C 6 ° Rockpoint 3 " 7 0 ' 3 3 ' 0 7 " 3 ° o 6 Shonto 3 Chapter å%\& House Round Rock ôó98 h Shonto g /(191 u k o c o Chilchinbito R R 110°52'30" 110°45'00" 110°37'30" 110°30'00" 110°22'30" 110°15'00" 110°7'30" 110°00'00" 109°52'30" 109°45'00" 109°37'30" 109°30'00" U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5 0 5 Miles ABANDONED URANIUM AERIAL RADIATION CONTOURS MINES PROJECT See facing page for legend GROSS COUNT 5 0 5 10 Kilometers 4 1:350,000 Monument Valley Area efexhyxih2 exs w2 wyx wix2evvi2eie wsxi2ytig eisev2ehsesyx2gyxy 2E2fsw r2PIR qeologil2 nits2@ege2nd2 nit2hesriptionA tg turssi2qlen2gnyon2qroup wisgex2re ter ud greteous2hkot2ndstone rissi2ghinle2pormtion uternry2elluvium2nd2golluvium tm turssi2worrison2pormtion m rissi2woenkopi2pormtion i ertiry2sntrusives2nd2olnis ts turssi2n2fel2qroup ermin2to2ennsylvnin2edimentry2oks yvtey gexi2evvi tg m ryxy wyx wix2 evvi2eu i m hixxiryy tg m i tg i m tg irisvv m wie tg Ì Ì hy fvi2 Ì egr2 m eqerve gexyx tg mÌÌ ieu Ì Ì ts m er Ì n2tun2goF n2tun2goFÌÌ Ì ÌÌ ephe2goFÌ esyxe ÌÌÌxvjo2goF Ì tg Ì UFT Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì ÌÌÌ Ì fef Ì ÌÌ Ì ÌÌ ygu Ì Ì wie Ì m ÌÌ Ì Ì Ì Ì ts Ì Ì Ì Ì eeril2rdition2gross2ount2ontours2re2inditive2 Ì istimted of2urnium2onentrtions2higher2thn2the2regionl Ì herived2 exposure levelsF m ontourElevel2 rte2from tg fismuth2PIR exess nits2re2in2miroEoentgens2per2hourF22he2 eeril2 photoEpek2 fismuth2PIR dition2 @exess2ounts @exess2 fismuth2PIR2photo2pek2is2t2IUTH2ueF22 gontours per2seondA miroEGhourA et2the2survey2ltitude2of2ISH2feet2ove2ground tg levelD2the2footprint2of2the2detetion2system2is22 irle2pproximtely2QHH2feet2in2dimeterF22he2 tg 222VH 22QFS dt2shown2re2verges2over2this2footprint2t ts ground2levelF tg 22IUH 22UFR Ì tg 22PSH IHFW herived2nd2estimted2vlues2were2ompiled2y2 22VHH QRFW hne2rendriksD2heprtment2of2inergyD2 emote2ensing2vortoryD2vs2egsF ts tm IPHH SPFR ts ud tm ts umv ouresX22eeril2survey2oundries2re2from2the2heprtment2of2inergyD2emote2ensing2vortoryD22vs2egsD2xevdF22qeologil2informtion2from2the2qeologi2wp2of2erizonD2qs2dtse2@ihrd2nd2uneleD2IWWUAD2 nd2the2higitl2qeologi2wp2of2 th2@illisD2PHHHAF22 rnium2mine2lotions2shown2ove2re2pproximte2nd2were2ompiled2from2vrious2soures2y2hne2rendriksD2heprtment2of2inergyD2emote2ensing2vortoryF 110°52'30" 110°45'00" 110°37'30" 110°30'00" 110°22'30" 110°15'00" 110°7'30" 110°00'00" 109°52'30" 109°45'00" 109°37'30" 109°30'00" Navajo å 3 191 7 MEXICAN HAT /( ° 7 " ' 3 0 % 0 3 Mexican Hat ' Oljato å " 7 æ ° 7 3 Shonto OLJATO Kayenta Red Mesa Navajo Mountain CANE VALLEY SHONTO 3 /(163 7 ° 0 " MONUMENT å 0 0 UTAH ' 0 0 Õ Co. Co. n Juan ' San Juan Sa 0 0 VALLEY PARK San Juan Co. " 0 Co. ° Coconino Co. Navajo æ 7 ARIZONA Apache Co. 3 DENNEHOTSO /(191 3 6 ° 5 " 2 0 ' Mexican Water 3 3 ' 0 2 " 5 ° 6 WETHERILL 3 Oljato MESA 7 . o o 7 C C 160 /( e DOUBLE o % j h a c v ARCH a Dennehotso a p N AGATHLA CANYON A Sweetwater PEAK 191 3 /( 6 ° 4 " 5 0 ' 0 0 Dennehotso ' 0 5 Kayenta " 4 ° Kayenta 6 Chapter 3 Inscription ååå House Kaibito House Kayenta \&å% å BABY (160 . / ROCKS o . o C C MESA o n o j i a n v o a c Shonto o N 3 C 6 ° Rockpoint 3 " 7 0 ' 3 3 ' 0 7 " 3 ° o 6 Shonto 3 Chapter å%\& House Round Rock ôó98 h Shonto g /(191 u k o c o Chilchinbito R R 110°52'30" 110°45'00" 110°37'30" 110°30'00" 110°22'30" 110°15'00" 110°7'30" 110°00'00" 109°52'30" 109°45'00" 109°37'30" 109°30'00" U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5 0 5 Miles ABANDONED URANIUM MAP FEATURES AERIAL RADIATION CONTOURS MINES PROJECT Aerial Survey Boundary BISMUTH 214 5 0 5 10 Kilometers 4 1:350,000 Monument Valley Area ABANDONED URANIUM MINES PROJECT MONUMENT VALLEY AREA WATER SAMPLE INFORMATION Longitude (DMS) Latitude (DMS) Map ID Sample ID Field Type Sample Name Elevation (ft) Sample Date Sample Time (W) (N) 1 KY980910OLS003 Spring Tse-li-chee-hateh Spring 109 50 40.450 37 1 12.07919 4531 10-Sep-98 2:37 PM 2 KY980910OLW004 Well Stockpile Well 109 51 54.831 36 56 10.0104 4802 10-Sep-98 10:45 AM 3 KY980910OLS002 Spring Kiishzhinii-be-toh Spring 109 51 58.602 36 55 36.3593 4804 10-Sep-98 12:01 PM 4 KY981012OLW012 Well Artesian Well 613 109 51 50.499 36 55 32.6430 4799 12-Oct-98 10:40 AM 5 KY980901DEW002 Wind Mill Tank 8T-519 109 46 23.957 36 55 24.8562 5055 01-Sep-98 11:32 AM 6 KY980901DEW001 Wind Mill Tank-East Of Chapter 109 48 29.801 36 53 54.5862 5140 01-Sep-98 10:13 AM 7 KY980910OLW005 Well Shallow Well-Adakai 109 54 54.366 36 52 52.5528 4985 10-Sep-98 12:54 PM 8 KY980922OLS007 Spring Sand Spring 110 3 19.8377 36 55 55.8119 5010 22-Sep-98 10:10 AM 9 KY980922OLW008 Well Monument Valley