PERMFILE116329

• Permit No: M1997054
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT D - MINING PLAN
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Parkdale Project • 3 • Reclamation Permit
1.3 Sandstone Quarry
The Sandstone Quarry is located on the north side of Tallahassee Creek. An existing
access road will be improved from the processing plant area to the Sandstone Quarry.
The site has been previously mined (pre-law) for sandstone. The Tallahassee Creek 3 A ~
crossing will be corrugated metal culverts or concrete pipe. A total of 3 acres will be
disturbed at this site which includes about 1.5 acres of mining disturbance and 1.5 acres
for sandstone processing and stockpiling.
Initial activities at the Sandstone Quarry site will include topsoil salvage and placement
into a stockpile. As discussed in Exhibit I - Soils, some topsoil may be available for
salvage from the nearly level processing area while little is available from the quarry site.
The quarry floor and processing area will be graded to be tree-draining to a small
sediment pond which will dischazge via infiltration and through a check dam or straw
bales. These erosion control measures will be maintained for the life of the project.
The Sandstone Quatry would be developed as a benched side hill cut extending the area
previously mined. The easily split sandstone would likely be mined by a system utilizin,
drilling and wedges. No blasting is anticipated at the sandstone quarry. Sandstone
processing will include sawing or splitting blocks cut from the face into smaller or
thinner blocks which will then be cut and finished into the end product. Some sandstone
will be mined from the quarry, transported to the plant area and crushed to create a
decorative rock product.
1.4 Processing Piant and Stockpile Area
Processing operations associated with the production of rock products include the use of
portable equipment for crushing, screening, and stockpiling. The crushing unit at the
processing plant area will include crushers operating in closed circuit. The Applicant
will be responsible for obtaining all necessary air quality permits required for operation
of the plant.
It is planned that all mined aggregate materials will be sold and removed from the site.
Excess aggregate, if any, will be stockpiled in a workman-like manner for future use.
For future reclamation by the operator, landowner, or another parry, an appropriate
amount of topsoil will be left in a noticeable, shaped, and seeded stockpile within 50 feet
of mineral stockpiles remaining after final reclamation. Oversize aggregate not sold,
crushed or used elsewhere on the project will be utilized as erosion protection materials.
Fines will be incorporated into tills or will be utilized as plant growth media.
Support facilities in the processing plant and stockpile area include an office trailer, a
locker room shower facility, a maintenance shop and supply warehouse and a scale.
Diagrams showing the locations of the processing equipment, stockpiles, and other
features of the operation are shown on the Mine Plan Map.