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Water Resources of Bill Williams River Valley Near Alamo, Arizona Water Resources of Bill Williams River Valley Near Alamo, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1360-D DEC 10 1956 Water Resources of Bill Williams River Valley Near Alamo, Arizona By H. N. WOLCOTT, H. E. SKIBITZKE, and L. C. HALPENNY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HYDROLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1360-D An investigation of the availability of water in the area of the Artillery Mountains manganese deposits UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1956 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. - Price 45 cents (paper cover) CONTENTS Page Abstract....................................................................................................................................... 291 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 292 Purpose.................................................................................................................................... 292 Location................................................................................................................................... 292 Climatological data............................................................................................................... 292 History of development......................................................................................................... 295 Previous investigations......................................................................................................... 295 Maps and field work................................................................................................................ 295 Well-numbering system........................................................................................................... 296 Personnel................................................................................................................................. 296 Acknowledgments.................................................................................................................... 297 Geology and its relation to the water supply.......................................................................... 297 Land forms and drainage........................................................................................................ 297 Geologic history...................................................................................................................... 297 Rock formations...................................................................................................................... 299 Structure................................................................................................................................... 302 Geophysical investigations....................................................................................................... 303 Description of equipment....................................................................................................... 303 Field operations...................................................................................................................... 303 Interpretation of results......................................................................................................... 304 Temperature survey................................................................................................................ 305 Surface-water resources............................................................................................................ 305 Ground-water resources............................................................................................................. 307 Occurrence and movement...................................................................................................... 307 Storage...................................................................................................................................... 308 Recharge.................................................................................................................................. 308 Discharge........................................................................................................_...................... 309 Water-table fluctuations......................................................................................................... 311 Quality of water........................................................................................................................... 312 Surface water........................................................................................................................... 314 Ground water............................................................................................................................ 314 Potentialities fof water development....................................................................................... 314 Prior rights to water of Bill Williams River............................................................................ 318 Literature cited........................................................................................................................... 318 Index............................................................................................................................................. 319 ILLUSTRATIONS Page Plate 21. Map of Bill Williams River valley near Alamo, showing Recent alluvium and locations of wells, springs, and electrical-resistivity probe sites..............................................................................................................In pocket Figure 41. Map showing the drainage area of the Bill Williams River................................ 293 42. Precipitation in 1946 at stations in and near the Bill Williams River and drainage basin, and discharge of Bill Williams River near Alamo............... 294 43. Diagrammatic section across Bill Williams River near Alamo.......................... 299 44. Cross sections showing probable thickness of Recent alluvium along Bill Williams River near Alamo......................................................................... 301 45. Three-year progressive average of precipitation at Salome, Ariz., for the period 1914-53.............................................................................................. 315 III IV CONTENTS TABLES Page Table 1. Formations in the Artillery Mountains manganese area..................................... 300 2. Momentary maximum, minimum, and mean discharge of Santa Maria and Bill Williams Rivers for water years 1943-52.................................................. 306 3. Records of wells and springs in Bill Williams River valley near Alamo, 1951........................................................................................................................ 310 4. Analyses of water from wells, springs, and surface streams, Bill Williams River valley.......................................................................................................... 312 5. Percent of time in which flow equaled or exceeded indicated discharge, Bill Williams River near Alamo, 1942-5Z....................................................... 314 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HYDROLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES WATER RESOURCES OF BILL WILLIAMS RIVER VALLEY NEAR ALAMO, ARIZONA By H. N. Wolcott, H. E. Skibitzke, and L. C. Halpenny ABSTRACT An investigation of the water resources of the Bill Williams River valley near Artil­ lery Peak and Alamo, Ariz., was made during the spring and summer of 1951 to determine the availability of water for a manganese mine in the Artillery Mountains and a proposed mill near Alamo. Geologic, hydrologic, and geophysical methods were used. In the area studied, the Bill Williams River occupies a basin formed by post-Tertiary faulting. Owing to the comparatively recent formation of this structural trough, the river has not widened its valley appreciably; and it is apparent that side erosion did not ad­ vance extensively in the Tertiary sedimentary rocks that underlie most of the alluvial flood plain at shallow depths. The Tertiary sedimentary rocks are cemented and relative­ ly impermeable, and therefore are not an important source of ground water. Only the un- consolidated sand and gravel of Recent age is capable of storing easily recoverable ground water, but its volume is much less than is suggested by the wide flood plain. No other important sources of ground water were found except at a considerable distance from the Alamo area. On the basis of all data obtained, the volume of Recent alluvium along the Bill Wil­ liams River in the 6-mile reach between the confluence of the Big Sandy and Santa Maria Rivers and the gaging station near Alamo was estimated to be about 100,000 acre-feet. The quantity of ground water stored in this alluvium probably is between 10,000 and 15,000 acre-feet, but it would not be possible to withdraw the entire amount. The water in the river and in the ground-water reservoir contains moderate amounts of dissolved mineral matter, and is hard. Recharge, derived principally from flow in the river and from direct rainfall upon the flood plain, was found to be more than sufficient to balance the ground-water discharge; the excess moves out of the area as surface flow. The total annual discharge from
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