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USDA--h1ATU?AL TELLER-PAP,K SOIL 112 S. BALDUIIPI <br />• RESOURCE.°, COf!SER• COh1SEF.'dATI0f1 ~ULAMO PARK, <br />' VATIOhJ SEF,`JICE DISTRICT OFFICE 2G863 ~~t`C <br />-----MObile_ 719 459_2091__________________7L9 586_0917--_ ~~ <br />December 23, 1990 <br />Konrad Oker, Sr <br />Part: County Roarl & Bridge 6:apt. <br />P.O. Box 147 <br />Fairpl.ay, CO u0440 <br />42gai',Jl ricJ ypUi' req Uest fOr SO115 Arid r'eclama tlOn lnfi0 rmatlOn <br />pertaining to the mining permit for the Chapparal tt2 Pit, I am <br />for~,rardina tho following ireformation. <br />Soils have been rnarJped -according to N,_,tional Cooperative <br />Soil Survey =.t.andards. Draft. map i.0 units include Betemer, <br />Histic Cry.a:ar.rolls. Lanswicl~., and Vorsid-R,or_k Gutcrop soils. <br />2. Ve<~Ptation pr,~_ent include=. the following r,lants. <br />Graases- Prairie .junegrass (co-domiant), slirnstem muhly (co- <br />dominant.), bottlebrush squirre.ltail, blue grama, mountain muhly, <br />needlegrass, annual and perennial bluegrasses, :and native and <br />introduced wheatc,rasses. <br />,~nrbs and shrubs s~anse•dg= or' el ksedge, astc: i~s, bur_I:whe~ats (inc. <br />yellow sulph~_~rflawer), cinquefoils, pinque, fringed sagebrush <br />(don~in,~ntl, rab!ii.tbrus.h, and cactras. <br />R=-commer~dat.ions and specificat.ion~. for the reclamation plan are <br />as follow_:. <br />Reclam~tinr~ should be ::.n onanin_i prowess concurrent. with mining <br />if ai'. all pn=,sible. Stria and stocl:pi.le t.ope.oil, of which only <br />e,bout o-6 inches of t.~osoil .and subsoil will be present. ae. a <br />growth medium). If soil stockpiles will not. be spread as backfill <br />within one year of storage, recomrnentd they be planted with a <br />veg=tative cover such ac. annual ryegrass, etc. at. 15 PLS lbs/ac. <br />to cnnt.roL erosion. <br />Inst.a].1 adeq~.r.ate c!rainage strur_.t~.~res as neoded, depending upon <br />the mining operational plan. Such it.erns as diversion terraces <br />and sediment. basin(s) may ba nee led. <br />P,evegetate the site with a locally appoved high altitude <br />venetative mi.:tture (attached). Mulching and fertilizer are <br />strongly recornmer~de•d for our local growing season and soils. <br />Appro;<irnate r_osts of the reclamation portion of establishing a <br />vegetative cover on such a remote site are: <br />Seedbed preparation & seeding and harrowing/packing (includes <br />specified Pure Live Seed amounts per species at the broadcast <br />rate, etr--. ): 300.00 por ar_re <br />