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All of the above mollisols belong to the suborder borolls. <br />For further information on soil properties, refer to Volume I, Section <br />2.04.9, soil resource information. <br />FOUNDATION <br />The Hayden Gulch site lies within the Williams Fork Mountains at <br />the southern edge of the Wyoming Basin physiographic province <br />and immediately north of the White River Plateau, a westward ex- <br />tension of the Southern Rocky Mountain province. <br />With regard to major tectonic units, the Hayden Gulch area is <br />located in the structural limb separating the Sand Wash 8asirt to <br />• the north and the White River Uplift to the south. The site is <br />situated on the southwestern limb of the small, Northwest plung- <br />ing Watering Trough sync]ine. Strata in the immediate area dip <br />4 to 8 degrees northeast. <br />All bedrock exposed in the Hayden Gulch area is Upper Creta- <br />ceous. The youngest is the Lewis Shale, followed by the <br />Williams Fork and Iles formations of the Mesa Verde group, and <br />the Mancos shale. <br />For further information refer to Volume I, Section 2.04.6, geo- <br />logy description. <br /> <br />