Sand is considered a cheap and harmless material that is used for construction. Yes, and there are a lot of reserves. There are quarries in the Moscow Region that are used for mining sand. It hides under a layer of soil, therefore, to get to it, you need to open this barrier. The cost of sand may depend on the technique that was used for its extraction, on loading, on the type of operation that was performed. In addition, sand is also obtained under water, for which special pumps are used.
Basically, the sand provided by the quarries of the Moscow Region contains stones and clay. Even in this form, this material is used, but for construction it is sieved or washed.
Sand Processing Methods
Sand quarries in the Moscow Region usually provide material that should be processed for further production. It is divided into such types:
- Washed sand. After the material is loaded, brought, it should be cleaned of stones and clay. In this case, this method is applied. Subsequently, the resulting material is used for screeding, plastering, finishing work, as well as for products from reinforced concrete. It can sometimes be packed in bags.
- The sown sand. This method produces material for laying brick, asphalt or concrete mixtures. It is harvested in large volumes, which are called screenings. Then they are used to fill concrete. If there is the presence of larger particles, then such sand is taken for brick or stone.
The most famous locations
Sand quarries in the Moscow Region are very rich in different types of extracted materials. The most interesting are limestone and phosphorous quarries. They are quite old, since they even find deposits of the Carboniferous and Jurassic periods (of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic era, respectively). For several centuries, sand has been mined, which is provided by the quarries of the Moscow region. Basically, the resulting limestone is used for further cement production or for road gravel.
There are such deposits in the southeast of the Moscow region, namely, in the area of Yegoryevsk and Voskresensk.
Description of quarries
We have already figured out what quarry sand provides. The Moscow region is full of points where such material can be mined. Basically, they are all up to 5 km long, resembling a stepped gutter. There is a special excavator that rides on rails. He removes the rock with a tape, and the length of the cut is about 50 m. All of them fall into the dump. Then the procedure is repeated in the opposite direction. Thus, in the end, huge dumps remain, which are located in parallel. In Voskresensk there are phosphorite quarries. The sand here is black. Such places are a paradise for connoisseurs of stones.
Several famous quarries in the Moscow region
Careers in the Moscow region are constantly expanding. After all, sand is needed for people who are engaged in construction. There are several famous places that are saturated with sand:
- Sychevsky sand pit. It is located in the Volokamsky district, it is required to travel 90 km from Moscow to get to this place.
- Malkinsky sand pit. It is located near Pyatigorsk, namely - 35 km from it.
- Bogaevsky sand pit. This place is considered very famous. The material that was obtained here provided more than one construction site in the capital. This quarry is located in the small village of Oreshki, Ruzsky district.
Interesting deposits
The quarry map of the Moscow Region is rich in various deposits. In the Ramensk region is the Chulkovsky quarry. Near it there is the Eganovskoye deposit, which provides glass sands. These two places are very similar, they seem to complement each other. In this area there is a group of quarries where there are various deposits, namely:
- coal
- Lower Cretaceous;
- neogenous;
- Upper Jurassic.
These places are rich in Oxford clay. In order to open them, one has to penetrate to a depth of 2.5 m. Quartz-glauconite sands stand out in appearance among the rest. They have a greenish tint, are small grains, contain clay.
In addition, brown coal is mined in the quarries of the Moscow Region . For example, in Zaoksky areas. The quarries in Serebryanoprudsky and Serpukhovsky districts, which are rich in iron ores, as well as titanium, are considered famous.
The Eganovskoye deposit is a source of quartz sand. They are covered by moraine clays, alluvial loams, as well as sandstones with different grains throughout the terrain. This layer reaches 7 m. In addition, there is another popular quarry, which is jelly phosphorites. This is the Yegoryevskoye field. It is very large.
So, the Moscow region is full of quarries, which are sources of sand, so necessary during construction.