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USDA soil unit 11 -Feltonia- Coutis sandy loams, 6% to 15% slopes. This complex is <br />on fans and terraces. Elevation is 7,800 to 8,500 feet. The Feltonia soil makes up 50% of <br />this complex, and the Coutis soil makes up 35 %. The Feltonia soil is on the tops of rolling <br />terraces, and the Coutis soil is on the foot slopes along drainageways. The Feltonia soil <br />is deep and well drained. It formed in alluvium. Typically, the surface layer is grayish brown <br />sandy loam 8 inches thick. The subsoil is dark grayish brown gravelly sandy loam 11 <br />inches thick. The substratum is light brownish gray sandy loam in the upper 13 inches and <br />is white very gravelly sandy loam to a depth of 60 inches or more. The Coutis soil is deep <br />and well drained. It formed in alluvium and colluvium. Typically, the surface layer is dark <br />brown sandy loam 11 inches thick. The underlying material is dark brown sandy loam 37 <br />inches thick. The substratum is brown gravelly loam to a depth of 60 inches or more. This <br />soil makes good construction aggregates. USDA soil unit 23 - Norriston extremely <br />cobbly sandy loam, 15% to 40% slopes. This is a deed, somewhat excessively drained <br />soil on terraces and fans. It formed in glacial outwash. Elevation is 8,400 to 9,00 feet. <br />Typically, the surface layer is brown very cobbly sandy loam 6 inches thick. The subsoil <br />extends to a depth of 23 inches. It is brown extremely cobbly sandy loam in the upper 5 <br />inches, light brown extremely gravelly sandy loam in the middle 7 inches, and light brown <br />extremely gravelly loamy sand in the lower 5 inches. The substratum is tight brown <br />extremely cobbly loamy sand in the upper 11 inches and is light brown extremely cobbly <br />sand to. a depth of 60 inches or more. This soil makes good construction aggregates. <br />(ii) The stratum beneath the deposit is presumed to be sandstone, shale, or conglomorate <br />or a combination thereof. <br />(g) The primary commodities to be mined/extracted are sand and gravel to be used for <br />construction, eg. Landscaping "Rock", Road Base, Concrete and Asphalt Sizes ASTM <br />C-33 specifications, topsoil and all other construction aggregates for which the material is <br />suitable. <br />(h) This site has Topsoil type soil as a secondary commodity that are of commercial value <br />at the present time. Therefore, topsoil will be a product mined and sold at this mine. <br />