GEOLOGICAL FACTOR IN FORECASTING OF SEISMIC STABILITY WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS WITH MINING FACILITIES UNDER SEISMIC CONDITIONS (SOUTHWEST OF THE KORYAK HIGHLAND)

Abstract

The paper presents the data on seismicity and geological conditions for location of strong (M ≥ 5,2) earthquakes within the zones of developed platinoid deposits under conditions of an immersed litospheric block. The paper shows the conditions that cause seismic events within the zones prepared for the development of gold deposits and native sulfur as well as inside the rising lithospheric block. Based on the data on geologically and geophysically studied zones in terms of perspective territory development according to the Kamchatka region development strategy until 2025-2030, the seismicity could be forecasted. This is the keystone for the health and safety of the people who populate the developed border lands of Russia. The methods of investigation are based on the fault-block tectonics theory showed in the author’s theory on key-and-block lithospheric structure on the continent’s active margins.