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' 7 <br />' Laboratory, Brighton. Some replications will be run at the Western State <br />' College laboratories. <br />Thus far, all soil samples have been collected. Samples have been shipped <br />' to Colorado Analytical Laboratory. Soil pits were established on site as <br />' follows: <br />1. 30 meters south of mine road - Cochetopa Soils Series 25% slope <br />Liter 1 cm to 0 cm <br />' A Horizon 0 to 15 cm <br />B Horizon 15 cm to over 50 cm <br />Boundaries are indistinct and irregular <br />' 2. 150 meters above mine - Cochetopa Soil Series 15% slope <br />Litter 1 cm to 0 cm <br />A Horizon 0 cm to 16 cm <br />' B Horizon 16 cm to over 50 cm <br />Boundaries indistinct and irregular <br />' 3. 525 meters above mine - Nutras Soil Series 18% slope <br />Litter 6 cm to 0 cm <br />Al Horizon (P.oot Mat) 0 em to 4 cm <br />' Ap Horizon 4 cm to 9 cm <br />B Horizon 9 cm to over 45 cm <br />Boundaries distinct and even <br />Hunter and Spears (1975) was utilized as the source for soil typing. <br />' Input from the local Soil Conservation Service was used to determine preliminary <br /> mapping. Field checks were used to establish final limits. No soil map is <br />' provided because the soil types are directly correlated with the vegetation <br /> map (Figure 3). The Cochetopa Soil Series is associated with the shrub <br /> <br /> communities; the Nutras Soil Series is associated with the forested sites. <br />' Tables 3 and 4 are soil characteristics removed directly from Hunter and <br />Spears (1975)• The text description is quoted directly from Hunger and Spears <br />' (1975): <br />' "The Cochetopa series consists of deep well-drained soils <br />on uplands. Slopes are 5 to 30 percent. These soils formed in <br />colluvial and alluvial material that was derived from basalt. <br /> <br />