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| JLJ 435 | Mining Geology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | ASSOC. PROF. DR. GÜLTEN YAYLALI ABANUZ, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to educate geology students to develop strategies for mineral prospection and to search for mineral deposits using different techniques. The course also puts special emphasis on interpretaton of data obtained during geochemical prospecting techniques. The students are provided with basic skills to work as a mine geologist both underground and on the surface, and tought how to carry out detailed surface-, underground- and outcrop mapping. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | choose the most suıtable mining exploration model | 1,2,3,5,10,11,12,14,15 | 1,3 | | LO - 2 : | realize the practical applications of therotical exploration methods | 1,2,5,11,12,14,15 | 1,3 | | LO - 3 : | reevaluate the data obtained from different exploration methods | 2,3,10,12,14,15 | 1,3 | | LO - 4 : | develop a mining exploration model | 2,3,10,11,12,14,15 | 1,3 | | LO - 5 : | calculate mining reserves | 8,10,11,13,15 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introductory terms and definitions, and marketing problems of mineral deposits; Relationship between strucures and mineralisation; deformation elipsoid and its application to formation and orientation of mineralised veins; mineralisation and faulting; pre-mineral and postmineral faulting and their importance in mineral deposits; mineralisation and folding; Prospecting for mineral deposits: Mineralogical guides: oxidised caps and their importance in search of new deposits; Hydrothermal alteration and its bearing on mineral prospection; Stratigraphic and lithologic guides; Geophysical prospection methods: Gravity, magnetics, electrical methods,Geochemical prospection methods: Heavy mineral prospection, stream sediment surveys, soil surveys, biogeochemical prospecting; determination of background, threshold and anomaly contrast; use of probability diagrams; |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, description and Prospecting concept | | | Week 2 | Factors in the evaluation of a potential orebody | | | Week 3 | Mineralization and structural geology relationship
Deformation elipsoid and its application to formation and orientation of mineralised veins
Faults and mineralization relationship
Pre-mineral and postmineral faulting and their importance in mineral deposits;
| | | Week 4 | Folds and mineralization relationship | | | Week 5 | Prospecting for mineral deposits
Mineralogical guides
| | | Week 6 | Gossan and oxidation products and their importance in search of new deposit | | | Week 7 | Wall rock alteration associated with hydrothermal deposits and its bearing on mineral prospection | | | Week 8 | Stratigraphic and lithologic guides | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Geophysical prospection methods:
Gravity, magnetics, electrical methods
| | | Week 11 | Geochemical prospection methods:
Heavy mineral prospection, stream sediment surveys, soil surveys, biogeochemical prospecting; determination of background, threshold and anomaly contrast; use of probability diagrams
| | | Week 12 | Changes in mineral deposits
Sampling, Determination of orebody boundaries
| | | Week 13 | Restriction of Orebody and impact area
Area calculation | | | Week 14 | Thickness calculation
Average grade calculation
Density calculation | | | Week 15 | Reserve calculation methods: Geological cross section methods, polygon method, isopach method and practices | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Gümüş, Altan. 1995; Maden Jeolojisi-Jeolojik prospeksiyon ve rezerv hesapları, İzmir | | | |
| 1 | Ayhan, A., 1991; Maden Jeolojisi-Arama ve etüd teknikleri, Konya | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 9 | 13/11/2012 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/01/2013 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 3 | 11 | 33 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 151 |
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