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Maximum anticipated depth : 48 feet 16 . Mining Method : Run-of-mine material will be removed by either conventional tractor/scraper , or by pumping as a slurry from a floating pump station . It is delivered to a screening plant where sand is separated from clay and silt (minus 200 mesh) . Cleaned sand will be stockpiled for shipment to an off- site processing facility . Figure 3 shows the area to be excavated and the designated stockpile locations 17 . If processing of mined materials is to be conducted at or adjacent to the site, describe briefly the nature of the processing and explain disposal method of tailings or waste from processing: Only a cursory washing process of the mined material will occur on the site to remove the fine clay and silt . The process will involve only the passing of all material over a screen in a water slurry . Water and the fine materials will be piped to ponds where the solids will settle . Water will be recycled back to the screen plant . Sand will be stockpiled for shipment and subsequent processing at an unrelated facility . Waste materials produced from the processing operation are limited to the clays and fine silts suspended in the process water . Process water is recycled back through a series of recycling/settling ponds, where clays and fine silts settle out . The water is recycled and used as process water for the plant . Some of the clays and fine silts are removed from the settling ponds periodically and stockpiled on site for drying . This material may be sold or used for reclamation purposes such as leveling, construction of water management structures , or as plant growth material for revegetation . Clay and silt will also used as a liner material in the final pond during the reclamation program . Landmark Lathrop Group, LLC - 5 - February 3 , 2000