It is rich in minerals Volgograd region. This Russian region has great potential for the development of the mineral resource base, a large number of diverse natural resources. The main minerals stored in the bowels are gas, oil, magnesium and potassium salts, and raw materials for the metallurgical industry.
Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons in large quantities are located in the Volgograd region. Minerals are found in areas with high development of oil resources.
In total, 93 deposits have been discovered in the region, of which 63 are currently under development. The region receives about three and a half million tons of oil annually.
According to experts, about two-thirds of all hydrocarbon reserves are in new fields. Almost all of the oil in the region is produced in the most economical way - fountain.
Peat
Mining in the Volgograd region is conducted throughout the region. Large deposits of peat were discovered in the northwest: mainly in Alekseevsky, Mikhailovsky, Uryupinsky districts. Peat deposits are located near floodplains of the rivers.
The total number of such deposits is 16. A further 12 (according to forecasts) peat may be in promising developments. The most likely and largest deposit is called the Tlyadinovsky Alders. It is located a few kilometers from the town of Serafimovich.
Peat is actively used in industry in the production of organic as well as organic fertilizers. This is an indispensable component in agriculture, it is also used as bedding on farms and in cowsheds, it is well suited for heating homes and farm buildings.
Non-Metallic Minerals
In order to understand in detail what minerals are mined in the Volgograd region, it is enough to carefully read this article. Actively developing the extraction of raw materials for the production of building materials. Carbonate rocks are especially common in this Russian region. With their help, you can get lime, concrete or crushed stone.
Relief and minerals in the Volgograd region have the potential to produce large amounts of sand. And it, in turn, is indispensable in the industrial production of silicate brick, as well as many building mixtures and mortars. There is also clay, which is needed for the manufacture of ceramic bricks.
Non-metallic minerals mined in the Volgograd region occupy more than 50 only explored deposits. However, only 5 of them are used. The rest are only licensed or in preparation for development.
The largest of these deposits are located within the regional center itself, as well as in the Nikolaev and Uryupinsky areas. Perhaps the most significant reserves are located in the Central Akhtuba and Svetloyarsky municipalities. Due to the large amount of raw materials, the production of ceramic bricks is developing. Eight factories operate in the region.
Expanded clay
Expanded clay is also very common in the Volgograd region. Mineral is used as a filler in reinforced concrete products, as well as as thermal insulation in various backfills.
Expanded clay is a lot due to the large number of clay rocks, they are the raw material for its production. Expanded clay raw materials are extracted at ten deposits. The total estimated reserves are approximately 37 thousand cubic meters.
Those fields that are functioning today are ready to provide the region with these raw materials for the next quarter century. In the future, the discovery of new deposits is possible. At least there are all prerequisites for this.
Crushed stone
Sandstones and limestones are used as natural stone materials in the Volgograd region. Minerals of this class are used to produce crushed stone and rubble.
Particularly strong crushed stone is needed in the production of concrete. Crushed stone is carried from almost 20 explored quarries. In total, there are more than 100 such deposits in which the amount of minerals is estimated on an industrial scale. At the same time, only about half of them are explored. Of these, two thirds are sandstones, the rest are for carbonate rocks. According to experts, these fields have more than half a million thousand cubic meters of raw materials. Most of them are in Zhirnovsky, Kletsky and Frolovsky municipalities. It is there that the main mining is conducted.
Carbonate-cement raw materials
Talking about what minerals in the Volgograd region, one can not help but mention carbonate-cement raw materials.
The base for its production is located in four deposits specializing in limestone, another 12 are chalk deposits. Explored reserves in only two regions of the Volgograd region (Frolovsky and Ilovlinsky) are estimated at 90 million tons. In total, there are certainly more such deposits. Most of them have yet to be scouted.
Some geologists even argue that the Volgograd region has unlimited resources in terms of obtaining carbonate-cement raw materials. So the production of lime here will continue to develop.
Cement
The Volgograd region is one of the Russian regions where the most cement is produced. At the same time, the bulk of this building material is concentrated in one factory, which is located in Mikhailovka. To obtain cement, first of all, such minerals as loams and chalk are needed. They are brought from the Sebryakovsky field.
At the same time, there are plenty of cement raw materials in the region. The account goes to thousands of millions of tons, of which almost 90% are located at the Sebryakovskoye field.
Siliceous raw materials are also in great demand; they call it flask. It is received in the Olkhovy, Kamyshinsky and Dubovsky regions at several deposits. The total reserves of this mineral are about five and a half million cubic meters, and there are also unexplored quarries.
Be sure to mention about the deposits of bentonite clays.
