Academic year2016/17
CourseGEOSCIENCES AND GEOTECHNOLOGIES
Code052DD
Credits6
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA | GEO/09 | LEZIONI | 48 | |
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Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will:
- be aware of the main uses of minerals and rocks, of their economic value and of the causes of its variations;
- be able to demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the geological processes forming ore deposits;
- be able to demonstrate a solid knowledge of the main deposit types and of the main methods used in mineral exploration;
- be aware of the main processes in mineral recovery.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology, and to give an oral report, with critical awareness, of a scientific paper dealing with a topic of his/her choice among those presented during the course.
Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Oral report
- Written report
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- participation in seminar
- participation in discussions
- individual study
- Laboratory work
- Bibliography search
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
- Lectures
- Seminar
- Task-based learning/problem-based learning/inquiry-based learning
- laboratory
Syllabus
Main industrial and ore minerals and their uses. Economic importance and causes of price changes. Rare and "critical" metals.
Ore-forming geologic processes in the magmatic, magmatic-hydrothermal, hydrothermal, sedimentary, supergenic environments. Factors making a deposit "economic".
Main types of ore and industrial minerals deposits.
Mineral exploration methods.
Techniques for the study of ore minerals, with particular attention to the petrography of opaque minerals.
Bibliography
Recommended reading includes (further bibliography will be indicated during the course):
Robb L. (2005) Introduction to ore forming processes. Blackwell Publishing, 373 p.
Moon C. J., Whateley M. K.G. & Evans A. M.(2006) Introduction to Mineral Exploration Blackwell Publishing,, 2006, p. 499
Taylor R. (2009) Ore Textures - Recognition and Interpretation. Springer
Spry, P.G. and Gedlinske, B.L. (1987) Tables for the Determination of Common Opaque
Minerals. Economic Geology.
Dill H.G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews 100: 1–420
Evans A. M. (1993): Ore Geology and industrial minerals- an introduction. Blackwell Publishing, 387 p.
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