Modern mining opportunities and problems of correct assessment of amber reserver in the bowels of Ukraine
| V. Nesterovskyi National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv |
| О. Bakhmachuk National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv |
| Language: Ukrainian |
| Precious and Decorative Stones. No. 3–4 (121–122), 2025: 26–30 |
| Abstract Amber is one of the most important minerals of Ukraine from the group of precious stones and the only precious stone that is currently being mined on an industrial scale. Its resources occupy a leading place in the world, and amberbearing areas of the subsoil cover significant territories within the DnieperPripyat and Carpathian paleofloristic subprovinces. Amberbearing within the subprovinces are fragments of the Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary section, which lie in the upper part of the earth's subsoil at depths of less than one meter to 20–25 m. Significant concentrations of amber in amberbearing strata do not always correlate with lithological and facies factors of the regional plan, but are often associated with local patterns within a small area or structure. Each deposit or manifestation has its own unique characteristics. The current problem of today is to improve the methodology and methods of searching for new deposits, calculating their reserves and developing an effective method of extracting amber with the least loss of minerals and minimizing negative environmental phenomena. This work considers the features of the classical method of calculating and extracting amber and provides some experience in using the hydroerosion method. |
| Keywords: amber, geological exploration, extraction, hydroerosion. |
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