Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Economic Geology

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0913/02
Abbreviation	LG
Course title	Economic Geology
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jakub Jirásek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Basic terms of deposit geology. Factors affecting the importance of the
deposit. The mineralogical composition of deposits of mineral raw materials,
desirable admixtures and impurities. Types of classifications of deposits of
mineral raw materials. The genetic classification of deposits of mineral raw
materials (magmatic, pegmatite, carbonatite, contact-metasomatic, pyrite
polymetallic, hydrothermal, hydrogenic, weathering, sedimentary – mechanical,
chemical and biogenic-, metamorphic deposits). Industrial types of
metalliferous, nonmetalliferous deposits, deposits of fuels and energy
minerals
and hydromineral deposits. An overview of their world reserves and
productions.
The deposit base of the Czech Republic.

Literature

KESLER S. E.: Mineral Resources, Economics and the Environment. Prentice Hall, 1994, 1-391.

Advised literature

EVANS A. M.: Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals. Blackwell Science Ltd., Malden /Oxford/Carlto
LAZNICKA, P.: Giant Metallic Deposits. Future Sources of Industrial Metals. Berlin: Springer, 2006. 1-732, 1997
RIDLEY J.: Ore Deposi Geology. New York, CAmbridge University Press, 1-409,

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