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Geology of mineral deposits

Code: 41043
ECTS: 5.0
Lecturers in charge: prof. dr. sc. Dražen Balen
doc. dr. sc. Andrea Čobić
Lecturers: Matej Plavac , univ. mag. geol. - Practicum
doc. dr. sc. Petra Schneider - Practicum
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English level:

1,1,0

In agreement with the students enrolled in the course, the lecturer will provide as many teaching elements in English as possible, or in both English and Croatian for mixed groups (i.e., bilingual teaching materials and bilingual exams). Level 2 also includes additional individual consultations with foreign students (as in Level 1) for the teaching elements which will be held in Croatian.
Load:

1. komponenta

Lecture typeTotal
Lectures 45
Practicum 15
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
Description:
Get acquainted with igneous, magmatic-hydrothermal and hydrothermal processes in mineral deposits' genesis. Get acquainted with basic types of igneous, magmatic-hydrothermal, hydrothermal and sedimentary/weathering processes, and methods of mineral deposit' analyses. Connect and anticipate genesis of a specific deposit in a global plate tectonic cycle phase. Connect genesis of a specific mineral deposit type in Dinarides with plate tectonics cycle.

Course content (syllabus):
1) Mineral deposits - basic definitions, connection to other disciplines, mineral deposits' textures. Wilson cycle.
2) Basic methods of mineral deposits' analyses.
3) Igneous processes in mineral deposit genesis.
4) Igneous deposits - kimberlite, chromite, massive sulphide deposits, uranium deposits in granites. Metamorphic deposits.
5) Magmatic-hydrothermal processes in mineral deposits' genesis.
6) Pegmatites.
7) Cu-Mo, Mo-Cu and Sn-W porphyry deposits. Skarns.
8) Low- and high-sulphidation epithermal mineral deposits.
9) Hydrothermal processes in mineral deposits' genesis.
10) Stratabound mineral deposits.
11) Mississippi valley, VMS and SEDEX type deposits.
12) Carlin-type deposits.
13) Weathering/supergene mineral deposits. Bauxites, laterites.
14) Plate tectonics and metallogeny.
15) Metallogeny of Dinarides based on plate tectonics cycle principles.
Literature:
  1. Robb, L. (2005): Introduction fo ore-forming processes, Blackwell Science Ltd.
  2. Ridley, J. (2013): Ore Deposit Geology, Cambridge Univeristy Press, Cambridge, UK.
  3. Evans, A.M. (1990): Ore geology and industrial minerals, Blackwell, London, 389 str.
  4. Sawkins, F.J. (1990): Metal deposits in relation to plate tectonics, Springer Verlag, 460 str.
Prerequisit for:
Enrollment :
Passed : General mineralogy
Passed : Igneous and metamorphic petrology
Passed : System of mineralogy
Attended : Geochemistry
6. semester
Mandatory course - Regular study - Geology
Consultations schedule: