MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT and REGULATION DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT Chennai Regional Office
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INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT Chennai regional office Mine file No : TN/TNL/LST-72.MDS Mine code : 38TMN15049 (i) Name of the Inspecting : N001( ) N.SUBRAHAMAANYAM Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Assistant Mining Engineer (iii) Accompaning mine : Mr. Uthandaraman rep of Owner. Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 08/03/2017 (v) Prev.inspection date : 14/02/2010 PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : PERUMALPATTI(2.18ACR) (b) Registration NO. : (c) Category : B Manual (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : TAMIL NADU District : TIRUNELVELI Village : PERUMALPATTI Taluka : SANKARANKOVIL Post office : PERUMALPATTI Pin Code : 626136 FAX No. : E-mail : Phone : 04562 - 34442 )/ 04563 - 2 (f) Police Station : (g) First opening date : 07/01/1998 (h) Weekly day of rest : SUN 2. Address for : M/S VIJESH CHEMICALS correspondance THOMBAKULAM POST RAJAPALAYAM(VIA), VIRUDUNAGAR DT.-626136 3. (a) Lease Number : TMN1250 (b) Lease area : .88 (c) Period of lease : 20 (d) Date of Expiry : 04/01/2018 4. Mineral worked : LIMESTONE Main PAGE : 2 5. Name and Address of the Lessee : M/S VIJESH CHEMICALS THOMBAKULAM(POST) RAJAPALAYAM(VIA) VIRUDUNAGAR VIRUDHUNAGAR TAMIL NADU Phone:04562- 34447 (O) / 04563- 21527(R) FAX : Owner : SMT.R.CHANDRA, P.A.HOLDER THOMBAKULAM VILL VIA- RAJAPALAYAM VIRUDUNAGAR DT VIRUDHUNAGAR TAMIL NADU Phone: FAX : Agent : R.SURGUNAM THOMBUKULAM VIA-RAJAPALAYAM VIRUDUNAGAR DT. VIRUDHUNAGAR TAMIL NADU Phone: FAX : 6. Date of approval of Mining : Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 13/05/2004 Plan/Scheme of Mining Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 11/09/2013 Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 03/09/2014 PAGE : 3 PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS Exploration : Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks 1a Backlog of 2 WD & 2CD up Exploration not done due Existing pit: 69m previous year from 24m to financial problems. x 59m x 29m depth level & pit reached level proposed. 1b Exploration over Nil Nil No comments. lease area for geological axis 1 or 2 1c Exploration Nil Nil No comments. Agencies and Expenditure in lakh rupees during the year 1d Balance area to Entire lease Nil. No comments. be explored to area was bring Geological covered. axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve 40100 tones Reserves and resources No comments. as on 01/04/20 (111) & have been estimated up 146632 tones to 29m depth from (222) surface. 1f General remarks Nil. Mine is not working due No comments. of inspecting to labour problems / officers on MOEF clearance geology, exploration etc Development : Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 2a Location of Centre part of Mine is not working due Nil. development lease area, OB to labour problems / w.r.t.lease area pit and Ore MOEF clearance. Pit 33x28x2.5m height. 2b Separate benches Separate Same as proposed. Nil. in topsoil, benches for overburden and topsoil cum OB minerals (Rule and ore are 15) proposed. 2c Stripping ratio 1:0.04 Same as proposed. Nil. or ore to OB ratio 2d Quantity of Top soil cum Same as proposed. Nil. topsoil overburden generation in m3 generation in m3 is about 450. PAGE : 4 2e Quantity of Top soil cum Same as proposed. Nil. overburden overburden generation in m3 generation in m3 is about 450. 2f General remarks Nil. Mine is not working due No comments. of inspecting to labour problems / officers on MOEF clearance. development of pit w.r.t. type of deposit etc Exploitation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 3a Number of pit One pit at Working as proposed. Nil. proposed for centre part of production lease area i.e. 33x28x 2.5m height. 3b Quantity of ROM Proposed 9600 Working as proposed. Nil. mineral tones production proposed 3c Recovery of Salable is 60% Achieved as proposed. Nil. sailable/usable from ROM mineral from ROM production 3d Quantity of No rejects Mineral rejects is 40% Nil. mineral reject of ROM which includes generation rock fragments, impurities etc. 3e Grade of mineral No rejects Nil. Nil. rejects generation and threshold value declared. 3f Quantity of sub No sub-grade Below 40% of CaCO3 with Nil. grade mineral mineral. contaminations of calc generation. gneiss waste are considered as mineral rejects in these particular formations. 3g Grade of sub Nil Nil Nil grade mineral generation 3h Manual / Cat" B" Same as proposed. Nil Mechanised opencast method adopted manual method. for segregating from ROM PAGE : 5 3i Any analysis or Nil Nil Nil beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. 