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M . • <br />EXH1817 1 - SOILS INFORMATION <br />112 Conversion Application <br />Randy Shaw Pit - Formerly Bernard Nine Pit IlM-84-134 <br />The soils near the Randy Shaw Pit have been classified by tl <br />Soil Conservation Service as Cascajo sandy loam with a 3`k, s <br />There is no topsoil over the site area. <br />999 <br />~e l1SD,a <br />ope. <br />fho Cascajo series consists of excessively drained soils th:~t are <br />nwderalely shallow ovrr mixed sandy and gravelly material. <br />fhr surface> layer of these soils is grayish brown, very fri:ble~ coarse <br />sandy loam 4 to 8 inches thick. The subsoil is grayi:;h bro n or brown <br />coarso loamy :;and or coarse sandy loam, and ii contains sonar gravel. <br />r1 layer of gravelly coarse loamy sand is at a depth of 12 t 3Q <br />inches. In the lower part of this layer is a zone whero li c has <br />accumulated, llelow a depth of 30 inches is gravelly sand, ravel, or <br />gravelly coarse loamy sand. <br />Water ponetrates these suds at a nwderateiy rapid rate <br />Those soils aro variable in characteristics but tend to be ravc•Ily <br />and sandy. Gravel is on the surface in some places as is tle case at <br />the Randy Shaw 1'i t. <br />These soils arc used mainly (or range. The native vegetation is <br />buffalo grass, blur games, sidcoates gams, yucca, and sand sage. <br />They Cascajo sandy loam, 3 to 25 percent slopes is extensive along the <br />Two Butle Creek. Smaller areas of this soil occur along other <br />drainage ways such as where this proposed mining site is loo ted. <br />This soil takes in water at a moderately rapid rate and has <br />permeability in the subsoil. The waterholding capacity is v <br />but most of the water held in the soil is readily available <br />on this soil. Natural fertility is very low. ]t is slightl <br />susceptible to wind erosion and moderately susceptible to wa <br />erosion. <br />ery rapid <br />ry low, <br />o plats <br />ler <br />