FEATURES OF DEEP STRUCTURE OF THE RESORT CENTERS WITH MINERAL WATERS IN UKRAINE BY THE RESULTS OF DIRECT-PROSPECTING METHODS APPLICATION

Abstract

The results of a reconnaissance survey of several resort centers with mineral water on the territory of Ukraine are presented. The studies were carried out with the aim of additional approbation of direct-prospecting methods and improvement of the methodological techniques of their application in the exploration process for oil, gas and natural hydrogen, as well as in the study of the deep structure of the Earth's structural elements. The developed mobile and low-cost technology include modified methods of frequency-resonance processing and decoding of satellite images and photo images, vertical electric-resonance sounding (scanning) of a cross-section, as well as a method of integrated assessment of the prospects of oil and gas potential of large prospecting blocks and license areas. Separate methods of this direct-prospecting technology are based on the principles of the “substance” paradigm of geophysical research, the essence of which is to search for a specific substance - oil, gas, gas condensate, water, gold, zinc, etc. The resort center in Truskavets is located above a basalt volcano, within which hydrogen migration into the atmosphere has been confirmed by measurements. In the upper part of the cross-section accumulations of hydrogen can be found in a reservoir of 84 m thick, which is overlain by metamorphic rocks of the gneiss group. The resort of Sataniv is located within a volcano filled with sedimentary rocks of the 7th group (limestones), in which, at a depth of 46 km, there are conditions for the synthesis of dead water. Several springs with mineral water of the "Narzan" type in the region of Uzhgorod are located within the volcano, filled with igneous rocks of the 7th group (ultramafic), which also contain potassium-magnesium salt. In the area with the Narzan mineral water source, a volcanic complex was identified, filled with granites from an interval of up to 13 km, in which at a depth of 13 km there are conditions for the synthesis of dead water, and on the surface of 11 km - of living water. The resort center in Mirgorod is located within a volcano filled with sedimentary rocks of the 7th group (limestones), which are covered with dolomites from above. Instrumental measurements showed that the reservoir with mineral water "Mirgorodskaya" is located in limestones, and deposits with water "Lagidnaya" and "Old Mirgorod" - in dolomites.

A volcano filled with sedimentary rocks of the 7th group (limestones) was identified at a local site of a source with dead water in the city of Morshin. It is advisable to use mobile direct-prospecting methods to assess the prospects for oil and gas potential (ore and water content) of large prospecting blocks and local areas (including those put up for auction), to select optimal sites for laying prospecting, exploration and production wells, to assess the prospects for discovering oil and gas deposits in deep horizons of the cross-section, searches and localization of zones of hydrogen accumulation in the areas of basalt volcanoes location, as well as zones of deep channels location of chemical elements, fluids and mineral matter migration into the upper horizons of the cross-section. The use of super-efficient and low-cost direct-prospecting technology will significantly speed up the exploration process for various types of minerals (including water and natural hydrogen), as well as reduce financial costs for its implementation.