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Mineral Deposits

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0212/17
Abbreviation LNS
Course title Mineral Deposits
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic terms.
2. Minerals, shape and classification of mineral deposits.
3.-4. Genesis of mineral deposits.
5. Ore deposits.
6. Industrial mineral and construction mineral deposits.
7.-8. Energy mineral deposits.
9.-10 Hydromineral and gas deposits.
11. Raw material base of the Czech Republic.
12. Mineral markets.
13. Mineral pricing.

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. ISBN 978-0-521-89716-7 .

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]. ISBN 978-3-540-74168-8 .


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