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BlueRidge Silica

Inside our quartzite mine.

Extraction, crushing, screening and stockpiling at the BlueRidge Silica quartzite mine at Bukkapuram, 40–50 km south of Kurnool.

Crushing circuit and conveyors in the pit at the BlueRidge Silica mine

At the mine

These photographs are from our quartzite mine at Bukkapuram. Quartzite is extracted from the face, crushed and screened into boulders, lumps and chips, and stockpiled by size before it is loaded for dispatch.

How it works

From mine to dispatch

Each load moves through four stages at our mine at Bukkapuram: assessment, extraction, crushing and screening, then loading for dispatch.

Mine face

  1. Stage 1 of 4

    Mine assessment

    Mapping, drilling and sampling show where the cleanest quartzite sits before a face is opened.

    Illustration of a crawler drilling rig sampling a quartzite bench beside a survey tripod and a tray of samples
    • Mapping
    • Drilling
    • Sampling

  2. Stage 2 of 4

    Extraction

    Open-cast mining of a shallow, near-horizontal quartzite seam with little overburden.

    Illustration of a tracked excavator digging broken white quartzite from an open-cast pit
    • Open-cast
    • Near-horizontal seam
    • Minimal overburden

  3. Stage 3 of 4

    Crushing & screening

    Quartzite is crushed and screened into boulders, lumps, chips or a custom cut.

    Illustration of a crushing and screening plant feeding a conveyor, with quartzite piles sorted by size
    • Boulders ~300 mm
    • Lumps 30–150 mm
    • Chips 5–30 mm

  4. Stage 4 of 4

    Loading & dispatch

    Graded material is stockpiled by size and loaded for dispatch from the mine.

    Illustration of a wheel loader and dump truck loading sorted quartzite stockpiles for dispatch
    • Stockpiled by size
    • Loaded at the mine
    • Bukkapuram, Kurnool

Dispatch

  • Inclined conveyors feeding a screen house above a pale stockpile
  • Blasted quartzite face showing white quartzite under an iron-stained top layer
  • Vibrating screen and conveyor feeding graded material onto a stockpile
  • Pile of broken white quartzite at the Bukkapuram mine
  • Graded stockpiles of white quartzite across the mine
  • Flat quartzite outcrop across the lease area
  • Crushing, screening and stockpiling area across the working mine
  • Pile of quartzite blocks with white and iron-stained faces
  • Processing line with conveyors and screens under open sky
  • Broken pieces of white quartzite on the quarry floor
  • Crushing circuit and conveyors working in the pit
  • Block of white quartzite with a pen for scale
  • Drilling rig working on the quarry floor
  • Ridge of pinnacled Paniam quartzite above the lease area
  • Inclined conveyors feeding a screen house above a pale stockpile
  • Pile of broken white quartzite at the Bukkapuram mine
  • Crushing, screening and stockpiling area across the working mine
  • Broken pieces of white quartzite on the quarry floor
  • Drilling rig working on the quarry floor
  • Blasted quartzite face showing white quartzite under an iron-stained top layer
  • Graded stockpiles of white quartzite across the mine
  • Pile of quartzite blocks with white and iron-stained faces
  • Crushing circuit and conveyors working in the pit
  • Ridge of pinnacled Paniam quartzite above the lease area

Contact

Questions? Contact our team.

Call our sales team or send us a message, and we’ll help you find the right quartzite product. Sales: +91 77377 39955 · +91 94924 34398

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