EA5028 - Advanced Techniques in Mining and Exploration Geology
[Offered in odd-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science and Engineering |
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 23-Mar-2017 | |
| Face to face teaching 18-Apr-2017 to 28-Apr-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Zhaoshan Chang |
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| 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.