Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel
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Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel Chapter- I Introduction 1.1 Brief Foreword of Project proponent and Project Site Mr. Joy Kochukunnel, the Owner , has applied a fresh quarrying lease for operating Granite Building Stone over an extent of 0.9632 Ha at Sy. Nos. 318/1, 318/2, in Thirumeni Village, Thaliparamba Taluk, Kannur District, Kerala. The said firm is an Ownership Firm. A copy of the Proprietorship is enclosed. Possession, Tax Paid certificates & Consent letter as applicable are enclosed as Annexure No’s. 7, 8 & 9. Mining Plan for Granite Building Stone quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel at Re. Sy. Nos. 318/1, 318/2 in Thirumeni Village, Thaliparamba Taluk, Kannur District, Kerala for total mine lease area of 0.9632 Ha is approved by District Geologist, Department of Mining and Geology, Kerala. Mr. Joy Kochukunnel is the Authorized Signatory of this Granite Building Stone Quarry to submit application to statutory authorities like Department of Mining & Geology, DEIAA and to receive Environmental Clearance from DEIAA, Kerala. Attested Copy of Photo ID of the Authorized Signatory is enclosed as Annexure No-5 There is no quarry in operation within 500 m surrounding of the propose Permit area of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel. So after including the present quarry permit area of 0.9632 Ha quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel, the total area within 500m will be Ha only which is < 25 Ha and as such it can be treated as B2 category as per No. DOC/M 2630/2017 dated 30th October 2017 and submitted to obtain environmental clearance from DEIAA. In this regard a certificate is obtained from Department of Mining and Geology, District of Kannur is given as Annexure No 3. This feasibility report for Granite Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel at Sy. Nos.318/1, 318/2in Thirumeni Village, Thaliparamba Taluk, Kannur District, is prepared towards getting environmental clearance from DEIAA Kerala. Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel Chapter- II 2.1 Project Description Project Proponent Mr. Joy Kochukunnel Mailing Address Proprietor Kochukunnel House, Thadikkadavu (P.O), Kannur-670 581 Re. Sy.Nos. 318/1, 318/2 Location Thirumeni Village, ThaliparambaTaluk, Kannur District, Kerala state Quarry Lease Area 0.9632 Ha Type of land Private Land 2.2 Salient features of the study area Latitude 12⁰14’10.66” N to 12⁰14’15.34” N Longitude 75⁰24’51.68” E to 75⁰24’55.23” E Nearest Town Cherupuzha – 10 Km Nearest Railway Station Payyanur Railway Station – 50 Km Nearest Airport Mangalore Airport – 160 Km Nearest Highway SH 39 12 Km Highest 520m above MSL. Elevation in (M SL) Lowest 470 m above MSL. Top most level 510 m above MSL Working depth Bottom most level 455 m above MSL Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel The Google Map showing Location of the lease area is given below:- Table 1: Description of Each Pillar in the Lease Area BOUNADRY LATITUDE(N) LONGITUDE(E) BP1 12°14'14.79" 75°24'51.68" BP2 12°14'15.34" 75°24'53.55" BP3 12°14’11.80" 75°24'55.23" BP4 12°14'10.66" 75°24'52.25" 2.3 Land use plan of the project site Proposed quarry lease area is 0.9632Ha.Land use pattern of the lease area is shown on the surface plan (Plate No. 3). The present, plan period and conceptual land use pattern of the lease area is shown below: Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel Table No.2 – Land Use Pattern of the Lease area Sl. No. Particular As on date Plan Period Conceptual period 1 Area under Quarry pit 0 0.6831 0.6831 2 Area for infrastructure 0 0 0 3 Green belt/ Plantation 0 0.2801 0.2801 4 Road 0 0 0 5 Area for future use/undisturbed 0.9632 0 0 Total area 0.9632Ha 0.9632 Ha 0.9632 Ha At the end of life of mine, the excavated pit will be 0.6831Ha, in which 0.61479Ha will be reclaimed with stacked dumping and overburden and rehabilitated by plantation and the remaining part 0.06831Ha will be used as a water pond. The details of the post mine land use are given below: Table No-3 –Details of Post Mine Land Use pattern Type of Extent in Post mining land use of Extent in Sl. No activities Ha degraded land Ha. Water Pond 0.06831 Area under s1 0.6831 Backfilling and Quarry pit 0.61479 Reclamation Green belt / 2 0.2801 Green belt / Plantation 0.2801 Plantation 3 Road 0 Road 0 Total 0.9632 Ha Total 0.9632 Ha 2.3 Employment Generation It is proposed to employ 10 people from nearby villages for the said quarry. This project will also create additional employment indirectly. 