PERMFILE59877

• Permit No: M1994117
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: LIMITED IMPACT OPERATION 110 RECLAMATION PERMIT APPLICATION PACKAGE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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on the land surface. Commnn Juniper and K;n;k;.,n;k are the most abundant
small shrubs that are found in this location; and they cover about 10 percent of
the ground. The rest of the ground surface is composed of either small outcrops
of Boulder Creek granite, or waste dump material fiom the numerous prospect
pits and trenches that were dug along the Oscar and Hercules seine.
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Soils Information ~
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The U.S. Department of 'culture's Soil Conservation Service has mapped
this area ae the Juget-Rock Outcrop Complex. Small areas of Peyton soils
near drainage ways and a few small areas of Aliens Park soils are included in
this soil series and rock outcrop complex. A detailed description of the Juget-
Rock Complex and the Peyton and Aliens Park soils was contained within the
previously submitted application for a limited impact permit for the Cash mine
operation.
A large portion of the affected land surface subject to this application for a
milling permit is composed of waste dump material from previous mining oper-
ationsdating back to the 1870'x. None of the Land surface disturbed by these
earlier operations was reclaimed. No soil has developed on the steep faces of
the Who Do, White Cloud, and Wynona mine dumps. The areas surrounding
the margins of the mine dumps have a soil cover that varies from zero to a
maximum of four or five inches in and among numerous outcrops of Boulder
Creek granite. The rest of the affected land surface contained within the
boundaries of this permit application consists of Juget-Rock Outcrop Complex
on gentle to steep mountain slopes. The milling facility was constructed on a
site that has a typical Juget-Rock Outcrop Complex soil profile. Afield exam-
ination disclosed a shallow, Bandy residuum derived from weathering of the
underlying Boulder Creek granite. 'This Bandy residuum is between 3 and 6
inches thick, and ie composed of a surface layer of dark gray, gravelly, sandy
loam that grades into an underlying layer of light gray, very gravelly, loamy
sand.
The native vegetation found in the Juget-Rock Outcrop Complex is mainly
Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, Blue spruce, and Rocky Mountain juniper trees,
which are growing along with scattered shrubs and a sparse understory of
grasses. Juget soils have a rapid permeability, a ]ow available water capacity,
and a shallow effective rotting depth. Because of these soil characteristics,
and the granite rock outcrops, the Soil Conservation Service has classified the
vegetation growing on the Juget-Rock Outcrop Complex as being native
woodlands suitable for range land and wildlife habitat.
EXHIBIT E: Reclamation Plan
The ultimate goal of C.O.M. Inc.'e recl
face affected by this milling operation
enhanced suitability for wildlife habitation.
the reclamation of the mine dumps and the
environment
land sur-
will have an
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