Subsections
[Cr:4, Lc:3, Tt:0, Lb:1]
- Introduction to Economic Geology
Definition and scope of Economic Geology; Common terminologies – ore, gangue, tenor and grade; Mineral resource classification scheme.
- Magmatic Ore Deposits
Magmas and metallogeny – a petrological and geochemical background to magmatic ore formation; Why are some magmas more fertile than others – “the inheritance factor”; Partial melting, fractional crystallization and liquid immiscibility as ore-forming processes.
- Hydrothermal Ore Deposits with close spatio-temporal relations to magmatism
Crustal hydrothermal systems and their origin; Role of metal-ligand complexing and factors affecting metal solubility; Characteristics and genesis of porphyry-type, skarn, greisens, epithermal and orogenic ore deposits
- Hydrothermal Ore Deposits in sedimentary environments
Nature of sedimentary basinal fluids; Characteristics and genesis of base-metal and uranium deposits in sedimentary basins
- Importance of chemical precipitation and clastic processes in ore formation
- Residual deposits and supergene enrichment
- Global tectonics and metallogeny: Metallogeny through time; plate tectonics and ore deposits
- Ridley, John. Ore deposit geology. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Robb, Laurence. Introduction to ore-forming processes. John Wiley & Sons, 2020.
- Deb, Mihir, and Sanjib Chandra Sarkar. Minerals and allied natural resources and their sustainable development. Springer, 2017.
- Pohl, Walter L. Economic geology: principles and practice. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
