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<br />EXHIBIT B <br />Site Description <br />(Section 6.3.2) <br />The following narrative sets forth the information required pursuant to Rule 6, Section 6.3.2: <br />(a) Vegetation and Soil Characteristics <br />The Brown Derby Mine is located within rangeland controlled by the BLM. The Mine lies at an <br />elevation of approximately 9300 feet on relatively steep slopes. According to the Soil <br />Conservation District, local soils are composed of Lucky Series gravelly sandy loams in <br />Mountain Loam Range Sites and Cheadle Series gravelly sandy loams in Dry Mountain Loam <br />Range Sites. These soil types take the following representative profiles: <br />Lucky Series in Mountain Loanr Range Sites <br />The Lucky Series gravelly sandy loam generally formed on northerly and easterly exposures on <br />mountainsides and ridges having slopes of between five and 45 percent, in locally transported <br />gravelly sediment derived from gneiss and schist. Underlying bedrock is typically hard and <br />resistant to weathering. Soils are moderately deep or deep. They are medium textured, and in <br />places are gravelly, channery or stony. Available water capacity ranges from low to high, and <br />permeability is slow to moderate. Precipitation ranges from l5 to 20 inches annually. Native <br />vegetation commonly includes grasses, such as Arizona fescue, western, bearded and slender <br />wheatgrasses, plus nodding and mountain bromes; forbs such as American vetch and Indian <br />paintbrush; and shrubs such as big sagebrush. <br />Cheadle Series in Dry Mountain Loanr Range Sites <br />The Cheadle Series gravelly sandy loam generally formed ar southerly and westerly exposures <br />on upland ridges and valley sides having slopes of between five and 45 percent. Cheadle Series <br />soils typically formed in material derived in place from gneiss and schist. Soils are well drained <br />and moderately deep. The surface layer is medium textured and moderately course textured, and <br />in places are gravelly, channery or stony. Available water capacity is low, and penneabili[y is <br />moderate to rapid. Precipitation ranges from l0 to 14 inches annually. Native vegetation <br />commonly includes sparse grass cover, such as muttongrass, pine needlegrass, western <br />wheatgrass and squirreltail; forbs such as Indian paintbrush and sulfur buckwheat; and shrubs <br />such as big sagebrush, antelope bitterbrush, Douglass rabbitbrush and prickly pear. <br />Exhibit B - 1 <br />