Possibilities of Using Carbonate Rocks of the Tiksheozero Massif in the Industry of Construction Materials

The creation of a potential mineral raw material base due to the involvement of non-traditional and new types of minerals in the Republic of Karelia is of industrial interest in modern conditions. The Tiksheozero massif, characterized by large reserves of apatite and carbonate raw materials, is classified as a potentially industrial type. Calcite varieties are dominated; dolomite-(ankerite) - calcite and dolomite carbonatites especially are of subordinate importance. General geological and mineralogical data are given; weak rare-metal mineralization is a positive ecological characteristic of the object. Marketing research data reflect the state of the industry of construction materials based on mineral raw materials, including cement industry. Technological study of carbonatites containing apatite of the Tiksheozero massif made it possible to estimate their washability with obtaining apatite and calcite concentrates by flotation and roasting-magnetic technological schemes. Samples of construction materials were obtained and tested in the laboratory. The results of studies of the possibility to obtain silicate brick, cement clinker, lime, using non-enriched carbonatite rock, and calcite concentrate are presented. The prospect of the Tiksheozero massif is related to the ability of the comprehensive development and utilization of mineral resources in the Northern Karelia (Arctic area) on the basis of the formation of a large mining hub, profitable in economic terms, under the condition of formation of effective system of subsoil use.

L.S. SKAMNITSKAYA, senior researcher (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
T.P. BUBNOVA, researcher (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Institute of Geology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (11, Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russian Federation)

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