The article deals with the distribution of disturbances in the coal-bearing deposits of Donbas and establishment of the relationship between the indices of physical and mechanical properties of coal and rock, gas saturation and tectonic dislocation. To solve the problems, statistical methods were used (correlation and regression analysis). The schemes of deformations of Donbas have been built, both in individual indices and in indices of complex dislocation, which reflect the regional patterns of distribution of the deformations of various types throughout the Donetsk basin. Close statistical relationship has been established between indices of tectonic dislocation, gas saturation, physical and mechanical properties of coal and rocks, which allows the use of the indices of tectonic dislocation to predict gas content at the regional level.

To study the nature of the forces determining the stress state of the massif, the results of experimental studies of determining numerical values and spatial orientation of the main components of the active stress field using the local hydraulic fracturing method in coal mines of Central Region of Donbas are compared with maps characterizing the intensity of the distribution of paleo-and modern tectonic processes in the area of Donbas. Statistical relationships between indicators characterizing the stress state and the physicomechanical properties of rock are established. The results of performed studies show that the stress fields measured under the conditions of the mines of the Central Region of Donbas are mainly due to modern movements, but the paleological disturbances of tectonic blocks with disjunctive dislocations have a significant effect on the change in the stress state of the massif.

The coal mining in Ukraine allows to receive and use various alternative gas resources. In article questions extending nitrogen in carboniferous deposits of the Western Donbass, Lviv-Volyn basin is considered, to take into attention the high content of nitrogen on the surveyed sites common review possibilities use given resource at the enterprises mining-metallurgical complex is made.