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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />EXH1'BIT I <br />SOILS INFORMATION <br />----- ----------- <br />General: <br />Soils in the permit area generally eihibit significant <br />profile development to depths of .?!~ to 16 inches. Residual sails <br />in the area have A horizons that are 4 inches of dark: brown sandy <br />loam or loam, e::cept those soils formed on west aspects in <br />glacial till that does not have a high percentage of cobbles and <br />boulders. These sails have a light brown surface that is very <br />gravelly, however, the gravels are usually in the fine gravel <br />range (4mm to ~~>~nm) instead of e:;hibiting the full range of <br />gravels. <br />The soils over the area have R horizons about ? inches thick <br />usually of sandy loam, sand or loamy sand te::tures. E horizons <br />da not e;rhibit the ~!~ percent clay increase or the necessary <br />argillans for classification as argillic horizons. <br />Parent materials are generally from quaternary glacial till <br />and alluvium comprised of granite, granite diorite, gneiss, <br />quartz and quartzite. The weathering of this material has lead <br />to the development of the generally sandy soil and cobbly profile <br />occurring on site. <br />Considerable soil disturbance has occurred over the permit <br />area. Tailings piles that have been present since about 199 <br />have no indiction of soil development. Soils that have been <br />stripped to below the C horizon indicate that the paren± material <br />has nutrient availability ar~d water holding capacity similar to <br />~1 <br />