20240626_NCGS_Comments

NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
MINING PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW CHECKLIST
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Application/Permit No: 54-75 Action: New Modification Transfer
Applicant Name: Big J and Little J LLC
Mine Name: Sandy Bottom Excavations Mine County: Lenoir
Latitude: 35.2312 7.5 Quad: I Deep Run
Longitude: -77.6503
Attached page 1-3 of the mine application.
Suspense Date for Comments: 07/23/2024
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Geological Significance: YES❑ NOR]
Commodity: Sand Mineral Resources: Sand
1985 Geological Map Unit: Kp -- Peedee Formation -- Cretaceous
Other Geological Map Units: NIA
Lithology: Sand,clayey sand, and clay, greenish gray to olive black, massive, glauconitic, locally fossiliferous and calcareous.
Patches of sandy molluscan-mold limestone in upper part.
Geochemistry Hazardous Minerals: NIA
Subsidence: Possible subsidence due to patches of sandy molluscan-mold limestone in
upper part.
Slope Stability: NIA
Seismic Hazard: NIA
Hydrogeology: Would expect some water seeping into the pit
Flood Plain Deposits: NIA
Comments: Potential for subsidence due to patches of sandy molluscan-mold limestone in upper
paFt of the seetion.
Reviewer: Dr. Kenneth B. Taylor, PG #1835 Date: 06/26/2024
Rev: 2020 ro

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Geology of this mine site is sand from the Kp — Peedee Formation — Cretaceous. Lithology is sand, clayey
sand, and clay, greenish gray to olive black, massive, glauconitic, locally fossiliferous, and calcareous.
Patches of sandy molluscan-mold limestone in upper part. Possible subsidence due to patches of sandy
molluscan-mold limestone in upper part.
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