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Metalliferous and Nonmetalliferous Deposits

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Course Unit Code541-0214/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer 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
Acquiring broad knowledge in terms of the basic breakdown of deposit minerals into ore and non-ore minerals, and the corresponding classification of the two basic groups of deposits with knowledge of the criteria of economic utility.
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 analyse its content, to realise synthesis of the acquired information and its evaluation. This sciential base allow student to compare results of the synthesis, propose modifications and solve the problems of the geology of the metalliferous and nonmetalliferous deposits.
Course Contents
Terms ore and ore (metalliferous) deposit. Classification of the metalliferous
deposits. Natural patterns of the metalliferous deposits distribution in the crust of the earth . Metallogenic division of the Czech Republic. Deposits of the group of the ferrous metals, deposits of the heavy nonferrous metals, deposits of the light nonferrous metals, deposits of the rare nonferrous metals, deposits of the noble metals and radioactive metals. Problems of the trace elements and precious metals deposits. Terms industry mineral and deposit of the industry mineral. Classification of the industry minerals deposits. Building raw materials and their deposits in the Czech Republic. Industrial raw materials and their deposits. The raw materials of the chemical and food industry and their deposits. Gemstones and their deposits.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KESLER S. E.: Mineral Resources, Economics and the Environment. Prentice Hall, 1994, 1-391.
HARBEN, P.,W., KUŽVART,M.: Industrial Minerals: a global geology. Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., Surrey-London, 1996.
WALTER L. POHL: Economic Geology. Principles and Practice. ISBN: 978-1-444-33663-4 April 2011 Wiley-Blackwell.
NEUKIRCHENV F., GUNNAR R. The World of Mineral Deposits. Springer, 2020, 377 s. ISBN 978-3-030-34345-3.
HAVELKA, J., ROZLOŽNÍK, L.: Ložiska rud, SNTL, Praha 1990
KRAUS I., KUŽVART M.: Ložiska nerud, Praha 1987, SNTL/ALFA
JIRÁSEK, J., SIVEK, M.: Ložiska nerostů. Ostrava, Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR & Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2007.
EVANS A. M.: Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals. Blackwell Science Ltd., Malden /Oxford/Carlton, 1993, 389 pp.
Recommended Reading:
RICHARD M. MCKENZIE, ed.: The Economic Constitution in Historical Perspective. Constitutional Economics. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath. 1984
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
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.
STARÝ, J. (ed.): Surovinové zdroje České republiky. Nerostné suroviny (stav 2013). Praha: Česká geologická služba a Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 2014.
KRAUS, KUŽVART, M.: Ložiska nerud. Praha, SNTL, 1987
HAVELKA, J., L. ROZLOŽNÍK : Ložiska rud. Praha, SNTL 1990
USGS Minerals Yearbook: Commodity Statistics and Information. Available at www:http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/.
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 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18