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• 2.04.9 Soil Resource Information <br />The soils found in the permit area are delineated on the Soils Map (Map 3). Soils work has <br />been completed by the USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS) for the permit area at the <br />order 2 level. <br />The soils are used almost entirely for limited livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. The <br />majority of the vegetation is grassland. Pinon pine and juniper are found in the western part <br />of the permit area. <br />Following the SCS order 2 survey for the mine plan area, Colorado Coal Mining Company <br />subsequently conducted a detailed site specific soil survey during January and February 1980. <br />The purpose of this program was to develop additional information to conSrm and <br />complement the SCS mapping. The SCS survey was reviewed for field precision within the <br />mine plan area. A series of soil cores (sampling locations shown on Map 3) were drilled <br />through the topsoil and subsoil into the bedrock material. The soil cores were visually <br />logged in the field. Topsoil and subsoil samples were saved and brought to the laboratory <br />for chemical and physical analysis. The holes sampled in 1980 were used also to determine <br />soil and subsoil thickness. <br />As suggested by representatives of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, the <br />accepted methods of soil analysis (set forth in the Wyoming Guideline #1) were employed <br />• for all soil analysis. Also, as suggested by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, <br />the soil samples were tested for pH, electrical conductivity, saturation percentage, particle <br />size analysis, texture, soluble calcium, magnesium, sodium, sodium absorption ratio and <br />organic matter. As shown on the Soils Map (Map 3), nine soil mapping units are found <br />within the permit boundary. These mapping units are as follows: <br />(Cl) Noden Loam <br />(FcD) Fort Collins Loam <br />(2C) Otero Fine Sandy Loam <br />(PP) Olney-Progresso Sandy Loam <br />(8T) Travessilla -Kim Loam <br />(LT) Louviers-Travessilla -Rock Outcrop Complex <br />(LTE) Louviers -Travessilla Complex <br />(21F) Olney Sandy Loam <br />(Ba) Baca Loam <br />As suggested by representatives of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, a <br />method of chemical soils analysis for CCM#1 would follow the State of Wyoming, <br />Department of Land Quality Guideline No. 1 for all soils analysis. <br />• <br />2.0460 <br />