For most Russian residents, the Krasnodar Territory is associated with the beaches of the Black Sea coast. Some may still remember the coast of the Sea of Azov and mineral waters. But most non-locals will find it difficult to remember which minerals of the Krasnodar Territory are known to them. Although more than sixty of them were found in the local bowels.
Geological structure
Krasnodar Territory as a territorial unit of the Russian Federation was formed in 1937. It is located in the southern part of the country. More than two thirds of the territory - the northern part - is occupied by flat terrain. One third - the southern one - is occupied by the foothills and mountains of the Greater Caucasus. This variety of relief was the reason that more than two hundred mineral deposits are known in the territory of the region. Mineral map of the Krasnodar Territory shows the location of the main deposits.
Summary of resources
As you can see from the above map, the flat part is rich in blue fuel deposits. There are also some ore deposits here. But the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, their western part, is the main place where the minerals of the Krasnodar Territory are located (oil and deposits of various building materials - limestone, gypsum, marl, sand and gravel). In addition, this is the main place of occurrence of mercury ores. Rock s alt and the most famous minerals of the Krasnodar Territory - mineral waters are also mined here.
Hydrocarbons
This territory is the first in Russia where a production oil well has been drilled. It happened in the middle of the nineteenth century. Since then, other regions have taken the lead in oil production, but oil production is carried out in the local area and at the present time, new wells are regularly put into operation.
Currently, over one hundred and fifty oil and gas fields are known. The main deposits of natural gas fall on the Azov-Kuban depression. Oil fields stretched in a chain along the foothills of the Greater Caucasus. The largest oil reserves were found in the Novodmitrovskoye field. In addition to production, oil is processed in the region at the respective plants in Tuapse and Krasnodar.
Building materials
Various materials for the construction industry - the most diverse minerals of the Krasnodar Territory. The photo below shows what marble looks like when mined.
Becausenot far from Sochi there are its deposits. Almost all of them lie along the foothill line. Marl deposits near Sochi are rich in cement raw materials. Granite and gravel are mined near Gulkevichi and Kropotkin. Limestone harvesting is carried out near the village of Varenikovskaya. In the Krasnodar Territory, quartz sand is still being mined for use in construction and molding sand for metallurgy.
Healing springs
The minerals of the Krasnodar Territory in terms of water mineralization are grandiose. In terms of the presence of medicinal mineral waters, this territory surpasses any European analogues. Numerous springs rich in mineral water are concentrated here. S alty or bitter-s alty (iodine-bromine) waters are intended for the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the musculoskeletal system. The springs are located along the Black Sea coast, as well as in the Caucasian foothills. The Slavyano-Troitskoye field contains about thirty percent of all Russian reserves. In addition to the usual mineral springs, there are also thermal ones.
Ore minerals
Ore minerals of the Krasnodar Territory do not look so bright against the rest of the background. The Taman Peninsula is represented by ferromanganese ores. Iron ore (Malobambakskoe) and manganese ore (Labinskoe) deposits have been discovered along the river banks. The richest copper was the Labinsk deposit in the foothills of the Caucasus. Here, in the foothills, but more east, rather rare mercury minerals are mined.ores in four known deposits. Gold is also mined here, however, in very small quantities.
Colored stones and more
Krasnodar Territory has deposits of colored stones - material for decoration. Two places of occurrence of jasper and one source of jadeite are processed. In addition to colored ones, two places of deposits of facing stones are also known. The layers of the only known but very rich rock s alt deposit reach a total thickness of almost five hundred meters. S alt is not edible, but is used to extract chlorine by electrolysis and to obtain boiled edible s alt. More than thirty deposits of seashells are also known, but only six of them are processed. This material is used in the form of feed flour.
