Project
Sargent Quarry
Sargent Quarry is a 317-acre sand and gravel mine located four miles south of the town of Gilroy, California, west of Highway 101 in Santa Clara County and is accessed off of Old Monterey Road. It is located at the most southeastern portion of Sargent Ranch, adjacent to Highway 101.
Sargent Quarry At-A-Glance
Sargent Ranch, in its entirety, is 6,200 acres
The proposed Sargent Quarry site is 317 acres, about 5 percent of the Sargent Ranch land area, located on the southeastern portion of Sargent Ranch
A Use Permit and Reclamation Plan approval is being requested from Santa Clara County
Mining would occur during a 30-year period and would be contained within a 238-acre area of the quarry site, an area about 3.8 percent of Sargent Ranch
Set backs are 150 feet from all environmentally sensitive areas of Sargent Ranch
Over 5,800 acres of Sargent Ranch will not be affected by mining and will be used for mitigation and conservation and ongoing grazing and oil production
Sargent Quarry will create jobs, directly employing up 20 full time skilled workers, and create additional economic benefits to Santa Clara County through direct and indirect expenditures and tax revenues
Sargent Quarry is in the ideal location for a sand and gravel quarry having no adjacent residences or other sensitive land use, direct access to truck traffic going directly on to Highway 101, minimal environmental and visual impacts and on site mitigation and conservation opportunities.
