PERMFILE115862

• Permit No: C1992080
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX 4-5 SOIL ANALYSIS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

extent, and were not originally recommended for salvage.
Descriptions of these soils are provided from SCS county information.
Twenty three (23) samples were collected by genetic horizons. The
samples were analyzed by Agricultural Consultants, Inc., in Brighton,
Colorado. Methods of analysis are included with the lab data in the
appendix. Each sample was tested far parameters significant to
reclamation.
Each soil was classified on the basis of the laboratory data and
pedon description. Major sails outside the range in characteristics
of established soil series were classified as taxadjuncts and reasons
for naming taxadjuncts are explained.
Each horizon of each major soil in the areas to be affected was
evaluated as a source of reclamation material according to the
standards of the industry. Materials were rated as suitable (good,
fair, poor) or unsuitable and the depths of suitable material
determined.
Soil volume summaries are presented for several areas to be affected
by different types of mining activities. They are:
o Mine pit
o Fill area
o Surface facilities area
o Diversion ditch No. 2
o Staging area
o Channel reconstruction area
o Loadout
Some samples were analyzed in the original study but the data were
not used in this inventory because the samples were not collected in
the appropiate manner. However, those samples had no unsuitable
characteristics for any of the parameters tested. This is confirmed
by this study; for the samples tested there are no unsuitable
chemical or physical characteristics. Some of the soils are rated
poor due to clay but are suitable for use, and some are on slopes too
steep or too rocky to be stripped.
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