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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Georgetown Area, Colorado, Parts of Clear Creek, Gilpin, and Park <br />Counties <br />1-Arents-Dumps, mine complex, 5 to 80 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 7,400 to 9,000 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 16 to 20 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 37 to 45 degrees F <br />Frost-free period., 40 to 85 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Arents and similar soils: 45 percent <br />Dumps, mine: 35 percent <br />Description of Arents <br />Setting <br />Landform: Mountain slopes <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Toeslope, footslope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Mine spoil or earthy fill <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 5 to 80 percent <br />Surface area covered with cobbles, stones or boulders: 2.0 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): High (2.00 to 6.00 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding. None <br />Available water capacity: Very low (about 2.0 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 7e <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 24 inches: Very cobbly loamy coarse sand <br />24 to 28 inches: Gravelly sandy loam <br />28 to 33 inches: Extremely cobbly loamy sand <br />33 to 60 inches: Extremely cobbly loamy sand <br />Description of Dumps, Mine <br />Setting <br />Landform: Talus slopes <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material. Acidic mine spoil or earthy fill derived from igneous and <br />metamorphic rock <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 8 <br />10