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~- SCY--~1~Y1®l- ~ ~YA~~® ~ <br />-- - A ~~ -----_/~ <br />.= l~on~tructio~2 (.,o. <br />~. <br />2635 DELTA DRIVE COLORADO SPRINGS,COLORAD080910 <br />ANNG'AL REPORT <br />MENZER QUARRY <br />76-9HR <br />1984 <br />'. , <br />GEflERAL OVERVIE[d: This operation is a granite quarry with a permitted area of 40 <br />acres. The permit number 76-9HR, was approved on June 23, 1977, but apparently there <br />was a delay in bonding as the first bond seems to have been submitted on Cebruary <br />17, 1978. <br />According to Exhibit C in the permit, the area was originally a very sparselu vege- <br />tated area that was a nearly vertical face of granite about 150' high combined with <br />a steep hillside about 400' high. The mining would open the area and would produce <br />a large number of terraces or steps with approximately 20' wide treads and 20' high <br />risers. Effectively, this greatly increases the amount of ZeveZ land which should <br />translate into increased vegetation cover. (fore important, the step treads will <br />help retain and control runoff so as to reduce severe .erosion. <br />The plan called for completion of the mine in about 11 years or 1988. [t~ith about 20 <br />acres to mine, it appears that an average of about 1.75 acres would be mi.~ed per year. <br />The reclamation plan calls for placement of a minimum of 2' of waste fines on the <br />step treads. The material contains about 30°0 of the bulk which passes th~~ minus 200 <br />mesh sieve. rt should be capable of supporting growth when combined with fertilizers. <br />There is no specific reclamation timetable, but it can be assumed that re~;lamation <br />would occur as areas become available. <br />RESPONSES TO RULE 2.4I: <br />Rule 2. 41(I): Location and number of acres affected during that year. <br />This is an especially difficult question to anscver because of the nature of this mine. <br />The permit called for about 20 acres of mining at 1.75 acres per year. T,~is is a <br />rather deceiving, because steep sloped rock quarries rarely can be operated a few <br />acres at a time without creating severe safety hazards. <br />Actually, this area was operated, to some extent, over the entire 20 acre:>. Intensive <br />mining operations occured over about 14.5 acres in the four years covered by this <br />permit. The remaining acreage is in the stockpile and processing area on the east <br />end of the operation. <br />999 <br />~_ <br />PHONE 392-4207 <br />