Compliance Monitoring Report for Mines and Quarries - National ...

Upper Sukrety Talc Mine (Closed)Upper Sukrety Talc mine is located at Sukrety which falls under survey of Indian Toposheetnumner 78F/1 under Samtse Dzongkhag. It is accessible from Samtse main gate which is about4KMs till the base of the mine. After that we have to track upward for about 30 minutes to themine site. The mine is on the right bank of Sukrety River.General DetailsAddressUpper Sukrety Talc MineC/o Dochu ExportSamtseTel No. 323821Contact Person Pema Wangdi, Site in-charge (17658047)Type of Mineral MineTalc lumpsStripping Ratio (Ore to Waste) 1:10.2Number of working days and Seasonal (180 days) and estimated annual production 1, 500 MTAnnual ProductionGeological/Residual Reserve Estimated geological reserve 5298 MT and mineable reserve 4,500 MTLeased Area and Period 4.91 hectares, ClosedObservations1. Mining Operation DesignPit slope AngleBench Height and Width3. Waste and OverburdenManagementSanitary WasteTopsoilOverburden/Inter-burden,Undersize/Rejects/OthermaterialsMechanism of Dumpingand ArrestingPit slope Angle, BenchHeight and Length of Width6. Environment and ProgressiveRestorationRestorationEnvironmental BondDevelopment work was carried out from top–down andpit slope varies in-between 70 to 85 0 .No benching.The management has not provided disposal facilitatesfor sanitary waste.Top soil was not stored separately but it was disposedalong with the overburden.The overburden generation was very high. Overburdenwas disposed downhill in an identified waste dumpyardin the pit plan.No check dam was seen at the site.Waste materials were washed down which hadcontributed to the siltation of the Sukrety River basin.The mine was left without any restoration.Environment Bond deposited Nu. 1,80,000.07. Others Natural regeneration was visible at the site which waslimited to shrubs.Sukrety River flows below the mine.51