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SITE LOCATIONS & GEOLOGY 2. The Patton Cla}• 1~1ine: (Permit # M-1998-067) \'lap ~ sL~~ar> iii i~~ nrt,,I L,%a!i~a: ~d tho I'eti~~u l;La \biir, a~'crssablc lrotn LS Rte. 70 ti- 2 miles east ol• Canon City, Co., via Cty. Rd. 69 where the geoloSq consists of the sn•ata and clays of the Glen Eyrie Shalr.• member of the F+umtain Fornation. Further, the map shows streams, marls, utilities, wells, :+II dwellings with in 311110 ft., and ot}ur structures. •Phen: arc no dwellings and wells exist within 3000ft. of the proposed blasting. There is cxtrnsivc published geological work has mapped thc• Fuuntxin Formation with thr associated clays and shales throughout Fremont County. It is the T•.yric shale member who's strntigraphic position is several thousand ft. below thr Dakota Group, and contains shales and clays which have brick making pmprrtics. Site sprc•ific ecology indicates that strata of thc• C;Icn Gyrir su~iking \ 30° 1'1' and dippin,t.' to the north-cast. out-crop 22(1 li.:+bovr an :dluvial valley Ilurar• whcrr Wilson Creek (lows. Lonnie Loader Construction of Penrose, Colorado normally conducts blasting. Overburden consists of thin poorly crtnrnted sandstone and shales about 7 to 15 feet thick. Due to the nature of the softness of the clays below the blasting Icvcl, a portion of the• blast impulse is absorbed on sitt•. Blaet holes are USUIIIY 3.7 in diameter with an a~rrage. depth of 8 R on 8 loot centers. :111 holes an' stemmed with 2 feet o(dirt, thus powder thickness is usually Icss than ~ feet. An L•'~-Uct. delay system is incorporated with 27/370 milliseconds is used combining 2 hnle:. 1`1 r. Loader is always striving to maintain his high Ic.~rl OI Cxl)CrnM, I)v ~l:+ying abreast of timch• changes with in thc• blasting industn•, where new trchniyues and devices are introduced as proven to aid in Ll.ta:m<r„rliinu:.+i~ vikn;tti~~n.in,ln~~i>~ (Verbs! communication with Lonnie Luatler, ~-2-02)