Substantiate of schemes for the rational use of deposits of non-metallic minerals of the Brest Region

The article presents an analysis of works dedicated to feasibility of bringing into development commonly occurring mineral resources (COMR) and suggests an approach for classifying, on the basis of development acceptability, the most significant deposits of non-metallic minerals of the territory of the Brest region in terms of thickness and area, which were discovered using numerical geological-genetic modelling of the Cenozoic strata of the region. The proposed approach is based on the use of “land plot category” criterion, allowing for an assessment of the feasibility of introducing deposits into development, taking into account the specific nature of the area to which they are attached, as well as criteria reflecting certain geological and industrial parameters of the deposits (thickness of rocks and overburden, overburden ratio). The procedure for COMR classification on the basis of the proposed approach is implemented automatically by integrating raster scans with subsequent generation of final cartographical classification schemes of two types: the one reflects the acceptability of introducing all the deposit outlines of a particular mineral identified during modelling and the other – the order of development of one particular deposit to be exploited. The deposits on the generated schematic maps are ranked in five categories: (1) most acceptable for development; (2) acceptable for development; (3) acceptable for development in the presence of sharp demand; (4) whose development is highly undesirable; (5) whose development is impossible. The proposed approach can be regarded as a rapid assessment option to screen out the COMR, whose development is unfeasible, in the early planning stage of development.

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