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INFLUENCE OF MINING INDUSTRY ON ENVIRONMENT IN THE SLYUDYANSKIY DISTRICT OF IRKUTSK REGION

A. D. Abalakov, N. B. Bazarova

V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia

The influence of mineral deposits exploitation on environment in the Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Region is examined. Main stages of exploration are reflected. Technology and their mining methods are shown. Compiled map and tabulated explication show the extent of technological environmental impact depending on minable raw materials, their toxicity, way of mining, areas of disturbed lands, their density within municipal formations, considering the territory landscape features. Prospects of the branch development concerned with involvement into circulation of new mineral resources and providing ecological protection due to industrial siting out of the borders of the Cenral ecological zone of the Baikal Natural Territory are revealed.

Keywords: mining, environment, technological impact, map, Slyudanskiy District, Irkutsk Region.

DOI 10.20403/2078-0575-2018-1-117-124