Eliseevskiy careers
Eliseevskiy quarry is located in the eponymous village of Zaporozhye region. It has an area of about 5 hectares. Once there was mined natural stone - pegmatite. Today the quarry has the status of a unique geological object.
What you can see
The structure Eliseevsky career includes several pits. Two of them are filled with water and are separated by a natural way - rock bridge. The rest of the dry pits. In one of them, the most distant, there is a small grotto. Amazing lake appeared as a result of flooding the pit.
Eliseevskiy quarry is located in a secluded place and virtually invisible to others. The depth of the lake is about 20 meters. Their banks - steep and inaccessible, but at the same time very beautiful.
In this area there are about 160 different kinds of minerals and rocks. In the past, the quarry was a source of beryl, tantalite, cassiterite, lepidolite and other minerals. Mining in the quarry was held up until 1972. In the dry pits and along the lakes you can see several species of plants: sage, cornflower, thyme.
How to get a career in Eliseevke
Eliseevskiy quarry is located near the road. But people who do not know its exact location is not always the first time it is found. If you drive on the road from Berdyansk along the outskirts of the village Eliseevka, you can see well. Near the well there is a fork road. It is possible to get a career, going on a dirt road. When get to the slope career, you notice the two roads leading to the two pit.
