Mineral Deposits

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0212/10
Abbreviation	LNS
Course title	Mineral Deposits
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Subject syllabus

1. Mineral Deposits ( Metalliferous, Nonmetalliferrous)
2. Mineral Deposits (Fuel and Energy Minerals and Hydrominerals and Gases.
3. Explanation of the most Significative Terms (Mineral Raw Material, Mineral Deposit.
4. Resources (Measured, Indicated, Inferred)
5. Reserves ( Proved, Probable, Measured). Factors Controlling Mineral
6. Availability (Geologic, Engineering, Environmental, Economic). Origin of Mineral Deposits. Geologic Setting of Mineral Deposits. Distribution of Mineral Deposits. Morphology of Mineral Deposits. Geological
7. Environment of the Formation of Mineral Deposits. Magmatic Deposits. Pegmatites. Carbonatites.
8. Contact Metasomatic Deposits. Greisenic Deposits. Porphyry Deposits.
9. Hydrothermal Deposits. Hydrogenic Deposits. Sublimates.
10. Hydrothermal- sedimentary Deposits. Weathering deposits.
11. Sedimentary ( mechanical, chemical, biogenic)
12. Deposits. Metamorphogenic Deposits. Industrial types of the Ore,
13. Industrial Minerals, Energy Resources and Hydrominerals and Gases Deposits.

E-learning

Study materials for this course can be found at the following links:
https://edison.sso.vsb.cz/cz.vsb.edison.edu.study.prepare.web/StudySupportsFileServlet/190bd174-9d12-4239-b2e3-8b5abc0bb6a1;1.3/V%C3%BDpo%C4%8Det%20z%C3%A1sob%20lo%C5%BEisek%20nerost%C5%AF.pdf?inline=true
https://edison.sso.vsb.cz/cz.vsb.edison.edu.study.prepare.web/StudySupportsFileServlet/fba0affe-fb3c-4300-bc03-65ce33d5cf7b;1.2/Klasifikace%20zasob%20lozisek%20nerostu.pdf?inline=true
https://edison.sso.vsb.cz/cz.vsb.edison.edu.study.prepare.web/StudySupportsFileServlet/1f80e13e-b756-4de3-9a0d-9a0086b9260e;1.0/Loziska%20nerostu.pdf?inline=true

Literature

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Mineral commodity summaries 2018. U.S.Geological Survey, 2018. 200 s.
RAYMOND, Loren A. Petrology: the study of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks. Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1995. ISBN 0-697-00190-3.
PHILPOTTS, Anthony R. a Jay J. AGUE. Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-88006-0.
BOGGS, Sam. Petrology of sedimentary rocks. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. .

Advised literature

BARNES J.V. Ores and Minerals: Introducing Economic Geology. John Wiley and Sons, New York: 1991.
GUILBERT J.M., PARK J.M. The geology of ore deposits. Waveland Press Inc., Long Grove, Illinois: 2007.
FETTES, D. J. a Jacqueline DESMONS. Metamorphic rocks: a classification and glossary of terms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-86810-5.
BUCHER, Kurt Emil a R. H. GRAPES. Petrogenesis of metamorphic rocks. 8th edition. Berlin: Springer, [2011]. .

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