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<br />,~•~ United Statcs Soil <br />Department n( Conservation <br />Agriculture Service <br />9595 Nelson Road, Box D, Longmont, CO 80501 <br />I~Ir. Robert Phillips <br />Route 3 <br />7850 Ute Highway <br />Lyons, CO 80540 <br />Dear h1r. Phillips: <br />• iii iiiiiiiiiimiii <br />February 19, 1981 <br />The following soils and vegetative information is provided. as requested: <br />There are two major soils in your mining area. Colluvial Land (Cu) and <br />Pinata Ruck uutcrop cur,iplex, 5-55i~ slopes (PrF). <br />Colluvial land varies widely in depth, texture, color, reaction, and <br />stoniness. The surface layer is mainly a sandy loam that contains varying <br />amounts of stone and cobbles. The underlying material ranges from loamy <br />sandy to clay, and the soil material ranges from shallow to deep. The <br />erosion hazard is high. Capability class is VIIs nonirrigated. <br />Pinata-Rock outcrop complex is about 45% Pinata very stony loamy fine <br />sand and about 35~ Rock outcrop. The Pinata mainly has the smoother <br />slopes and tire Rock outcrop mainly the steeper slopes. Pinata soils <br />have slow permeability and available water capacity is moderate. The <br />erosion hazard is high and the soil capability is VIIs, nonirrigated. <br />both soils groups (Cu & PrF) have a tree suitability group of 6. These <br />soils are not suited to planting. They are shallow to bedrock; strongly <br />sloping; poorly drained or aerated; excessively saline or alkaline, or <br />cobbly, stony, gravelly, sandy, or very clayey. <br />Reseeding these soils is difficult, and in some places impossible because <br />of the slope, rock outcrops, and amount of stones, cobblestones and gravel. <br />I hope this in~Ur~matiun is dueyuate. Ii yuu have auy ques~ions, please <br />feel free to call or come by the office. <br />Sincerely, <br />u~ <br />Marti Jimi ez <br />Acting District Conservationist <br />0 <br />