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Ollice 303 247.01 ~B <br />• <br />FRED M...IOHNSON,c.P.G. <br />GEOLOGIST <br />v. o. eox 2162 <br />DURANGO, COLORA00 01301 <br />}.a_7 14, 19a1 <br />T0: Ferguson 'engineers, Durango, Colorado <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />Res~Uence 247-3560 <br />RECEIVED <br />h"AY 2 6 1931 <br />MINED LAND RCCLAMATION-COAL <br />COLO. DEPT. Of NATURAL RESO'J0.CE5 <br />SUPJPCT: Soils Investigation, Peacoc}: Coal 1_ine Perrit Area, La Plata <br />Count;•, Colorado <br />:Lttached are a soils map and soil interpretatior, sheets of the <br />Feacock Coal '•:ine Per:r~it ar ea, liap Gulch, La Plata Count~•, Colorado. <br />The area of investigation is divided into three soils units which <br />Teere adapted from information obtained from the Soil Conservation Service <br />of the United States Department of itgriculture. The V4-CD unit co^poses <br />the valle~• fill of Y.ap Gulch. This unit has a scasonall~~ high water table <br />•.:ith orl}• sliLht reclamation limitation. It does ho::ever lie outside the <br />• permit area and will not be affect^:i b-• mine develop:rent. The V3-CD unit <br />forms the footslopes ::nd shallo::er d^ainage fil:.'_ng. TFis unit has sligt <br />reclamation li7r~.t. The aC:O-F unit coxposes tY,e thin soils derived from <br />bedrock. F.ock outcrop r.,a::es up 30 of this unit. This is a transition <br />from a geologic feature to a soils unit. F,eclamation would consist of <br />recontouring.at most if at all possible. <br />tEOF Pzo>•FSS~ay~ <br />C~F~ ~ ~~ I7U2j~y4c~1'~7 ~ j ~~~ ,. <br />'AIPG: ~ -/r red ... JorJsor,, C.P.G. <br />•'•yl~ f. f' • y S <br />F::.'~J <br />• :.ttache.^.ents <br />