EXPERIENCE IN TESTING OLD TAILINGS IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR PROSPECTS OF THEIR INDUSTRIAL OPERATION IN THE COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT OF GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTH URALS
The method of geological research of promising fine-grained tailings dumps technogenic formations from the position of re-extraction of precious metals from industrial waste of processing of ores of the Kochkar Deposit stored within the mining district of Plast (South Urals) is proposed. A method has been developed for selecting the most promising for extracting valuable minerals from man-made objects based on a combination of analysis of satellite images and geological funds. The analysis of the material offine-grained tailings dumps to determine the material, phase, and mineral composition in the studied samples of gold-containing technogenic raw materials was performed. The conducted research is the basis for formulating a strategy for increasing the production capacity of the JSC«UGC» by involving the technogenic mineral resource base of the Plastovsky district.