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<br />INVENTORY INFORMATION <br />Site Location: <br />The Powell Rock Pit is located in the NE1/4 of Section <br />9, T3N, R103W. It lies approximately 600 feet north of CO <br />HWY 40, 3 miles east of the town of Dinosaur in Moffat <br />County. See attached location map. <br />Soils Information: <br />The proposed pit area is comprised of approximately 85~ <br />soil map unit 133, Torriorthents-Rock outcrop, shale complex <br />30-758 slopes. The remaining 15~ is comprised of soil map <br />unit 91, Eghelm loamy fine sand, 0-3~ slopes. See attached <br />soils map and map unit description for more detailed soils <br />information. Inclusions of significantly different soils <br />may be present within map unit boundaries. <br />Vegetative Information: <br />The site was field investigated in February 1995, and <br />therefore a complete vegetative inventory of existing <br />vegetation was not possible due to snow cover. The <br />disturbance by previous mining activity has altered the <br />native plant community on portions of the site. See the <br />attached Range Condition Inventory (CO-ECS-2) for the <br />existing vegetative information that was collected. Soil <br />map unit 91 is correlated to the Saltdesert Overflow range <br />site. Soil map unit 133 is not correlated to a specific <br />range site. See the attached range site description for <br />information on the potential plant community of the area. <br />RECLAMATION RECOMMENDATIONS <br />To obtain the best possible reclamation results, the <br />top 12-18", or whatever topsoil is available, should be <br />removed prior to mining and stockpiled separate from other <br />material. Broadcast seeding of the topsoil stockpile with <br />pubescent wheatgrass, crested wheatgrass, and possibly <br />yellow sweetclover is advised, especially if reclamation <br />will not take place for several years. This will help to <br />reduce erosion of the stockpile, and more importantly will <br />reduce or prevent the establishment of noxious weeds. <br />Following mining activity, the area should be graded <br />and shaped to the desired contours, preferably with no <br />slopes steeper than 2 1/2:1. Topsoil, if available, should <br />be spread out over the area, and then ripped deep enough <br />