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Exhibit Page 29 <br />Table 1 -1. Soils Descriptions <br />The mining area includes soil units 44, 56, and 102, with some portions of 34. The work <br />area is located in soil unit 144 <br />Cortez Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores and Montezuma Counties (CO671) <br />Map Unit Symbol <br />Map Unit Name <br />Acres in AOI <br />Percent of AOI <br />34 <br />Fardraw very cobbly loam, 9 to 25 percent <br />slopes <br />323 <br />13.3% <br />44 <br />Granath loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes <br />140 <br />5.8% <br />50 <br />Herm very cobbly loam, 15 to 40 percent <br />slopes <br />40.9 <br />16.8% <br />53 <br />Hesperus loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes <br />3.0 <br />1.2% <br />56 <br />Ilex loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes <br />6.2 <br />26% <br />1D2 <br />Ricot loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br />20.6 <br />8.5% <br />141 <br />Wauquie- Doican complex, 6 to 25 percent <br />slopes <br />2.4 <br />1.D% <br />142 <br />Wauqu ie-Dol can- Rock outcrop complex, 25 <br />to 80 percent slopes <br />3.2 <br />1.3% <br />144 <br />Wethenll loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes <br />35.6 <br />14.7% <br />145 <br />Wethenll loam; 6 to 12 percent slopes <br />84.7 <br />34.9% <br />Totals for Area of Interest <br />243.0 <br />100.0% <br />The greatest amount of overburden is found in the Granath loam (44) and Ilex loam <br />(56); Granath loam and Wetherill loam (3 to 6% slopes) are considered "prime farmland <br />only if irrigated; the site is not irrigated. <br />Typical terrain and soils on site <br />