PřF:GI231 Methods of prospection min.dep - Course Information
GI231 Methods of prospection for mineral deposits - practical exercises
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Vojtěch Wertich, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Jan Cempírek, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Jakub Výravský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Přemysl Pořádek (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Cempírek, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Vojtěch Wertich, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Thu 16:00–17:50 Gs,-1011
- Prerequisites
- ( PROGRAM ( KOS ) || G5061 Economic geology I || NOW ( G5061 Economic geology I ) || G5061k Economic geology I || NOW ( G5061k Economic geology I )) && ( (!( PROGRAM ( B - GE )|| PROGRAM ( N - GE )|| PROGRAM ( D - GE4 )|| PROGRAM ( D - GE )|| PROGRAM ( C - CV ))) || ( NOW ( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&& NOW ( C7777 Handling chemical substances )))
The course is offered for students, who want to learn methods and practices used in prospection for mineral deposits. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 32 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Aim of the course is to teach students how to use methods and create documentation used during the prospection for mineral deposits.
- Learning outcomes
- The student will be acquainted with the procedures and methodology used in the prospecting of mineral deposits.
- Syllabus
- 1) Short review of geology and raw material potential of certain area (nearby Brno).
- 2) Practical exercise of soil sampling for metalometry, documentation of sampling points.
- 3) Practical exercise of panning heavy minerals concentrate from stream sediments, documentation of sampling points, mineralogical and geochemical evaluation of the concentrate (binocular loupe, XRF spectrometer).
- 4) Practical exercise of solid rocks sampling (chip sampling, channel sampling), documentation of sampling points.
- 5) Practical exercise of core logging.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- MARJORIBANKS, Roger W. Geological methods in mineral exploration and mining. 2nd ed. New York: Springer, 2010, xv, 238. ISBN 9783540743750. info
- not specified
- ZIMÁK, Jiří. Ložiska nerostných surovin. 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013, 144 stran. ISBN 9788024437842. info
- STRAKA, Vítězslav. Zhodnocení dosavadních průzkumných prací v oblasti ložiska uhlovodíků Uhřice - Jih a jejich aplikace při posuzování využitelnosti ložiska na PZP. Edited by Jaromír Leichmann. 2013, 1 CD-ROM. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Practical work of students in the field according to instructions of the lecturers. Students will be split to teams of three people.
- Assessment methods
- Graded credit will be given for completing protocols from each lecture.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v podzimním semestru 2023/2024.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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