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1'he proposed operttiun i. expected to average approximately 450.000 tons per your, depending <br />un local market :md economic conditions (conditions to date at neighboring opera[iuns indicate <br />low-production ranges of 200,0(1(1 to ?(7(1,1)1)11 tuns per year and high-productions tsngcs of <br />600.(11111 w ?50,000 tons per rear(, and thercli+rr. the expected operational lili is upprmnnstclc <br />I'_ nears. l-his allows ti)r `) years of production and ? }cars ti,r rrlr:sse of the rcclaintcd site. <br />\1ateri(d trill he prc)cessed Irum ttvo distinct pits: ('ell :\ and Cell R. Cell ,1 occupies <br />approxim:ttely 47 acres :md ('ell 13 ?1 acres. respectively. •fhe proposed operation t+'ill start <br />frith the trestem ('ell A. and a)mplcteh mine it out prior to mining of Cell H. I.aeh of the <br />cells will he stripped in internal phases of approximately 15 to 211 acres each in order lu allow <br />li)r rl'ticicnt rrmocal oi' the resources. minimal °douhle-handlinc' and stockpiling of <br />overburden, and concurrent reclumatiun. I he Cells will be mined to a 0.5:1 slope and <br />overburden replaced into the pit to create a 2:1 u, ?:I slope depending on proximity to the <br />water elevation. ticraprn ur other similar rarthmoving equipment will he utilized to renu,ce <br />and stockpile the otcrhurchn lur later use in rccl:unatiun of the site. Front-end loaders and ur <br />h:tckhars and truck,. when ncecssan, trill he usal to mine the sand and gravel and deliver it to <br />the prinutn' crusher. 1 he initial phase trill myuire that the stripped olerhurdcn he placed in <br />overburden stockpiles ti)r later placcntent us part of the reclamation plan. <br />\L'ith the addition a(the otrrhunlen stockpiks and roads. it is anticipated that approxintawly <br />35 ;(ere. of total disturbance trill occur. tiuhscquent intemal phases will lk stripped ,just prior <br />to cuntpletion uF mining of the preceding phase +rith the stripped overburden being placed <br />directly into the previous phase. 'I"his sequence trill he repeated as curb intemal phase is <br />completed and a nett intemal phase is opened up. <br />Based on exploration borings completed in the tall of 20114, the \orth 13attk property on <br />avera_r tunt:sins approxintaleh _' to 5 feet of oterburden. 1R to 25 feet of,and a»d gravel. and <br />is un.lerlain b~ shale. :lppruxintate quantities :tee as lullows: <br /> 1:111 < :drulntiun+ b:+.cd un 1linmo w IL$:I tilrrt x• and I2cAaiming Io 3:1 ~lupel <br />CELI. ~ ~II(Al'1 Cl'ISI( 1 \Rb~ tOxti AY(.. IYII( KxI•:~~ <br /> I fu <br /> <br />A <br />191.7 ip <br />l)c¢rhurilt~,, ' <br />_-_ _. _t <br />- <br /> •- _ <br />. ~:md l lir.r.:l <br />'_.167.200 ? <br />Oa <br />g I Ov.rhunlcn 281.000 <br />~ 6 <br /> t <br />l Sand A Graret 1.5W.700 21 <br />TOTAL t)tcrburdcn 472,750 <br /> Sand S (~ruvcl 3.731.900 <br />1'ro(:(asinL <br />I he proposed up~ruiun hill utillre I ;tt:Irg~ L1'est Int.'s \lanun Creek \tinr's processing <br />facilities and scale house. :~ primary enuhrr ~~ ill be located adjacent to the active mining area. <br />from the primary crusher. the sand and grate( will go by conveyor across the Colorado River to <br />