2008-01-14_PERMIT FILE - X200821712 (6)

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXPLORE INVOLVING REMOVAL OF 250 TONS OR LESS OF COAL JEEP TRAIL COAL EXPLORATION PLAN AREA PAGE 10 range from sandy loamy to gravelly loamy while subsoil textures range from sandy loams to very stoney clays and extremely cobbly sand loamy. The mass movement potential ranges from low to high depending, in part, on slope percentage. Soils of mountain slopes and benches are forming in residuum and colluvium derived from sandstones, shales, and basalts. Igneous parent materials may also be present in some cases. Slopes range from 5 to 65 percent. These soils are deep to very deep, well drained, and exhibit medium available water capacities. Surface textures are typically loamy and clay loamy while subsurface textures range from loamy to very stony clays. The mass movement potential is typically low to medium. Shallow to deep, well drained soils with low to high available water capacities typify the uplands and associated mountain side slopes of the project area. Sandstones, shales, and mixed alluvium are the dominant parent materials on slopes ranging from 5 to 25 percent. Surface soil textures are loamy and clay loamy while subsoil textures range from clay loams to channery loams. The mass movement potential was not rated for these soils. Soils overlying uplands, valley side slopes and alluvial valleys are forming in sandstone materials, eolian deposits, and mixed alluvium. Slopes range from 6 to 65 percent. These soils are typically deep and well drained with high available water capacities. Surface textures are loamy while subsurface textures range form channery clay loamy to clays. The mass movement potential was not rated for the soil portions of these map units. Deep well drained soils with moderate to high available water capacities overlie the fans and associated landforms of the project area. Alluvium and landslide materials from mixed rock sources are the dominant parent materials. Slopes range from nearly level to 40 percent with lesser slopes predomination. Soil textures range from loamy to stony loamy for surface soils and from clays to extremely cobbly loamy sands for subsurface soil horizons. The mass movement potential is rated as low to medium. Rock outcrops occur across the project area and are expressed as bare rock exposures of canyon walls, escarpments, and very steep upland side slopes. Little in the way of soil is included in these map units. Vegetation The following is obtained from the Final Environmental Impacf Statement, Iron Point Exploration License, Iron Point Coal Lease Tract, Elk Creek Coal Lease Tract, Delta and Gunnison Counties, Colorado, February 2000, formulated by the USDA-Forest Service, USDI-Bureau of Land Management and USDI-Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement.