MINERAL RESOURCES
cod. 18395

Academic year 2007/08
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Petrologia e petrografia (GEO/07)
Field
Discipline mineralogiche, petrografiche e geochimiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

<br />The course introduces some economic aspect of ore deposit.<br /> <br /> 

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />Ore. Economic classification of ore deposits. The market mechanism. Mineral exploration. Important factors in evaluation of a potential orebody. Extraction of ore. Grade control. Mineral processing. Mineral resources. Ore reserve classification.

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />Evans, A.M. - Ore Geology and Industial minerals. An introduction - 1992, Blackwell Science<br />Sassano, G. P and Carcano, C. - Geologia Economica e Giacimenti Minerari-1988, Udine

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