Jms- my family and I are in the quarry business. We purchased and already operating pit. When we acquired the pit we had to take company, ppl, pit, machinery everything. Even though some of it was undesirable. Starting your own like you are talking about seems better to me bc then you get to pick and choose where you blow your money. There are some things that should be discovered before biting the bullet here, of course. Have you run any samples of this material through a lab? Knowing your LA abrasion and breaking PSI is quite important in selecting the type of crusher you install. I have only been doing this for about 7 years now, and I have never looked at another pit but mine. I am not familiar with inertia impactors(hsi?vsi?), but if there is much abrasion I have been told an impactor is a poor choice. Oly been told that, like I said unfamiliar with them. I have a 79% silica content and I am pretty close to one of the most abrasive pits around, also word of mouth, other peoples opinions. I have heard of some limestone that is quite abrasive, just saying. Another question is how do you plan to extract your ore? Is it diggable with a track hoe? If it is are the larger pieces that are extracted going to have to be broke with a hammer? Or do you need to blast? Blasting can be quite an expense, even owning your own drill and loading holes yourself. But it makes for Easy digging and If done correctly will do a decent job in pre sizing your material for you, to get to the latter part it takes a couple practice runs to see what is right for your pit. And bigger is better, as with most explosions. And another question is how do you power your plant? Municipal power or genset? I have much more of interest to discuss but not time now. I will check back later and offer more if interested.
