RESULTS OF DISPERSION AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GERMANIUM DISTRIBUTION IN COAL SEAM C8B OF ZAHIDNO-DONBASKA MINE FIELD (UKRAINE)

The research actuality of studying the content of germanium in coal seams is due to the possibility of its industrial extraction and use as a valuable accompanying component. In coal, germanium belongs to the group of "small elements" or elements - coal impurities, which must be investigated in the process of prospecting geological works carried out in the coal deposits of Ukraine.
For an objective geological and economic assessment of the possibility of simultaneous extraction of germanium from coal, waste and products of its processing and planning of the most effective organizational and technical measures in this regard, it is first of all necessary to have information about the character of the distribution and concentration level of this element in coal and coal-bearing rocks. In order to obtain such information, detailed studies of the distribution of germanium over the area and in the cross-section of the coal seam с8в of "Zakhidno-Donbaska" mine field were carried out.