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<br />SOILS <br />M <br />The mine permit site includes three soil series as mapp~ <br />United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservat: <br />Service. The soils are: The Alamosa clay loam, the Jodi <br />complex, and the Monte loam. <br />d by the <br />on <br />ro-Colo <br />The Alamosa clay loam (map symbol AO-A) is a deep soil hat <br />occupies nearly level areas and is formed in mixed a11u ium. It <br />is characterized by poor drainage, slow runoff, and sli ht <br />erosion hazard. The soil and subsoil are a grayish bro clay <br />loam about 32" thick. The substratum is a pale brown 1 amy <br />sand. <br />The Jodero-Colo soil series (map symbol VII-C) is deep nd forms <br />on moderately sloping areas in mixed alluvium. It is <br />characterized by moderately good drainage, slow runoff, and <br />slight erosion hazard. A dark brown loam extends to a epth of <br />24" and is underlain by grayish brown loam stratified w th thin <br />layers of grayish brown sandy loam. Below a depth of 4 ", there <br />may be layers of sandy clay loam or loam. <br />The Monte loam, 0-3 percent slopes (map symbol T9-B), i a deep <br />soil that forms on level to gently sloping areas in mix d <br />calcareous alluvium. It is characterized by good drain ge, slow <br />runoff, and moderate erosion. The soil consists of abo t 12" of <br />light brownish gray loam that is calcareous. This is u derlain <br />by about 8" of grayish brown clay loam that grades into a pale <br />brown stratified calcareous loam and sandy loam. <br />The gravel pit (map symbol G.P.) is a mapping unit that shows the <br />approximate boundary of the existing pit. Soil charact ristics <br />are derived from the underlying units. <br />-NOTE: This soils information was derived from unpublist{ed <br />preliminary reports of the Soil Conservation Service an is <br />subject to revision. <br />