PERMFILE120949

• Permit No: M2007013
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/16/2007
• Doc Name: New 112c Appl
• From: McAtee Construction Co.
• To: DRMS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

EXHIBIT D
MINING PLAN (coNr.)
thickness may reach 60 feet or more. These bald knobs and noses
have an extremely thin layer of topsoil, two to three inches.
This alluvium is a reddish-brown well-sorted course gravel, sand
and silt, predominantly granitic and quartzite material with
minor impregnations of calcium carbonate causing cemented lenses
in the deposit.
SOILSAND OVERBURDEN
The SOILS MAP in EXHIBIT I shows the soil types as delineated by
the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) in their
report. Ms. Terry Ann Sturgeon, a Rangeland Management
Specialist for the NRCS Sterling Field Office, supplied a report
on the soil on the site. We have used her analysis in preparing
the reclamation plan along with observations we have made during
the operation of the 111 permit. This information will provide
background for the site as reclamation begins on the entire area.
There are four types of soils found on the site. These
soils are typical throughout Logan County on upland areas. They
have no unusual qualities and on this site are of marginal use
for cropland agricultural purposes.
The four types of natural soils on the parcel determined by
the Natural Resource Conservation Service as shown in the report
are designated as map Units 24, 108, 109, and 118. See page 1 of
3 in the NRCS report for the location of the soils in the permit
area. More detail information including, the soils description
and engineering qualities, can be found starting on page 21 in
this application.
Unit z4 , Dix-Altvan complex - 9 to 25% slopes, covers 28.3 ac . ±
or 60.7% of the permit area. This soil is described as having
two characteristics, one common to the Dix soil and one to the
Altvan. The Dix soil is a deep, somewhat excessively drained
soil with the surface layer being a dark grayish brown gravelly
loam averaging 4 inches thick. Being a gravelly soil the
permeability tends to be high and the available water capacity is
low. The Altvan soils are described as a deep, well-drained soil
with a dark grayish brown sandy loam with the surface layer
averaging 5 inches, overlaying gravel deposits. It is a
moderately permeable soil, has moderate available water capacity
and has a moderate erosion hazard. Location of the soils on the
site suggests that the Dix soils may be what is mostly on this
area. This soil type falls in the capability subclass VIe
nonirrigated and ecological site classification as gravel breaks.
unit 108 , Stomham-Cushman complex - 3 to 9% slopes covers
0.10 acres ± or 0.20°s of the permitted area. This soil crosses
the very northwest corner of the permit area The soil is a
well-drained grayish brown loam averaging 3 inches deep in Logan
County. None of this soil will be affected by mining. It falls
in the capability subclass IIc nonirrigated.
unit 109 , Thedalund-Kim- Shingle complex - 9 to 20% slopes
covers 10.30 acres ± or 22.Og of the permitted area. This soil
crosses through the site in the area currently being mined. The
soil is a well-drained grayish brown deposit averaging 4 to 16
inches deep in Logan County. According to the NRCS report, has a
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