Areas of potential use of waste not flooded quarries of minerals in the Jewish autonomous region

Extraction of minerals provides the economy with raw materials for the production of various types of products, construction of buildings, structures, roads and other communications. As a result of the deposits development, there form quarries different in configuration, depth and degree of flooding. Not all of them are subject to further remediation. On the basis of Google Earth pictures, all mining points in the Jewish Autonomous region are marked on the maps. These data regarding settlements, transport routes, and a hydrographic network have been analyzed with the MapInfo Professional program. The author defines directions of possible reuse of quarries in the Jewish Autonomous region, especially in terms of creating roadside infrastructure. Conducting this kind of work creates conditions for reducing the negative anthropogenic impact on the environment by carrying out appropriate remediation, and a more complete and rational use of available natural resources.