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32 <br /> SCS-SOILS-232G U.S. DEPARTMENT Of AGRICULTURE <br /> REV. 12-70 SOIL DESCRIPTION SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br /> VILE CODE SOALS-II <br /> Soil type Shavano fine sandy loam Sample #2 File No. <br /> Area Nucla Mine near Naturita, Colo. Date May 18, 1979 Stop No. 2 <br /> Classification fine loamy, mixed, frigid, ustic camborthid <br /> Location N606,400 X E1114 100 (Nuela Mine Base) near Center SESW 25T47N R16W <br /> N. veg.(or crop) op Irr. Climate MAT-40-45 , MAP=12-13" <br /> Parent material Sandstone and sandy shale <br /> Physiography upland _ <br /> Rellet —Drainage Salt or alkali none <br /> Elevation 5700 Gr. water none Stoniness none <br /> genSlope 7., Moisture moist to wet <br /> Aspect So Root dlstrib, good in upper part %CIaY' 13-20 <br /> Erosion slight Coarse fragments• few %Coarser than V.F.S.' 35+ <br /> Permeability moderate, <br /> Additional notes This soil is developed on gently rolling upland divides frcxn sandstone and shale <br /> with sane influence of reddish loessial deposits ccxmlon to southwest Colorado. It is <br /> s 1ahtly darker and has some more reddish hies than shavano soils as nox=a1ly-deserJj;er3. <br /> ' Control section average <br /> Color Consistence 44A O <br /> Horizon Depth Texture Structure tionReac Bound- '� ` «e <br /> Dry Moist Dry Moist Met Q� <br /> sandy fine e <br /> Ap 0-6 7.5YR 4/4 loam ran. so Vfr ss 7.6 cs many no none <br /> e <br /> B 6-12 5YR 4/4 SL MabK sh Vfr s 7.6 cs sane none <br /> 8.0 few <br /> C 12-36 7.5YR 6/4 SL K mh Vfr s gs few to <br /> • ev <br /> pany <br /> D 36+ Sandstone & shale <br /> I <br />