Fluorite

The main consumers of fluorite (fluorspar) are plants that produce ferroalloys and welding fluxes, as well as metallurgical plants, heavy engineering plants, shipbuilding plants, and aluminum industry enterprises.

Significant deposits of fluorspar are known in the eastern part of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield, on its southwestern and northern slopes. Promising occurrences also occur in the central part of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield - in the Kirovograd tectonic zone.

The state balance of mineral reserves of Ukraine includes two fluorspar deposits - the Bakhtyn deposit in Transnistria, whose reserves amount to 18 million tons, and Pokrovo-Kiriyivske in the Azov region, as well as two deposits with associated fluorine content in apatite - Stremyhorodske and Novopoltavske.

All four deposits are not exploited due to the lack of significant capital investments for their development. 

The Bakhtyn fluorite deposit in Transnistria has been explored and prepared for experimental and industrial exploitation.

To increase the mineral and raw material base of fluorite, it is planned to conduct exploration and evaluation works:

 -on the flanks of known deposits and their reassessment;

-within the Sushchano-Perzhanskaya zone to detect rare-earth fluorite;

-within the scope of the distribution of promising geological complexes of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield for fluorite.