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October Ore Pile Reclamation Exhibit B <br />110(d) Limited Impact Permit Application <br />Nuvemco, LLC <br />6.3.2 Exhibit B - Site Description <br />6.3.2 (a) Soil Characteristics (NRCS, 2007) <br />Veatch/Rock Outcrop/Bookcliff complex, 25 to 75 percent slopes, extremely stony <br />Map Unit Symbol - 3 <br />Map Unit Setting: <br />Elevation: 7000 to 8000 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 42 to 45 degrees (F) <br />Frost-free period: 75 to 100 days <br />Map Unit Composition: <br />Veatch and similar soils: 40 percent <br />Rock outcrop: 30 percent <br />Bookcliff and similar soils: 20 percent <br />Description of Veatch: <br />Setting: <br />Landform: mesas <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): back slope <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): flat <br />Down-slope shape: convex <br />Across-slope shape: linear <br />Parent material: colluvium over residuum weathered from sandstone <br />Properties and Qualities: <br />Slope: 25 to 75 percent <br />Surface area covered with cobbles, stones, or boulders: 9.0 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 20 to 40 inches to lithic bedrock <br />Drainage class: well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): very low to low <br />(0.00 to 0.00 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: more than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: none <br />Frequency to ponding: none <br />Available water capacity: very low (about 2.6 inches) <br />Interpretive Groups: <br />Land capability (not irrigated): 7e <br />Ecological site: Brushy Slopes (R048AY379CO) <br />Typical Profile: <br />0 to 10 inches: cobbly fine sandy loam <br />10 to 22 inches: very cobbly fine sandy loam <br />22 to 29 inches: very cobbly fine sandy loam <br />29 to 33 inches: unweathered bedrock