GEOE401 MINERAL DEPOSITS
| Course Code: |
5640401 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(2-2) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Geological Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assist.Prof.Dr ALÝ ÝMER |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
Mineral resources concepts; nature and morphology of mineral deposits; textures and structures of ore and gangue minerals, fluid inclusions, wall rock alteration; major theories of ore genesis; geothermometry, geobarometry, paragenesis and zoning, dating of mineral deposits; classification of mineral deposits; diamond deposits in kimberlites and lamproites, mineral deposits related to carbonatites; orthomagmatic deposits; pegmetatites; skarn deposits; strata-bound deposits; stratiform sulfide deposits of sedimentary and volcanic environments; sedimentary deposits; residual deposits and supergene enrichment.
