The study of content of heavy metals in soils and vegetation in the vicinity of inactive and waste quarries the Bashkir Zauralye

Abstract. In article the data about the content of soluble mobile forms of heavy metals (copper, zinc, iron) in soils and growing on them herbaceous vegetation in the vicinity of inactive and waste quarries for extraction of copper and iron ores of the Bashkir Zauralye. Assessment of the degree of pollution of the investigated soils has allowed to carry them to a valid category. Herbaceous vegetation that grow in soils near quarries Kul-Yurt-Tau, Tubinsk, Mindyak, experiencing toxic effect of iron.