Description
The zoned earthfill dam stands in a zone where sandstones and shales overlay pre-Cambrian granites, schists and gneiss. The earthfill dam lies at a narrows in the river valley where the Gunnison enters the upper reaches of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. The zoned earthfill dam has a volume of 3,080,000 cubic yards (2,350,000 m3). The spillway intake structure has two radial gates, discharging into a concrete-lined tunnel, which in turn discharges through a flip bucket into a stilling basin.
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