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SITE DESCRIPTION EXHIBIT B <br /> SOILS INFORMATION <br /> The following information was obtained from the basic soils <br /> and vegetation information found thru the USDA' s National Soils <br /> information page and the Soil Survey of Baca County. The follow- <br /> ing soil information is made part of this application. Soil <br /> units are shown on the USDA map, reproduced on page 5 following <br /> this text . The photo map shows the surrounding vegetation <br /> features and soil types . This site lies on a south facing hill <br /> side covered with a terrace deposit of gravel on the north edge <br /> of the drainages that fall into Oklahoma in the southwest part of <br /> Baca County. The top six inches in this site is more sand then <br /> loam but when the vegetation is stripped it will be usable as <br /> growth medium. It will be salvaged and stored along the mines <br /> perimeter for use when reclamation begins . There are two soils <br /> types found on the mine site. <br /> The VoC -Vona sandy loam, 3 to 6%slopes soil series covers <br /> approximately 5 . 3 acres or 54 . 6% of the mine area. The general <br /> soils description indicates that the Vona series consists of very <br /> deep excessively drained soil (2 to 6" per hr) sandy loam that <br /> formed in eolian or partially wind reworked alluvial materials . <br /> The upper most horizon is a 0 to 6 inches or an average of 3 <br /> inches of a sandy loam, or light brownish grey, fine grained soil <br /> usable as topsoil . The upper 6 inches, while not considered <br /> topsoil as such, will be retained for resoiling the site. <br /> Underlying the topsoil is a 2 to 6 feet lens of sandy loam and <br /> then the sandy gravel underlaying that has an unknown depth but <br /> in the adjoining old mine the upper 40 feet was removed. All of <br /> the material is usable but the top 6 inches will be saved for <br /> reclamation. <br /> The Vr2 -Vona soils, warm, 0 to 5% slopes, eroded soil series covers <br /> approximately 4 . 4 acres or 45 . 4% of the mine area. This soil is <br /> the same as for the Vona Sandy Loam only on a flatter slope, with <br /> the exceptions that the top most layer of soil varies from 0 to 3 <br /> inches and as noted above is not really topsoil but rather a <br /> vegetation covered sand. <br /> W.F. RATLIFF -East Sand Canyon Mine 4 June 1, 2023 <br />