2.4 Project Cost Total Project cost: Rs. 10 Lakh Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel Chapter- III 3.1 Process description The Quarrying operation is carried out in different stages. A flow chart depicting the operations is shown below: OPENCAST METHOD DRILLING & BLASTING 32 mm BLAST HOLE. Nitrate Mixture Explosive BENCH FORMATION 5.0 m HEIGHT & 5.0 WIDTH EXCAVATION BY EXCAVATORS LOADING BY EXCAVATORS / LOADERS TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCKS / TIPPERS DESPATCH TO CLIENT / CUSTOMER The quarry is proposed to work with conventional open cast with bench system method with mechanized mode of operation. Based on the mode and method, taking into the consideration of geological parameters of the charnockite body, the quarry pit will be so designed such that the height of the bench is kept about 5.00 m max. Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel 3.2 REGIONAL GEOLOGY The area forms a part of the Precambrian metamorphic complex of Kannur district, comprising mainly rocks of the Charnockite Group. Large patches and lenses of Hornblende-Biotite gneiss and Biotite gneiss are seen towards the east-north-east and east of the area. The rocks have a general WNW-ESE strike of foliation with steep dips, often giving rise to WNW-ESE tight isoclinals folds. Thick, reddish laterite profiles are seen developed over charnockite towards the south and west of the area. 3.2.1 LOCAL GEOLOGY The site forms the western slope (slope angle 20-25° towards W) of an E-W trending ridge. Dark coloured, medium grained, massive charnockite is seen exposed within the site. Observations close to the site indicate that the rocks have undergone different phases of fracturing/jointing. Two prominent sets of joints are observed: (1) North east-South west (50- 230°) sub horizontal joints dipping towardsSE and (2) North west-South east (160-340°) steep joints dipping towards NE. Symptoms of in-situ melting and localized formation of biotite- gneisses is also observed. Retrograded rock portions display patches of hornblende-biotite gneiss of very dark colour. 3.3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FORMATIONS Geological parameters / features of the ore body as obtained from the field mapping reveal the following: Length of the ore body : ranging from 119.36 to 120.4 (Avg- 119.88m) Width of the ore body : ranging from 69.7 to 93.36(Avg-81.53m) 3.3METHOD OF ESTIMATION OF RESERVES The estimation of ore reserves is made by conventional parallel cross section method using geological cross section. The geological cross sections are prepared across the strike of the ore body. The area of individual litho units in each and every cross section is calculated separately. The volume between the cross section is arrived on the basis of the average area of production cross section. And tonnage is arrived at by multiplying by bulk density. Note : Following are the parameters considered for reserve estimation: Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel (i) In the allotted area, the mineral is exposed from the lowermost level of 470 m MSL to the top most part of the hill at 510 m MSL. Hence, the reserve for proved category has been considered up to 455m MSL. (ii) Bulk Density of Stone and associated minor minerals is taken as 2.5Ton /M3. 3.6RESERVES OF MINERALS Considering the above parameters and exposures observed in the existing pit in the allotted area, the surface geological plan and geological cross-sections & longitudinal section are prepared. Accordingly, the reserves for Stone and associated minor minerals have been estimated on cross- sectional area method. Geological Reserves:- Table 4- Section wise Geological Reserve Estimation Proved Reserves Area of cross Influence Section line Vol. in m3 Total Ton section (m2) length (m) A-A’ 4,265 41 1,74,865 4,37,162.5 B-B’ 4,049 42 1,70,058 4,25,145 Total 8,62,307.5MT Mineable Reserves :- To estimate the minable reserves, the reserves blocked under 7.5 statutory barriers and due to formation of systematic benches up to Ultimate Pit Limit have been considered. Table 5- Section wise Mineable Reserve Estimation Proved Reserves Area of cross Influence Section line Vol. in m3 Total Ton section (m2) length (m) A-A’ 1,981 32.5 64,382.5 1,60,956 B-B’ 1,878 35 65,730 1,64,325 Total 3,25,281MT Building Stone Quarry of Mr. Joy Kochukunnel Total Geological Reserve = Proved reserve = 8,62,307.5 MT Total Mineable Reserve = Proved reserve = 3,25,281 MT Table 6 Reserve Estimation Table RESERVE ESTIMATION MINEABLE RESERVES SECTION A-A' Bench Area Influence Density Ton 510 34 32.5 2.5 2,762.5 505 63 32.5 2.5 5,118.75 500 88 32.5 2.5 7,150 495 110 32.5 2.5 8,937.5 490 137 32.5 2.5 11,131.25 485 164 32.5 2.5 13,325 480 189 32.5 2.5 15,356 475 212 32.5 2.5 17,225 470 236 32.5 2.5 19,175 465 288 32.5 2.5 23,400 460 25 32.5 2.5 20,718 455 205 32.5 2.5 16,656 TOTAL 1,60,956 MT SECTION B-B' Bench Area Influence Density Ton 510 36 35` 2.5 3,150 505 63 35 2.5 5,512.5 500 83 35 2.5 7,262.5 495 103 35 2.5 9,012.5 490 122 35 2.5 10,675 485 146 35 2.5 12,775 480 171 35 2.5 14,962 475 198 35 2.5 17,325 Building Stone Quarry of Mr.