G5061 Economic geology I

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
3/1. 4 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Marek Slobodník, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Kučera, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
G5061/01: No timetable has been entered into IS.
G5061/02: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites
! G5060 Economic geology I
Knowledge of mineralogy and petrography, basic minerogenetic and petrologic processes, structure of the Earth and the Earth crust, plate tectonics, deformation in the Earth crust, fundamentals of stratigraphy and geochemistry
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 56 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/56, only registered: 0/56, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/56
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Economic geology I. is the basic course of minerogenetic processes and relevant questions of raw materials/industrial minerals. The principal aim is to explain the category of mineral deposit and its position in the human society and the natural environment. The main genetic aspects of all types of ore deposits, industrial minerals and fossil fuels are discussed.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: historic aspects of economic geology. 2. Economic geology: sources, implication and target. 3. A mineral deposit as an economic object. 4. Fundamental terms of economic geology. 5. Factors affecting a significance of deposits. 6. Methods of investigation and prospecting of deposits. 7. Classification of mineral deposits. 8. Endogenous mineral accumulating processes. 9. Character of hydrothermal fluids. 10. Origin of water and other fluid components. 11. Zonation. 12. Exogenous mineral accumulating processes (weathering, sedimentary, infiltration). 13. Structure of mineral bodies. 14. Basic genetic features of magmatic, pegmatite, metasomatic (skarns, albitites, greisens, porfyry ores), hydrothermal, residual, sedimentary, fossil fuels and metamorfic deposits. 15. Time and space aspects of origin of mineral accumulations.
Literature
  • Evans A.M. (1993): Ore geology and industrial minerals. Blackwell science.
  • ROZLOŽNÍK, Ladislav. Ložiská nerastných surovín a ich vyhl'adávanie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, 1987, 693 s. info
  • DOPITA, Miloslav, Václav HAVLENA and Jiří PEŠEK. Ložiska fosilních paliv. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1985, 263 s. URL info
  • SMIRNOV, Vladimir Ivanovič. Geologie ložisek nerostných surovin. Translated by Jaroslav Havelka - Naděžda Peřinová. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1983, 654 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka: přednáška, cvičení. Zkouška: písemná
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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