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~, ~ ~ /~'~ <br />,c/ <br />. . <br />UNITED STATES III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />DEPARTMEi~lT OF AGRICULTUFZE <br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 999 <br />November 27 1977 <br />Delta, Colo. 81416 <br />Joe L. Iieldon <br />Rt. 1, Box 167 <br />Cedaredge, Co 51413 <br />RE: Red Canyon MinC, Mined land reclamation perm t <br />Dear Mr. Belden, <br />The Red Canon Aline is located in the SlJ?, sec. 12 T 13 S R 95 W, Delta <br />County, Colorado. 'f he area involved is less than ten acres. <br />The general smil of the area is the Beenom-Absarolcee Associat un on 20 <br />to 60% slopes. This particular mine site is in a sort of box canyon <br />which has an occurrence of Mancos shale underlying the gravelly clay <br />loam and channery 1o am. <br />There is no water table within six Euet oC the lowest elevation. 'Ihe <br />erosion hazard is high From water run-off but slight. from wind. Cohble <br />and stone are common on tl,e surface. Less than 10'7: coarse fragments <br />gren[er than three inches diameter, are in the upper surface 14 ;nchas. <br />The soil pH is 6.6 to 7.8 on the surface and 7.4 to 8.4 in [he sub so~l. <br />Frost action is moderate. permeability ;s .6 to 2.0 inches per hour to <br />a depth of about 30 inches then there is hard sandstone. <br />The shrinkaswell potential is low in the upper few 'nclies and moderate <br />from 4 to about 18 inches. Corrosit;vity is higl, to uncoated steel. <br />The range site is a Rocky loam. The vegetation 's sparce due to the <br />disturbance. Howkver, on adjacent undisturbed areas the native vegetation <br />consists of a trace of each four-wing salt-bush, Indian rice grass. Elk <br />sedge, Sage and sparce plants of Rabbit brush, June grass, Cheat grass and <br />Buckwheat. Some Pinon-Juniper exists. <br />~n the disCUrbed areas there is Kochia, Russian knapweed, Russian thistle, <br />Rabbit brush and some annual weeds. <br />B+~sic recl+nmiiton oC thu.vr dLstorhed nrcas w,nild be to e::tablish bunk :Lines <br />of Z:1 with :~ berm-break every 25 to 30 Ceet vertical rise, ;f necessary. <br />The berm could begraded to serve as a diversion Eor run-oEf eater. Sand- <br />stone ledges can be left natural and steeper. <br />Re-seed the area with Norden Crested wheatgrass, hroadcast at a rate of <br />eighteen PLS pounds per acre then drag or rake to cover the seed about <br />'z inch. <br />~~ c //' <br />