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<br />.8. <br /> <br />.g. <br /> <br />SonNe. Description <br />43 Rock Outcrops ~ Cryumbrepts - Cryaquepts <br />50 Cryoborolls Cryoboralfs Rock Outcrop <br />98 Cryobora1fs Cryoborolls Rock Outcrop <br />168 Haploborol1s - Argiborolls - Eutroboralfs <br />These general;~ed soil associations are not sufficiently detailed <br />in character to be utilized toa great degree without additional field <br />investigations. The only permeability indication for the four soil <br />associations is for the Haploborolls - Argiborolls - Eutroboralfs <br />association and is moderate, slow and moderate, respectively. <br />Field investigations have shown the residual soils derived from <br />the various members of the Minturn Formation possess a moderately high <br />infiltrat4onrate, but the soil mantle;s generally shallow (excludi ng <br />the valley f100r area which has alluvium rather thi:ln residual soils) <br />and becomes saturated during the spring snowmelt process. The tundra <br />zones above timberline (mostly classified as Rock Outcrop - Cryumbrepts <br />Cryaquepts) have a large percentage of rock outcrops which obviously have <br />a high runoff potential. The portions of the tundra zone that possess <br />good solid growth of the lichens and mosses typical of the central Rocky <br />Mountain Tundra Zones will retain significant amounts of water in ternpor- <br />arystorageand long-term storage fortheevapo-transpiration process. <br />The Gore Valley floor is generally filled with alluvial soils con- <br />taining a high percentage of sands, gravels and cobbles. The groundwater <br />table is usually found at depths near or somewh<lt above the mean sea sonal <br />stage level for Gore Creek and slopes upward toward the valley walls. <br /> <br />The permeability of these alluvial soils is very high and except for a <br />few very localized spots mainly near or within the golf course, the <br />potential infiltration is not influenced by a high groundwater table. <br />