541-0212/07 – Mineral Deposits (LNS)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2023/2024 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Goal of the subject is to provide knowledge to the university student, so he/she will be able to understand given points at issue good enough to apply them in practical work. Student also obtains ability to partially analyse, categorize and classify major requirements of the mineral deposits for geological works.
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Summary
Mineral Deposits ( Metalliferous, Nonmetalliferrous, Fuel and Energy Minerals
and Hydrominerals and Gases. Explanation of the most Significative Terms
(Mineral Raw Material, Mineral Deposit, Resources (Measured, Indicated,
Inferred), Reserves ( Proved, Probable, Measured). Factors Controlling Mineral Availability (Geologic, Engineering, Environmental, Economic). Origin of Mineral Deposits. Geologic Setting of Mineral Deposits. Distribution of Mineral Deposits. Morphology of Mineral Deposits. Geological Environment of the Formation of Mineral Deposits. Magmatic Deposits. Pegmatites. Carbonatites. Contact Metasomatic Deposits. Greisenic Deposits. Porphyry Deposits. Hydrothermal Deposits. Hydrogenic Deposits. Sublimates. Hydrothermal-sedimentary Deposits. Weathering deposits. Sedimentary ( mechanical, chemical, biogenic) Deposits. Metamorphogenic Deposits. Industrial types of the Ore, Industrial Minerals, Energy Resources and Hydrominerals and Gases Deposits. World Resources and Production of the Main Types of Mineral Deposits.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
No further requests.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Importance of mineral resources for the economy of the state, basic terms: mineral resource, deposit, influencing factors.
2. Mineral composition of mineral deposits, welcome and unwelcome admixtures, shapes of bearing bodies, types of classification of mineral deposits.
3.-4. Geological conditions of formation of mineral deposits, magmatic, pegmatite, carbonatite, greisen, contact-metasomatic, hydrothermal, hydrothermal sedimentary, hydrothermal, weathering, sedimentary, metamorphic deposits.
5. Industrial types of ore deposits (iron group metals, non-ferrous metals, rare metals, precious metals, trace elements, rare earths).
6. Industrial types of non-ore deposits (construction raw materials, raw materials of the chemical and food industry and agriculture, industrial non-metallic raw materials).
7-8 Current types of fuel-energy raw materials (caustobiolites - group of coal, group of natural hydrocarbons. Radioactive raw materials).
9-10 Industrial types of hydro-mineral raw materials and gases (mineral waters and gases, diesel waters with Br, I, B. brines, hydrothermal waters, fresh drinking waters and waters for technological use, sea water, inert gases).
11. Brief overview of the mineral resource base of the Czech Republic.
12. World markets of mineral raw materials.
13. Prices of mineral raw materials.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction