Economic Geology

Economic Geology
541-0935/01
čeština Economic Geology
541-0935/02
angličtina

Summary

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

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.
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,
USGS Minerals Yearbook: Commodity Statistics and Information. Available at www: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ 29.10.2008).

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Language of instruction	čeština, angličtina
Code	541-0935
Abbreviation	LG
Course title	Economic Geology
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D.