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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Mining Geology and Estimation Reserves

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0903/03
Abbreviation DGVZ
Course title Mining Geology and Estimation Reserves
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Sivek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Human society and deposits of mineral raw materials. A deposit as an object of
geological exploration and mining, information on deposits and issues of their
processing and evaluation. Exploration of the deposits of mineral raw
material, its design and management on various stages of deposit development.
The geological-technical documentation and sampling of the deposits of mineral
raw materials. A theory of reserves of the deposits of mineral raw materials and
their classification. Questions of setting the conditions of reserves
availability and their importance for the derivation of reserves, their
records and balance. The importance and interrelationship of geological and
economical models of deposits. The management of reserves of the deposits of
mineral raw materials in the process of exploration of deposits, their development,
exploitation and liquidation. A conception of the mining law and its
importance for the management of exploration and exploitation of deposits of
mineral raw materials.

Literature

Charles, J. et al.: Introduction to Mineral Exploration. Blackwell Publishing, p. 481, 2006.
Peters W.C.: Exploration and mining geology. 2nd edn., John Wiley, New York,
1987.
Umathay R.M.: TextBook of Mining Geology. Dattsons, Delhi, 2002.

Advised literature

Mining laws of other states (by nationality of the student)
Gocht, W.R.-Zantop, H.-Eggert, R.G.: International Mineral Economics. New
York, Berlin, Heidelberg, Spring - Verlag, 1988, 271 s.