Quarry of KK Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District
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Granite (Building Stone) Quarry of K. K. Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District – Extent 0.9268 Ha PRE-FEASIBILTY REPORT 1.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE MINING ACTIVITY K.K Surendran is proposing a (Building Stone) Quarry with permit at Survey No. 28/1A2 of Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District, Kerala for an area of 0.9268 hectares. The proposed quarry area is hill rock. In most parts of the quarry permit area, the rocks are exposed and also the granite (building stone) exposures are present / bordering to the lease boundary proving the occurrence of the granite (building stone). The proposed quarry area is located at Vayathur, 23 km from Sreekandapuram and 45 km from Kannur. The highest elevation of the permit area is 435m MSL and lowest is 395m MSL. As the proposed area is hillock, the drainage of the permit area is towards southwest direction. No habitants are located in the permit area. The geological resources of granite ( building stone) in mining permit area are estimated to be 490343MT. The Blocked Reserves a nd Mineable Reserve of granite (building stone) in mining permit area are estimated to be 204506MT and 285837MT respectively. In the first five years of plan period, total 2,25,000 Tons of granite (building stone) shall be quarried/mined. The balance mineral reserves and part of blocked resources shall be quarried after modifying the bench design in next five year period. General Surface area is having well exposed granite rock, and it is having good market demand, therefore the permit holder proposes to produce building stone from this area. Semi-mechanized opencast method shall be adopted, forming suitable benches. The anticipated life of the quarry is 5 years expected. 19 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry of K. K. Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District – Extent 0.9268 Ha 1.1 LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT The proposed quarry area is located at Vayathur, 23 km from Sreekandapuram and 45 km from Kannur. The geographical location with respect to boundary pillars of the proposed mine permitare:- Latitude (N) 12° 5'35.93"Nto 12° 5'41.36"N Longitude (E) 75°41'58.85"Eto 75°42'2.43"E Figure 1.1 Key Plan of the Site Figure 1.2 Route Map to the Site 20 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry of K. K. Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District – Extent 0.9268 Ha Table No 1.1 The GPS Reading of the applied area boundary BP NO LATITUDE (N) LONGITUDE (E) 1 12° 5'38.55"N 75°41'59.19"E 2 12° 5'35.93"N 75°42'0.30"E 3 12° 5'40.49"N 75°42'2.43"E 4 12° 5'41.36"N 75°42'0.02"E 5 12° 5'38.99"N 75°41'58.85"E 1.2 PROJECT PROPONENT INFORMATION Name and : K.K Surendran Karuvankandy House, address of Keezhallur P.O, Kannur, the Kerala – 670 612. Mobile no: 94470 38315 Applicant Email:[email protected] 1.3 NEED FOR THE PROJECT AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE COUNTRY OR REGION The major essentiality of building stone is based on its extraordinary compressive strength and durability. The proposed mining project will accomplish its requirement for the construction of buildings, bridges, paving, monuments and many other exterior projects. Polished slabs and tiles are usually used in countertops, flooring, retaining walls and landscaping around a center fountain/ pond, staircase and many other design elements (residential and commercial applications). It is also known as the maintenance-free stone. Small part of Gross domestic product GDP will be contributed with this mine mineral granite to the state exchequer. The employment opportunities are being created in connecting with the quarrying activities and the local people are being employed for the non technical activities under the direction of 21 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry of K. K. Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District – Extent 0.9268 Ha mining engineers and supervisors. These quarry operations more than 12 persons are being deployed which generates ample opportunities for those peoples indirectly. Applicant will pay royalty for the mineral produced from the mine, direct and indirect taxes will be paid thereby contributing to the regional revenue. The public revenue will further be put for infrastructural development and other sectors like health, education and social welfare. 1.4 END USE (DOMESTIC/ EXPORT MARKET) The rock is not suitable for using as dimension stones, but can be used as ordinary building stones, road metal, and rubble of ballasts after breaking into irregular pieces by blasting and breaking or otherwise as low value item like rubble, aggregates or other building mat erials. 