The Shiryaevo adits, located on the slope of Mount Popova in the Samarskaya Luka National Park near the village of Shiryaevo, are evidence of the long history of limestone mining in this region. The limestones that make up the Zhiguli are distinguished by their antiquity - they are more than 300 million years old. Back in the early 19th century, P
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The Pokrovskie Chalky Mountains represent a unique natural landmark in the Orenburg region, possessing significant historical, geological, and botanical value. Located in the Akbulak district, these mountains consist of chalky limestone formations dating back to the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous period. Their layers are enriched with well-pr
The Blue Lake in Ulyanovsk, although it got its name due to the special blue hue of the water, is actually a flooded quarry near the Seldinskoe highway. This reservoir, surrounded by picturesque nature, is known for its beauty and purity of water, which has long attracted both vacationers and freedivers who conduct their training here. Despite pla
The Taiginsky quarry in the Chelyabinsk region is the largest in the region and produces graphite, which is in demand in various industries for its unique properties. Graphite, consisting of pure carbon, has high refractoriness, fire resistance and ductility, which makes it a necessary material in metallurgy, mechanical engineering, electronics, as
Turgoyaksky quarry is an enterprise specializing in the extraction of fluxing limestone, which is located in the Chelyabinsk region. Beginning in 1920, the Turgoyak mining department of the Uralruda trust began developing a deposit of fluxing limestone in order to obtain construction lime. Since 1930, limestone began to be mined as a high-quality f
Один из самых глубоких в мире (глубина - около 500 м, диаметр - около 2 км). Впервые месторождение медно-цинково-серного колчедана, в результате разработки которого возник карьер, было обнаружено еще в 1913 году, но Первая мировая война и революция отложили начало добычи. Разработка началась в конце 1930-ых, через несколько лет был построен медно-с
The Shartashsky granite quarry is an important enterprise for Yekaterinburg and provides a significant portion of the granite used in the construction and renovation of the city. The quarry began development in the mid-20th century, and since then it has played a key role in supplying materials to the construction industry. The quarry operates all
The man-made Ural desert, located near the city of Kyshtym in the Chelyabinsk region, is a unique object created by man. This desert is a tailings pond for waste from a graphite mill. A tailings pond is used to receive and store waste from graphite ore processing, called tailings. The processing plant was built in 1941 after geologists discovered
The Radostnoye deposit (also known as Raduzhnoe or Radoshnoye) was discovered in 1817. The mined ferruginous quartzites were supplied to the Ufaleysky and Kyshtym metallurgical plants. The deposit is part of the Taratash group of deposits and is located on the southern slope of Mount Radoshnaya (also known as Mount Radostnaya, according to the top
In the vicinity of SNT "Uzor" and the village of Gubino, Moscow region, there are peat quarries, which are part of the peat extraction activity. Peat is an organic substance formed as a result of the accumulation of plant residues in conditions of high humidity and lack of oxygen. It is an important natural resource used in agriculture as a fertili
The divers' quarry, a former quartz quarry, is one of the most beautiful artificial reservoirs in the Kyshtym urban district. This quarry is the result of abandoned quarries that began to fill with water after quartz mining ceased in the sixties of the last century. The quarry attracts the attention of divers with its depth, reaching almost forty
The kaolin quarry, known as the Ural "Bali", is located in the Chelyabinsk region, near the city of Kyshtym. This unique landscape is striking in its beauty: the azure water washing the white beaches gives it a resemblance to the tropical beaches of Bali in the Malay Archipelago. The quarry was used to extract white clay containing kaolinite and s
The Astafyevskoye quartz deposit, discovered in 1946, is one of the largest and most significant in the Southern Urals. Located 200 kilometers south of Chelyabinsk, it has long been an important source of piezoelectric quartz for the defense industry. The deposit is associated with a lenticular deformed block of volcano-sedimentary rocks, making it
Огромный,но не глубокий буроугольный карьер сегодня законсервирован. Там бережно хранят оборудование которое, как считают хозяева в скором времени пригодится - стране в конце концов понадобится бурый уголь...Подробнее смотрите в моей группе ТАИНСТВЕННЫЕ МЕСТА ОРЕНБУРЖЬЯ в Одноклассниках!
В самом не обычном и таинственном месте Оренбуржья - заброшенном меловом карьере,когда-то бойко работал завод по переработке мела,где трудились заключённые из расположенной рядышком тюрьмы. Тюрьма и сегодня действует,а вот заводик забыт и покинут,на радость сталкерам! Подробнее в группе ТАИНСТВЕННЫЕ МЕСТА ОРЕНБУРЖЬЯ в ОК.
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