3j Provision of Drilling & Same as proposed. Nil drilling and blasting is blasting in proposed by mineral benches contract basis. 3k Provision of Excavators for Excavators will be Nil mining development of deployed for development machineries in benches and of benches and loading. mineral benches loading. Manual labours will be engaged with the help of spades and axes for removing the ROM and hand sorting 3l Whether height Height of Same as proposed.. Nil. of benches in bench in overburden and overburden is mineral suitable 1m and mineral for method of bench is 2.5m. mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area 0.40 ha Same as proposed. Nil. covered under excavation/pits 3n Ore to OB ratio 1:2 Same as proposed. Nil. for the pit/mine during the year. 3o Total area put 0.84 ha Same as proposed. Nil. in use under different heads at the end of year 3p Production of 1.2011-12:nil. 2011-12:1100 The deviation in ROM mineral 2.2012-13:nil. 2012-13:1300 production is due during the last 3.2013- 2013-14:4300 to poor recovery. five year period 14:12571 2014-15:4500 as applicable 4.2014-15:7043 2015-16:9000 5.2015-16:9537 3q General remarks Nil. The deviation in Nil. of inspecting production is due to officers on poor recovery. method of mining etc. Solid Waste Management - Dumping: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 6 4a Separate dumping Top soil dump Proposed as per Nil. of topsoil, OB & waste dumps proposal. and mineral are proposed. rejects (Rule 32,33) 4b Location of Dumps are Proposed as per Nil. topsoil, OB and proposed at proposal. mineral reject western side dumps of ML area. 4c Number of dumps Within lease Proposed as per Nil. within lease area two proposal. area and outside dumps without of lease area nil. 4d Location of Dumps are far Proposed as per Nil. dumps w.r.t. away from UPL proposal. ultimate pit limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active Two dumps are Proposed as per Nil. and alive dumps. active & proposal. alive. 4f Number of dead Nil Nil Nil dumps. 4g Number of dumps Nil Nil Nil established. 4h Whether No retaining Not applicable. Nil Retaining wall wall or or garland drain garland drain all along dumps all along are there. dumps proposed. 4i Length of Not applicable Nil Nil Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps 4j Number of Nil Nil Nil settling ponds 4k Specific Top soil Topsoil dump does not Nil comments of dumping is have any problem of wash inspecting partly offs. officer on waste utilized for dump management plantation. Solid Waste Management - Backfilling: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 5a Status of part After complete Limestone is yet to be Nil. or full extraction of exhaust. extraction of Limestone, mineral from pits shall be mined out area backfilled. before starting backfilling. PAGE : 7 5b Area under Not applicable Nil Nil backfilling of mined out area 5c Concurrent use For plantation As proposed is Nil. of topsoil for use only. maintained restoration or rehabilitation of mineral out area (Rule 32) 5d Total area Not applicable Nil Nil fully reclaimed at present. and rehabilitated 5e General remarks The As per proposal. Nil of inspecting plantations officers on along the backfilling and safety barrier reclamation etc. have been marked. Progressive Mine Clousre Plan: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 6a Whether Annual Annual report Not submitted No comments. report on PMCP on PMCP has to submitted on be submitted time and on time and correctly. Rule correctly - 23 E(2). Rule 23E (2). Details should be given in the format as given in Annexure-20. 6b Area available Nil Nil No comments. for rehabilitation (ha) . 6c afforestation 0.07 0.12 Nil. done (ha). 6d No. of saplings 20 20 Poor growth due to planted during water problems. the year 6e Cumulative no 90 90 Poor growth due to .of plants water problems. 6f Any other method Nil Nil Nil. of rehabilitation 6g Cost incurred on Nil. Nil. `No comments. watch and care during the year PAGE : 8 6h Compliance on Nil. Nil. No comments. reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (i) Voids available for backfilling ( Lx B x D 6i Compliance on Nil. Nil. No comments. reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings 6j Compliance on Nil. Nil. No comments. reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area 6k Compliance on Nil. Nil. No comments. reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iv) Rehabilitation by making water reservoir 6l Compliance on Nil. Nil. No comments. reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of Nil. Nil. No comments. rehabilitation of waste land within lease (i)afforestation 6n Compliance of Nil. Nil. No comments. rehabilitation of waste land within lease (ii)Area rehabilitation (ha) 6o Compliance of Nil. Nil. No comments. rehabilitation of waste land within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation PAGE : 9 6p Compliance of Nil. Nil. No comments.