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Home My WebLink About20211124_NCGSNC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1. lR Alw Zaz� �V MINING PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW CHECKLIST Mining is . complete this Application/Permit No: 61-19 1 Action: Section New Modification I Transfer Applicant Name: Blue Ridge Quarries / Buechel Stone Corp. 1XIi< Mine Name: Steel Gray Mine County: Mitchell Latitude: 35.90320 7.5 Quad: Spruce Pine Longitude: -82.03340 Attached page 1-3 of the mine application. Suspense Date for Comments: 12/10/2021 NCGS tocomplete this Section Geological Significance: YES ❑ NO Commodity: �CRMSYtfio 5JD&116 Mineral Resources: G �jE'1SS 1985 Geological Map Unit: _ r Other Geological Map Units: 4,Ak PA444A �C. Lithology: �'•`�� Le Subsidence: n yIA , , Slope Stability: A Q /A Seismic Hazard: A t Hydrogeology: n � C Tot, YAU'�/�Am""P/ Comments: -% % AA VJ Reviewer: Date: �2 l f 00 2 Cam+ M Rev: 2020 r0 1 NORTH CAROLINA MINING State of North Carolina 1612 Mail Service Center PERMIT APPLICATION Department of Environmental Quality Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (919) 707-9220 NOTE: It is recommended that you contact the appropriate Regional Office or the Raleigh Central Office for a PRE - APPLICATION MEETING to discuss your intentions and address any questions. 1. Name of Mine County Latitude (decimal degrees to four places) Longitude (decimal degrees to four places) 2. Name of Applicant Applicant Contact Applicant Email Telephone Cell Phone Steel Gra Mitchell Mine 035-54-09.28 082-01-58.10 River Basin French Broad Buechel Stone Corporation Chris Bucy Consultant Contact Chris Peters cbucy@buechelstone.com Consultant Email chris.peters@arcadis.com 828-756-8220 Telephone 517-324-5052 828-803-9723 Cell Phone 3 Permanent Address for Receipt of Official Mail" 7274 Highway 221 North Marion, North Carolina 28752 4. Mine Office Address same 5. Mine Manager Lr ns tiucy Mine Manager Email cbucy@buechelstone.com Telephone .756, 8220 Cell Phone 828.803. I certify that all details contained in this permit application are true and correct to the best of our knowledge. We fully understand that any willful misrepresentation of facts will be cause for permit revocation. 0 . •Em01 FAMA EMMWEMAsROWAM Date 'This will be the name that the mining permit will be issued to and the name that must be indicated on the reclamation bond (security) that corresponds to this site. "The Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources must be notified of any changes in the permanent address or telephone number. —Signature of company officer required. G.S. 74-51 provides that the Department shall grant or deny an application for a permit within 60 days of receipt of a complete application or, if a public hearing is held, within 30 days following the hearing and the filing of any supplemental information required by the Department. All questions must be addressed, and all required maps provided before this application can be considered complete. Attach additional sheets as needed. Revised Jui%{ 13, 2021 �.� G ' 11 NORTH CAROLINA MINING State of North Carolina 1612 Mail Service Center PERMIT APPLICATION Department of Environmental Quality Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (919) 707-9220 NOTE: All the following questions must be thoroughly answered regarding your mining operation for the intended life of the mine. All responses must be clearly conveyed on a corresponding, detailed mine map. A. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MINE 1. Answer all the following that apply: 01 This is an application for a NEW permit. Indicate the total acreage at the site to be covered by the permit _ (This is the acreage the new permit fee will be based upon.) Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is leased? Acres owned: Acres leased: Property owner if leased: This is an appiication for a MODIFICATION to a mining permit. Mining Permit Number: 6 1 -19 Tctai permitted acreage: 12.74 Does the modification involve acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary? YES FX NO If yes, indicate the acreage to be covered by this modification Does the modification involve acreage outside the previously approved permitted boundary? YES FNO If yes, indicate the additional acreage to be covered by this modification 1 .35 NOTE: You must complete all of Section F of this application form entitled Notification of Adjoining Landowners Of the acreage to be added to the permit, will any portion be affected (i.e.: disturbed, ground cover removed) by the mining operation? 0 YES NO If yes, indicate the acreage to be affected within the acreage to be added to the permit 0.70 The modification fee is based upon the proposed new affected acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary plus the proposed total acreage to be added outside the previously approved permitted boundary. This is an application for TRANSFER of a mining permit. Mining Permit Number: 61-19 Total permitted acreage: 12.74 Revised July 13, 2021 P a g e 12 3vp '7 NORTH CAROLINA MINING State of North Carolina 1612 Mail Service Center PERMIT APPLICATION Department of Environmental Quality Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (919) 707-9220 MINING FEE SCHEDULE A nonrefundable permit application processing fee when filing for a new mining permit, permit modification, or transferred permit is required as follows: APPLICATION TYPE 0 — 25 ACRES 26f ACRES New Permit Applications $3,750.00 $5,000.00 Permit Modifications $750.00 $1,000.00 Permit Transfers $100,00 $100,00 Annual Operating Fee $400,00 $400.00 Acres for new permits means the total acreage at the site to be covered by the permit. Acres for modification of permits means the new affected acres within the previously approved permitted boundary plus the proposed total acreage to be added outside the previously approved permitted boundary. 2. Name of all materials mined: black quartzite 3, Mining Method: Hydraulic Dredge Q Front-end Loader & Truck Dragline & Truck Self -loading Scraper Other (please explain): Blasting 4. Expected maximum depth of mine (feet) SO' ❑ Shovel & Truck Depth is relative to what benchmark? (e.g., natural ground level, mean seal level, road elevation, etc.) Top of highwall Expected average depth of mine (feet) 40' 5. Has an area at this site been mined in the past? YES NO If yes, when and by whom was this activity conducted? Mining was by several unknown individuals hislanc ily and Blue Ridge ouarnes from 2010 6. Estimated life of the operation (years): 10 NOTE: The Department may request clarification on how life of mine was calculated. 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Mine site is in the Zabg — Alligator Back Formation — Late Proterozoic — finely laminated to thin layered; locally contains massive gneiss and micaceous granule conglomerate; includes schist, phyllite, and amphibolite.