EA5028 - Advanced Techniques in Mining and Exploration Geology

[Offered in odd-numbered years]

Credit points:	06
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	Sch of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Available to students only with permission and who qualifying for entry into MGM.

The analysis of orebody geometry and architecture based on surface and subsurface mapping; drill core data; controlling rock structures; ore associations and alteration patterns. Prospectivity analysis relevant to exploration.

Learning Outcomes

• to develop an understanding of the challenges and outcomes of mining analysis;
• to develop enabling skills to interpret geological data relevant to the geometry, potential distribution, location and nature of mineable mineralisation;
• to develop skills to optimise exploration and mining programs using geological data.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

EA5022

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 4
Census Date 17-Mar-2011
Face to face teaching 12-Apr-2011 to 21-Apr-2011
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Tom Blenkinsop.
Contact hours:	50 hours lectures 50 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.