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<br />-7- <br /> <br />III. SOILS <br /> <br />A, Soils Classification and Overhurden <br />.~-_____~___u_~__.~___,....______...,__________ <br /> <br />The soils of the basin are derived from both the harder crystalline <br /> <br />rock forming the sp'ine of the Gore Ran(ie anel thE' sedimentary eI,'pos its of <br /> <br />the l-1inturn and t-laroon Formations. [n qenerJl, the residual soiL; east <br /> <br />of the Gore Fault are very meager dnd o,'ten barely or do not celver the <br /> <br />underlying crystalline rocks. The residual soils within the aY'('a of the <br /> <br />t-linturn Formation are somewhat deeper ~.though the soils tend to be <br /> <br />CJarse-grained since they are derived n~inly from the coarser sandstone <br /> <br />and conglomeritic members of the fomations. <br /> <br />The General Soil ~Iap of Eagle Cour,ty, prepared by staff mE'l1lbeloS of <br /> <br />t1e Soil Conservation Service, U.S, OeJartment of Agriculture, is, as the <br /> <br />title indicates, a very generalized [la:: of the soils l'lithin thE area. <br /> <br />T1is map indicates only four son types I'lithin the Gon~ Creek 80sin. <br /> <br />Tlese soil associations and desuipt',ons thpy'eof are: <br /> <br />Soi 1 1'10, <br /> <br />Oescriction and Percent Extent <br />__ _.'____J_________.__.________......_______..______ <br /> <br />48 <br /> <br />50 <br /> <br />fluck Outcrops - Cryumbreat.s - Cryuquepts <br />([51 'Cd, d 20~) <br />,. ,:1, '-.- _I,:;> dn _ I') <br />C\'yobo(oll :;- Cr'fobora Ifs (Rock Outcrop) <br />( ('0.' .. (I'; d 'lO;,'~) <br />t ;:J, ~ .? an ~ <br />Cr'yobor'alfs- Cryoboroll s -- Rock Cut.crops <br />('0' '(IU d 200/) <br />(I k), L ,J an _ ,? <br />Haplobcrolls - Argiborolls - Eutroboralfs <br />(40%, 35% and 25X) <br /> <br />98 <br /> <br />168 <br /> <br />Obviously, these generalized soil oS50ciatioos are not sufficiently <br /> <br />detailed in character to be utilizpd to aoy extent in this study. The <br /> <br />on'ly permeability indicat.ion For the fOllr son associations is for the <br /> <br />Haploborolls - Argiborolls - Eutroboralfs asslciates and is 11l0derate, <br /> <br />s'ow and moderate, respectively. <br />