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INTRODUCTION <br /> F resources survey 0t a _roDosed mi ni nc_ access road in t' e <br /> r, cul GUrdl ra 50ur 5 SG LY, + nc'uc tee , 0c sober 197'_ <br /> White River National Forest, Scoris Ois , � was cc <br /> for Mid-Continent Resources , Inc- at the reauest cf the U .S. Geoartmene of <br /> Agriculture Forest Service. The survey was effected to comply withxecu- <br /> tive Order 11593, the National Historic�cresFre3diwork Act <br /> wasfper6ormed by6, and the <br /> National Environmental Policy Act of 19�� . <br /> C arl E. Conner of Grand River Institute, Grand Junction, Colorado under a <br /> Special Use Permit (no number) issued by District Ranger Victor K. 'Weyer. <br /> Location <br /> The surveyed new mining access road is located on ,.he U .S .G.S . 7 . 5 ' <br /> topographic map series quadrangle "Placita, Colorado, 1963, in: <br /> T. 10S . , R.89W. , 6th P.M. <br /> Section 20, SE z Sti!>. Sv:' <br /> Section 21, N z N41 NW% S1� and SI;% S':�=� - <br /> (see map,. <br /> Toocaraonv/Access <br /> The route surveyed fcr the new mining access road ascend` the nGrtneast <br /> (Pitkin County) side of huntsman Ridg� , ziczaccincruQQthe drainage of the <br /> southern fork Of Dutch Creek, a tributary t0 Goal ., k, which i5 in turn a <br /> tributary to the Crvs tal R i ver . The new road of cxs uo at the terminus G an <br /> y- 1 "OO meet and rises <br /> exi sti no bladed road at an elevation CT aperoxi...a��l v 10, <br /> to d point along the Huntsman P.ida_e- oo having an elevation of Just over <br /> 1i,000 feet and from wnicn one is afforded an extensive View Of rile <br /> West Elk Mountains. There is water in the Dutch Creek drainage year-round, <br /> due to many seers and springs issuing from -the hillside! Carbondale <br /> Access to the study area is gained by .,raves' nd soutn from <br /> on Colorado 133 approximately 16.5 miles to the Coal Creek road, which is then <br /> traveled approximately 7.5 miles to Mid-Continent' s , mine. From here , one <br /> travels approximately .5 mile southwest on an existing_ road to the beginning <br /> of the new access road (flagged) (see map) . <br /> Gecloay/Soils <br /> The upper part of the Mesaverde Formation underlies the study area. <br /> These beds were deposited during the Upper Cretaceous oeriod and consist of <br /> interlayered sandstone, shale, and coal beds (Twe+..o, Mcench , and Reed 19i8) <br /> Larce sandstone bounders are scattered throughout the study area , especially <br /> near the too of Huntsman Ridge. <br /> Soils in the study area are dark, shaley/clayey !cams, formed in are shallow <br /> siduum from the underlying sandstone , shale, and coal begs becoTheming na�;�oi s?Pow <br /> and fairly dry near the upper elevations of the study dr_a, <br /> lower in the drainage. <br />