Courses
Short course description
(intramural studies, 1st cycle of higher education)
Course objectives:
The aim of the course is to prepare students to work in the geological
section of coal mine. The course acquaints students with the character
of a mine geologist work and methods, devices, materials etc., which he
uses in dependence to kind and geological-mining conditions of a deposit.
Teaching modes and syllabus description:
Lecture:
Tasks of mining geology. A deposit in the mathematical formulation.
Variability of a deposit. Deposit recognition. Geophysical and geochemical
methods in deposit recognition. Mining maps. Geological and geophysical
logging of drill-holes. Underground drilling works. Interpretation and
documentation of drillings. Methods of geological charting of underground
headings. Influence of a deposit structure on mining works. Geological
charting of open-pits. Composition of maps, sections and the models of
deposits. Methods of correlating and identification of layers and veins.
Sampling of drill-holes, headings and output. Planning of sampling. Legal
and economic conditions of protection and utilization of deposit resources.
Estimation and classification of resources. Accuracy of resources estimation.
Management of deposit. The loss in resources. Geological service of dumps and
ponds. Computer systems in mines. CAD and GIS in coal mines. The use of GPS.
Class:
Geostatistics methods in documentation of deposits. The variability
description and the parameter estimation with the use of Surfer software.
Laboratory:
A trip to the underground hard coal mine. The tasks of mining geologist in
the Geological Section of coal mine. Documentation of deposit from recognition
to liquidation of a mine. Computer systems in the coal mines. System of quality
control. The charting and sampling of underground heading.
Project:
Tectonic characteristics of a hard coal deposit on the base of a mining
map fragment (scale 1:5000). Preparation of a chapter of a geological
documentation of a deposit on tectonics with the following figures:
rose diagrams, contours diagrams, linear and surface density of faults.
Examination:
Yes
Primary sources:
Nieć M., 1982: Mining geology. Geological Publishers, Warsaw. (in Polish)
Duźniak S., Gabzdyl W., 1991: Geological-mining recognition of deposits in w hard coal mines. Publishers of Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice. (in Polish)
Mucha J., 1994: Geostatistics methods in documentation of deposits. Publishers of AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow. (in Polish)
Kowalik S. (ed.), 2008: Computer engineering design in mining applications. Publishers of Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice. (in Polish, abstract and figures in English).
Secondary sources:
Krawczyk A., Słomka T., 1982: Elementary methods of modeling in geology. Auxiliary materials for class. Publishers of AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow. (in Polish)
Kokesz Z., Nieć M., 1992: Geostatistics methods in recognition and documentation of deposits and environment protection. Studies and Thesis no. 19, Publishers of Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow. (in Polish)
Darski J., Kicki J., Sobczyk E. J., 2001: Report of management state of resources of hard coal deposits. Studies, Thesis, Monographs no. 85, Publishers of Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow. (in Polish)Informatics in mining industry. School of Underground Mining, Series: Lectures, no. 24, Cracow 2003. (in Polish)
Informatics in mining industry. School of Underground Mining, Series: Lectures, no. 27, Cracow 2004. (in Polish)
