{"id":2547,"date":"2019-02-01T12:55:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T07:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=2547"},"modified":"2019-02-01T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T07:25:31","slug":"gs-673-mineral-exploration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/gs-673-mineral-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"GS 673 Mineral Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2547\" class=\"elementor elementor-2547 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50c25ee elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50c25ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-856a3c1\" data-id=\"856a3c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b8e932 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b8e932\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-214591e\" data-id=\"214591e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1f26bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c1f26bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.3 - 28-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GS 673: Mineral Exploration<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-834bdb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"834bdb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Syllabus\u200b<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ccc168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ccc168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.3 - 28-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Distribution of ore deposits in space and time. Ore types and crustal evolution. Design of exploration programmes based on the concept of ore-types. Stages of exploration and objectives. Prospecting criteria and selection of areas for exploration during reconnaissance and initial follow-up. Geological setting and prospecting criteria for important deposits. Gold deposits, massive sulfide deposits, porphyry copper deposits, tin-tungsten deposits associated with acid magmatism, Mississippi Valley type deposits, and uranium deposits. Integration of data sets for evaluation of mineral potential.<br \/>Geological aspects of drilling borehole location, planning of drilling operations, borehole surveys, correction of deviated boreholes and directional drilling, core-sampling and assaying. Economic classification of mineral resources, calculation of in-situ reserves from borehole data. Underground sampling and calculation of blocked reserves. Introduction to geostatistical estimation of reserves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ddbb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61ddbb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texts\/References<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cca693 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cca693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Peters, W.C. Exploration and Mining Geology, 2nd Edition, John Wiley &amp; Sons, New York, 1987<\/li><li>Marjoribanks, R.W. Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining, Chapman &amp; Hall, London, 1997<\/li><li>Chugh, C.P. High Technology in Drilling and Exploration, Oxford &amp; IBH, New Delhi, 1992<\/li><li>Rose, A.W. Hawkes, H.E. and Webb, J.S. Geochemistry in Mineral Exploration, Academic Press, London, 1979<\/li><li>Kuzvart, M. and Bohmer, M. Prospecting and Exploration of Mineral Deposits, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1986<\/li><li>Edwards, R.P and Atkinson, K. Ore Deposit Geology and its Influence on Mineral Exploration, Chapman &amp; Hall, New York, 1986<\/li><li>Evans, A.M. Introduction to Mineral Exploration, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1955<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GS 673: Mineral Exploration Syllabus\u200b Distribution of ore deposits in space and time. Ore types and crustal evolution. Design of exploration programmes based on the concept of ore-types. Stages of exploration and objectives. Prospecting criteria and selection of areas for exploration during reconnaissance and initial follow-up. Geological setting and prospecting criteria for important deposits. 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