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i <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />the developed profiles. Volunteer vegetation, usually native <br />grasses, with some perennials and shrubs, is present within those <br />areas bladed sometime since 1939. This volunteer vegetation <br />suggests that even the parent material may be a suitable plant <br />growth medium. <br />Site Specific Soils: <br />Four basic soil pedons occur on site. The first of these <br />(map unit UF) is found on flat to very gently sloping open grassy <br />areas. Profile depths are generally '~> to 48 inches to <br />unweathered valley fill that resulted from glaciation in the <br />geologic past. The second pedon (map unit FA) has similar <br />profile characterisitcs to that of map unit UF, but occurs under <br />a forest canopy. Profile depths are generally ~7 inches to the C <br />horizon and have a slight hint of an argillic horizon. F'edon <br />three (map unit GO> e;;hibits characteristics quite different from <br />those of map units OF and FA. These soils have formed on very <br />gravelly glacial outwash in e;;cess of 40 feet deep. Alluvial <br />sorting is quite evident in the outwash and bands of non-cobbly <br />non-gravelly material occur. These bands are loamy in te:;ture <br />and would provide far an e;;cellent plant growth medium when this <br />area is mined. <br />The fourth mapping unit (MS) are those areas that were <br />disturbed during other periods of mining that have potential for <br />either fill material or a source of suitable plant growth <br />material. Generally this mapping unit has resulted from the <br />ie~:elinq of hill tops or ridges by bulldozers to allow for the <br />easy maneu~~ering or warE::ing of mining equipment. When these <br /> <br />