AGGREGATES MANAGER / March 2018
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customers across the valley and state."
The Peoria Pit, however, is set up
to be more permanent, thanks, in part,
to Core Ready Mix, a concrete company
that has a batch plant on the site. "A
large portion of the washed products
that we produce go to Core's batch
plant," Palmer explains. "To be able to
sustain their need for aggregates, we
have to have a crushing spread and a
wash plant at the site full time."
Dealing with challenges
When Southwest Rock Products began
mining the pit in 2015, some culturally
sensitive areas were identifi ed. The
land being mined is located in the Agua
Fria Basin, which is an area that has
seen Native American activity for more
than a thousand years. This means
no mining can be done in the areas
the Desert
Southwest Rock Products' Peoria
Pit is located in the Agua Fria
Basin northwest of Phoenix.