Macro- and microelemental composition of cold spring water Buksykhen (Barguzin depression)

Macro- and microelemental composition of cold spring water Buksykhen of the Barguzin depression (Buryat Republic) was studied. The spring water is sodium-calcium bicarbonated. Low values of fluorine and silicon indicate the surface origin of the spring water and the absence of contact with the fractured-vein thermal waters. With high confidence the spring can be attributed to the fractured groundwater. 57 trace minerals were fixed in the composition of the spring water. In the studied results a sufficiently high concentration of strontium was compared to other elements. It is established that the spring water can be used as drinking water, as well as for balneological purposes.