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CASTLE CONCRETE COMPANY <br />• SNYDER QUARRY 77-210 <br />EXHIBIT I <br />SOILS INFORMATION <br />For all practical purposes, the soil that originally <br />occurred on the Snyder Quarry site was lost as a result oi` past <br />mining. Some removal was prior to the applicant's operat:.on. The <br />Snyder Brothers were believed to have operated a kiln in i:he quarry <br />area during the late 1800's. With respect to the absence of material <br />topsoil, the Snyder Quarry is a little different from the Queen's <br />Canyon and the Pikeview Quarries. <br />The limestone formation at the Snyder quarry mitred by <br />Castle Concrete Company, occurs near the surface of the earth in a few <br />isolated locations in the Colorado Springs area. As a re:;ult of its <br />;~ exposure, it weathers into a soil named by the Soil Conservation <br />Service as the Paunsaugunt Series. This soil is a fairly diverse <br />type that can be overgrown by a number of different veget+3tion types, <br />but is best described in terms of its derivation from the limestone. <br />The Paunsaugunt Series is characterized by a da::k grayish <br />brown gravelly loam surface layer about 6 inches thick. 'Che underlying <br />material is a lighter colored, very gravelly loam, which ~axtends to a <br />depth of about 17 inches where the limestone bedrock is usually <br />encountered. <br />Another significant aspect is that this soil hats about 40 <br />percent of its surface covered with a combination of grav~al and a <br />flaggy type of material. This presents a rather stony ap:~earance to <br />the surface. <br />These soils are moderately permeable with a low water avail- <br />S-I-1* <br />