MINE484 : Mining Geology

Department

Department of Mining Engineering

Academic Program

Bachelor in Mining Engineering

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

GeoE 230GeoE 363

Overview

The course reviews the mineralogy of economic mineral deposits(metallic or industrial) with emphasis on their economic value and study the factors affecting the price of these ore mineral from industrial point of view, following detailed discussion of reconnaissance of mineral deposits concerned with their nature, shapes and the changes occurred in the rock wall, then goes on to mineral exploitation and exploitation stages. The last part deals with economic mineral deposits from their mineral composition, percentage of metals and their uses