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 SALIENT FEATURES & ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF THE PROJECT Particulars Details Total Mine Permit area 0.9268 hectares Local name of the project Kolithattu area Production 57,000 MTA Life of Mine 5 Years Estimated project cost Rs. 25 lakhs Man Power 12 Highest and lowest 435 m MSL&395 m MSL elevation Land use PattaLand Nearest habitation About 101.1m Nearest town Iritty-16km Stone Crusher & M Sand Five Star Granites,Kolithattu 22 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry of K. K. Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District – Extent 0.9268 Ha Width of access road to the 7 m, Kolithattu-Anakuzhy Road quarry site Nearest Airport Kannur International Airport, 35 Km Nearest Highway Thalassery-Valavupara,4km Nearest Railway Station Thalassery Railway Station,55Km Details of nearby quarry / Sunny Cyriac Quarry. crusher Power supply Electricity is not utilized for mining or dewatering purpose. Water and its Source The total water requirement is about 2.5 KLD in which 0.5 KLD is for domestic uses, 1KLD for dust suppression and 1 KLD for plantation purposes and will be sourced from bore well. Nearest Govt. Hospital / Primary Health Centre,Vallithod,5km dispensary Education facility L.P School,Kolithattu,3km Fire Station Iritty,16Km Ambulance Iritty ,18Km Police Station Ulikkal Police Station,12km Church / temple / mosque None within 500 m radius Electrical installation like Nil. transformer /HT line or LT line Defense installations None within 500 m radius Archeological Features None within 500 m radius Ecological sensitive zones None within 500 m radius Nearest Forests None within 500 m radius Nearest streams/ rivers/ Nil 23 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry of K. K. Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District – Extent 0.9268 Ha water bodies (from mine boundary) Seismic zone Zone-III, Moderate damage risk zone as par BMTPC, Vulnerability atlas Seismic zone of India IS: 1893-2002. Categorization as per Not falling in any ESZ WGEEP Report 2.2 PHYSIOGRAPHY / TOPOGRAPHY / DRAINAGE PATTERN The topography of the surrounding permit area is an elevated terrain with quarry land covered with native trees, shrubs, herbs, grass, climbers, bushes etc.The highest elevation of the permit area is 435m MSL and lowest is 395m MSL. As the proposed area is hillock, the drainage of the permit area is towards southwest direction. No habitants are located in the permit area. 2.3 PERMITHOLD AREA The quarry site covers the mining area of 10.9268 Ha is patta land and in most part of the quarry permit area, rocks are exposed and remaining part with very small amount of top soil and local vegetation . The permit area does not comprise of any protected or reserved forest lands. Ecologically sensitive features like national parks, biospheres, sanctuaries, elephant corridors, Tiger reserves, flight paths of migrating fauna, etc., are also not visible in this vicinity of core zone. 2.4 GEOLOGY 2.4.1 REGIONAL GEOLOGY Based on the study of different section available in the area a tentative stratigraphic has been arrived at which is given below: - Age Thickness (in m) Litho units QUATERNARY 1-15 Soil and Alluvium 24 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry of K. K. Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District – Extent 0.9268 Ha 1-10 Beach sand and sand bars 1-2 Black sticky clay and mud with sheel 4-5 Teri sands and laterite pebble bed 8-10 Polymitic pebble bed with grit and clay -----------Unconformity------------- TERTIARY WARKALLI 1-2 Sandstones with clay beds 2-3 Lignite associated with beds of pluish green clay kalnadu clay -----------Unconformity------------- PRECAMBRIAN Crystalline Rock Intrusives Pegmatite and quartz viens Dolerit – gabbro Dharwars Charnockite -Khondalite (*Secondary Source: - Geological Survey of India -www.gsi.gov.in) 2.4.2 LOCAL GEOLOGY The local geology belongs to the regional geology. Main rock type in the study area is charnockite. At places where they are exposed, the charnockite is medium to coarse grained with dark grey quartz. The soil & over burden thickness varies from av erage1.2m to 0.9m topographically, the area is undulating. 2.5 MINEABLE RESERVES In this area, the (building stone) exposures are bordering to the lease boundary. The mineable reserves are arrived after deducting the reserves locked in mines safety slope along with boundary in compliance withmineral concession rules. The quantity of such kind of reserves is arrived as following :- 25 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry of K. K. Surendran in Vayathur Village, Iritty Taluk, Kannur District – Extent 0.9268 Ha SECTION BLOCKED MINEABLE GEOLOGICAL RESERVE (MT) RESERVE (MT) RESERVE (MT) A-A1 120356 152132 272488 B-B1 84150 133705 217855 TOTAL 204506 285837 490343 2.6 DETAILS OF MINING In this area the building stone is exposed to surface completely and it is having good market demand, therefore the applicant have proposed to produce building stone from this area. It is also proposed to undertake semi -mechanized opencast mining method by forming suitable benches. 2.6.1 YEAR WISE PRODUCTION DETAILS The proposed method of mining will be Semi mechanized open cast mining.