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<br />• CASTLF. CONCRETE COMPANY <br />PIKEVIE47 QUARRY 77-211 <br />F.hHIEIT I <br />SOIL IidFORMATION <br />Most of the Pikeview Quarry site has had its soil lost as a <br />result of mining prior to the time that Castle Concrete Company assumed <br />responsibility for the mine. No topsoil was saved and little thought <br />to reclamation was given by the previous operators. This makes the <br />reclamation situation on this quarry exceedingly difficult for Castle <br />Concrete Company for they must now attempt to reclaim an operation that <br />was conducted in such a manner as to almost preclude truly effective <br />reclamation. Of the problems facing Castle Concrete Company the lack of <br />• a suitable topsoil to be placed over the quarry area is one of the <br />less serious. <br />As was the case with the Queen's Canyon and the Snyder Quarry, <br />the soils that originally occurred on the site were of the Paunsaugunt <br />Series. This soil is primarily derived from limestone, specifically <br />the limestone mined by Castle Concrete Company. It is characterized <br />by a dark grayish brown gravelly surface layer about 6 inches thick and <br />is underlain by a lighter colored very gravelly loam which extends to a <br />depth of about 17 inches where the limestone bedrock is usually <br />encountered. The surface has about ~Go of its area covered with gravel <br />and a flaggy material and therefore is quite stony in appearance. <br />This series is a moderately perreable soil with a low water <br />availability capacity. Plant roots generally cannot penetrate beyond <br />• about 20 inches deep before bedrock is encountered. The surface runoff <br />is rapid and erosion hazard potential high. <br />P-I-1 <br />