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Mineral Deposits

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Course Unit Code541-0212/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DUR20Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D.
CHL0091Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D.
Summary
Mineral Deposits ( Metalliferous, Nonmetalliferrous, Fuel and Energy Minerals
and Hydrominerals and Gases. Explanation of the most Significative Terms
(Mineral Raw Material, Mineral Deposit, Resources (Measured, Indicated,
Inferred), Reserves ( Proved, Probable, Measured). Factors Controlling Mineral Availability (Geologic, Engineering, Environmental, Economic). Origin of Mineral Deposits. Geologic Setting of Mineral Deposits. Distribution of Mineral Deposits. Morphology of Mineral Deposits. Geological Environment of the Formation of Mineral Deposits. 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. Metamorphogenic Deposits. Industrial types of the Ore, Industrial Minerals, Energy Resources and Hydrominerals and Gases Deposits. World Resources and Production of the Main Types of Mineral Deposits.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Goal of the subject is to provide knowledge to the university student, so he/she will be able to understand given points at issue good enough to apply them in practical work. Student also obtains ability to partially analyse, categorize and classify major requirements of the mineral deposits for geological works.
Course Contents
1. Importance of mineral resources for the economy of the state, basic terms: mineral resource, deposit, influencing factors.
2. Mineral composition of mineral deposits, welcome and unwelcome admixtures, shapes of bearing bodies, types of classification of mineral deposits.
3.-4. Geological conditions of formation of mineral deposits, magmatic, pegmatite, carbonatite, greisen, contact-metasomatic, hydrothermal, hydrothermal sedimentary, hydrothermal, weathering, sedimentary, metamorphic deposits.
5. Industrial types of ore deposits (iron group metals, non-ferrous metals, rare metals, precious metals, trace elements, rare earths).
6. Industrial types of non-ore deposits (construction raw materials, raw materials of the chemical and food industry and agriculture, industrial non-metallic raw materials).
7-8 Current types of fuel-energy raw materials (caustobiolites - group of coal, group of natural hydrocarbons. Radioactive raw materials).
9-10 Industrial types of hydro-mineral raw materials and gases (mineral waters and gases, diesel waters with Br, I, B. brines, hydrothermal waters, fresh drinking waters and waters for technological use, sea water, inert gases).
11. Brief overview of the mineral resource base of the Czech Republic.
12. World markets of mineral raw materials.
13. Prices of mineral raw materials.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Mineral commodity summaries 2018. U.S.Geological Survey, 2018. 200 s.
RAYMOND, Loren A. Petrology: the study of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks. Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1995. ISBN 0-697-00190-3.
PHILPOTTS, Anthony R. a Jay J. AGUE. Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-88006-0.
BOGGS, Sam. Petrology of sedimentary rocks. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-89716-7.
JIRÁSEK J.,SIVEK M., LÁZNIČKA P. Ložiska nerostů. Anagram, Ostrava, 2010. Dostupné na http://geologie.vsb.cz/loziska/loziska/index.html
STARÝ J.(ed.) Surovinové zdroje České republiky. Nerostné suroviny 2018. Česká geologická služba, Praha, 2018, 368 s.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Mineral commodity summaries 2018. U.S.Geological Survey, 2018. 200 s.
VANĚČEK, M. (ed.) Nerostné suroviny světa: Rudy a nerudy. Academia, Praha, 1995, 543 s.
Recommended Reading:
BARNES J.V. Ores and Minerals: Introducing Economic Geology. John Wiley and Sons, New York: 1991.
GUILBERT J.M., PARK J.M. The geology of ore deposits. Waveland Press Inc., Long Grove, Illinois: 2007.
FETTES, D. J. a Jacqueline DESMONS. Metamorphic rocks: a classification and glossary of terms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-86810-5.
BUCHER, Kurt Emil a R. H. GRAPES. Petrogenesis of metamorphic rocks. 8th edition. Berlin: Springer, [2011]. ISBN 978-3-540-74168-8.
BARNES J.V. Ores and Minerals: Introducing Economic Geology. John Wiley and Sons, New York: 1991.
BERNARD J.H., POUBA Z. (eds.). Rudní ložiska a metalogeneze československé části Českého masívu. Praha, Academia, 1986. 320 s.
GUILBERT J.M., PARK J.M. The geology of ore deposits. Waveland Press Inc., Long Grove, Illinois: 2007.
HAVELKA J., ROZLOŽNÍK L. Ložiska rud. SNTL, Praha, 1990. 392 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit33 (33)17
                ProjektProject11 0
                Test nerosty, obecné pojmy, zeměpis ČRWritten test11 0
                PrezentaceOther task type11 0
        ExaminationExamination67 18