Unit ORE DEPOSITS AND SUSTAINABLE MINING
- Course
- Geosciences for risk and environment management
- Study-unit Code
- A002130
- Curriculum
- Geosciences for environmental sustainability
- Teacher
- Maximiliano Fastelli
- Teachers
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- Maximiliano Fastelli
- Hours
- 42 ore - Maximiliano Fastelli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline mineralogiche, petrografiche e geochimiche
- Academic discipline
- GEO/06
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Giacimentology and minerogenetic processes. Systematics of ore deposits and their genesis/distribution on Earth. Sustainable mining models.
- Reference texts
- Introduction to Ore-forming processes L. Robb Blackwell 2005.
Mineral Resources from Exploration to Sustainability Assessment. Manuel Bustillo Revuelta Springer 2018. - Educational objectives
- Knowledge of the basics of giacimentology. Knowledge of processes, nature and origin of useful mineral concentrations in the Earth. Geographical distribution of mineral deposits and correlation with plate tectonic processes. Knowledge useful for planning mineral exploration to find new mineral deposits or to optimise exploitation. Ability to work out problems related to mineral exploration and sustainable extraction.
- Prerequisites
- In order to understand the topics covered in the course, it is necessary for students to have a basic knowledge of structural geology, geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology and volcanology.
- Teaching methods
- Lessons in presence
- Other information
- frequency is highly recommended
- Learning verification modality
- The assessment test will be conducted by means of an oral examination.
The oral test, lasting approximately 30 minutes, will focus on the discussion of the presentation on a course topic of the student's choice and on the course topics covered by the lecturer's questions. The aim of the test is to verify learning of the basic concepts of the course, on the genesis and formation of mineral deposits, their characteristics and the relative type of mineralisation. The aim of the test is also to verify knowledge useful for optimising mineral exploration and improving its environmental sustainability. The student will also be assessed on the ability to present, the appropriateness of the technical-scientific language used and the ability to connect the various aspects of the subject. - Extended program
- Basic definitions of giacimentology. Systematics of useful minerals: native elements, oxide-hydroxides, sulphides. Minerogenetic processes associated with the magmatic, magmatic-hydrothermal, hydrothermal, metamorphic and sedimentary-supergene environment. Tectonics and global distribution of deposits. Sustainable mining models and issues. In details:
1) Introduction (Basic geological concepts)
2) Mineral resources (definitions and introduction to the ore deposits discipline)
3) Magmatic Ore Deposits
3) Supergene Ore Deposits
4) Sedimentary Ore Deposits
5) Diagenetic Ore Deposits
6) Metamorphic Ore Deposits
7) Metallogeny and Plate Tectonics
8) Sustainable mining - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
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