PERMFILE138996

• Permit No: M1977129
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: APPLICATION FOR MINING AND RECLAMATION PERMIT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

' • • EXAIBIT I/J (Cont'd)
dark mineral grains; 67 to 70 percent basalt gravel; 'risible
' secondary calcium carbcnate, costly finely divide3; calcium
' carbonate eaui-ra_].ent a_rro~:inately
alkaline; gradual wavy boundary.
IIC3ca 28-60"--Sand, gravel, and cobble with
' mostly basalt; common dark mineral
soya accumulated secorda_~-y calcium
3J percent; noderataly
:oarse fragments being
:,rains; calcareous, with
carbonate on the underside
' of sand and pebbles.
The Al horizon is gravelly sandy loa= or gravelly 1c~3.
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Elacs ton stony lose, 3 to 25 percent s_opes (Btn).--ibis gently

sloping to steep soil occurs on high terraces an3 benches. It has
the profile described as typical for the series. Included in mapping
is up to 10 percent of litalire and Avalon soils. Also included in
some places are small areas along terrace edges that have shale or
sandstone bedrock at depths of 36 inches.
Surface runoff is moderate to rapid a~3 th_ erosion hazard is
' moderate.
The soil is used mostly for graying and as a source of gravel.
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This is a miscellaneous land type consisting of fine sand, gravel,
1 cobblestones, and water-worn stones. It occurs along the Gunnison
and Colorado Rivers and is subject to occasional partial overflow
because it lies cnly 4 to & feet above the normal water level of
1 the streams. A.s a rile, the deposits at the higher levels have
somewhat hummocky relief and consist mainly of sand, loamy fine
sand, an3 fine sand with a few strips or patches of gravel in
' places. alt lower levels, the gravelly and cobbly materials are
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