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Terminated in academic year 2014/2015

Geology of Mineral Deposits

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0281/03
Abbreviation GLNS
Course title Geology of Mineral Deposits
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Sivek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Significance of the mineral raw materials for the state economy. Terms mineral
deposit, raw mineral materials and factors which have influence on their
significance. Mineralogical and petrographical composition of the mineral deposits. Classification of the mineral deposits and their morphology.Geological conditions of the origin of the mineral deposits. Origin of the 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 and metamorphogenic deposits. Industrial types of the ore, industrial minerals, energy resources and hydrominerals and gases deposits. World resources of the main mineral raw materials and their main world producers. Summary of the mineral deposits of the Czech Republic. World mineral markets, mineral pricing and the factors which have influence on the mineral pricing. Predictions of the consumption and output of the main mineral raw materials in the Czech Republic.

Literature

Evans A. M.: Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals. Blackwell Science Ltd.,
Malden /Oxford/Carlton, 1993, 389 pp.
Thomas, L.: Coal Geology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 385 s.

Advised literature

Kesler S. E.: Mineral Resources, Economics and the Environment. Prentice Hall,
1994, 391 pp.