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and allow the applicant to open more of the pit area for extraction, and maintain the <br />affected area. <br />It is estimated that the size of the excavated area will be 5 acres at any given time, and <br />that the remaining 4.5 acres will be devoted to product stockpile, topsoil stockpile, and all <br />the related processing equipment, which will include portable crushing and screening <br />plants. This will account for the 9.5-acre floating bond. <br />Sequencing of the events of this mining operation is dependant upon mazket demands, <br />and is not feasible to predict with any accuracy at this time. However, this project has <br />been thoroughly researched and planned in a manner to facilitate reclamation. The <br />expected life of the mine is 8 to 10 years. <br />The Mining Plan Map, included in Exhibit B, along with the Vegetation and Soils Map <br />and Soils Survey, will show in more detail the topography and the gravel deposits. <br />However, the nature of this deposit is a very gravelly sand material used for construction <br />aggregates, such as road base and structural fill materials as the main products. The <br />overburden is approximately 18 to 24 inches in depth, and the gravel deposit is a mining <br />of 25 to 30 feet deep. Overburden will either be used in the product mix or used for <br />backfilling the pit. There are no secondary commodities to be mined. <br />As stated above, sand and gravel are the main commodities to be mined at Mary's <br />Mountain, and there aze no other commodities to be offered. <br />All products for this mine site will be used for construction materials as defined by the <br />DMG, as follows: "Construction Materials" means rock, clay, silt, sand, gravel, <br />limestone, dimension stone, marble or shale extracted for use in the production of non- <br />metallicconstruction products. <br />