Resource and value potential of mineral resources of arctic zone of Timan-Northern Ural region

We analyzed the mineral resource base of the Arctic zone of the Timan-Northern Ural region, including Vorkuta area, Komi Republic, Nenets Autonomous District, Vaygach Island, Novaya Zemlya archipelago. We presented data on the main mineral resources - oil and gas, energy and coking coals, lead-zinc, manganese, copper, chromium, barite ores, gold, fluorite. We showed that together with oil, gas and coal deposits the Khoylinskoe barite, Pavlovskoe lead-zinc, Amderminskoe fluorite deposits could be involved into the development. We determined promising, but still poorly studied areas, which are interesting for different minerals. For the first time we carried out the evaluation of minerals. The resources and reserves of oil and gas, coal, lead, zinc, manganese and chrome ores were the most valuable. The arctic zone of the Timan-Northern Ural region is characterized by considerable resource and value potential and deserves a great attention during the development of Russian Arctic and Subarctic regions.