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Ore Deposits

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0932/02
Abbreviation LR
Course title Ore Deposits
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Subject syllabus

The definition of the terms “ore” and “metalliferous deposit”.
The chemical-technological classification of metalliferous deposits.
The genetic classification of metalliferous deposits.
The time and space regularities of metalliferous deposits in the Earth shell.
Metallogenetic epochs, the metalogenetic zoning of the world and Europe.
The metallogenetic division of the Czech Republic.
Deposits of metals of the Fe group, non-ferrous metals, precious metals, trace elements, noble earths, noble metals and radioactive raw materials.
Major useful minerals, desirable and harmful admixtures, utilisation, reserves and major world producers of each raw material.
Present deposits and historically valuable deposits in the territory of the Czech Republic.
The prognosis of future applications of raw materials and their price trends.

Literature

EVANS A. M.. Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals. Blackwell Science Ltd., Malden /Oxford/Carlton, 1993, 1-389.
HARBEN, P., W., M.Kužvart. Industrial Minerals: a global geology. Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., Surrey- London, 1996.
NEUKIRCHENV F., GUNNAR R. The World of Mineral Deposits. Springer, 2020, 377 s. ISBN 978-3-030-34345-3 
KESLER S. E.: Mineral Resources, Economics and the Environment. Prentice Hall, 1994, 1-391.

Advised literature

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, ISBN 978-1-107-02222-5 
USGS Minerals Yearbook: Commodity Statistics and Information. Available at www: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ 29.10.2008).
Le MAITRE R. W. ed.: Igneous Rocks. A Classification and Glossary of Therm. Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommisions on the Systematic of Igneous Rocks. 2002, Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN-13 978-0-521-66215-4 , 1-236.


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