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p2INCORPORATED <br />ix ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES <br />STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED - TECHNICALLY PREPARED <br />An evaluation of soil samples was undertaken within operational areas of the May Day Idaho <br />Mine Complex. This section reports the soil resources on the project site for determining the soil <br />types and characteristics, and also the suitability and amounts for use as plant growth media <br />( "topsoil ") during reclamation. Based on previous studies and 2010 field work, a baseline map <br />of the location of the soil types and an assessment of the physical and chemical characteristics <br />for reclamation and revegetation are presented. <br />1.0 General Description of Soil Resources <br />MAY DAY IDAHO MINE COMPLEX <br />WILDCAT MINING CORPORATION <br />ORIGINAL 112d PERMIT <br />EXHIBIT I <br />Soils Information <br />Rule 6.4.9 <br />A Customs Soil Report was prepared for the general area using data available at the Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) website (Attachment I -1). Two soil surveys are <br />reported for the permit area: <br />• Animas- Dolores Area, Colorado, parts of Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, <br />Montezuma, San Juan and San Miguel Counties (C0672); <br />• La Plata County Area, Colorado (C0669). <br />A combined map of both surveys was prepared (Figure I -1). In both surveys, the dominant soil <br />type was the Nordicol very stony sandy loam, 6 to 25 percent slopes with the following <br />characteristics applicable to reclamation at the site: <br />• Landform: Mountain slopes <br />• Parent material: Slope alluvium and colluviums derived from sandstone <br />• Drainage Class: Well drained <br />• Available water capacity: Low <br />• Maximum salinity: Nonsaline. <br />Wildcat Mining Corporation <br />May Day Idaho Mine Complex —112d Permit Application <br />5555 DTC Parkway Suite A -4000, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 <br />Phone: (303) 832 -7664 I Fax: (303) 832 -7469 <br />Revised: August, 2011 <br />GEORGE M.L. ROBINSON,P.G. <br />J. ERICH RAUBER,P.E. <br />