Courses
Short course description
(intra- and extramural studies, 1st cycle of higher education)
Course objectives:
Get acquainted of students with elementary informations from ore geology.
Teaching modes and syllabus description:
Lecture:
Tasks of ore geology. Elementary notions and definitions. Natural
characteristics of deposits. Technical-economic elements of deposits assessment.
Geochemical basis of deposits forming. Geological conditions of deposits
occurrence. Form and structure of deposits. Mineralogical characteristics
of deposits. Physical properties of minerals. Genesis of deposits.
Forms processes a deposits. Methods of precipitation and concentration of
mineral matter. Methods of deposits examinations. Classifications of deposits.
Exogenous deposits. Sedimental deposits. Solid caustobioliths deposits. Humic
coals deposits. Peat deposits. Lignite deposits in Poland. Classifications
of hard coal basins and deposits. Hard coal deposits in Poland (USCB, LSCB, LCB).
Sapropelic coal deposits. Liptobiolites deposits. Physical and chemical
properties of oil and gas. Oil and gas traps. Classifications of oil and gas.
Oil and gas deposits in Poland. Methane deposits in hard coal seams. Copper
deposits. Lead and zinc deposits. Iron deposits. Chromium deposits.
Tin deposits. Nickel deposits. Arsenic deposits. Native sulphur deposits.
Salt deposits. Barite and fluorite deposits. Phosphorites deposits.
Laboratory:
Macroskopic recognition of lignites and hard coals. Macroskopic recognition
of iron, copper, lead and zinc ores. Macroskopic recognition of salt and
sulphur minerals.
Examination:
Yes
Primary sources:
Gruszczyk H., 1984: Science of ores. 2dn edition. Geological Publishers, Warsaw. (in Polish)
Probierz K., Marcisz M., Sobolewski A., 2012: From peat to coking coals of Zofiówka Monocline in Jastrzębie area (SW part of Upper Silesian Coal Basin). Publishers of Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal, Zabrze. (in Polish)
present Resource balance of minerals and ground waters in Poland (according to 31.XII.). (in Polish)
Secondary sources:
Smirnov V. I., 1986: Ore geology of useful minerals. Geological Publishers, Warsaw. (in Polish)
Gabzdyl W., 1999: Ore geology. Publishers of Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice. (in Polish)
Gabzdyl W., 1994: Geology of hard coal deposits. Resources of the World. Polish Ecological Agency, Warsaw. (in Polish)
Short course description
(intra- and extramural studies, 2nd cycle of higher education)
Course objectives:
Get acquainted of students with elementary informations from ore geology.
Teaching modes and syllabus description:
Lecture:
Endogenous deposits. Igneous intrusion deposits. Pegmatite deposits.
Carbonatite deposits. Skarn deposits. Pneumatolytic deposit.
Hydrotermal deposits. Extrusion deposits. Exogenous deposits.
Weathering deposits. Mechanical sedimental deposits. Chemical
sedimental deposits. Solid caustobioliths deposits. Humic coals
deposits. Peat deposits. Lignite deposits in Poland. Classifications
of hard coal basins and deposits. Hard coal deposits in Poland
(USCB, LSCB, LCB). Sapropelic coal deposits. Liptobiolites deposits.
Physical and chemical properties of oil and gas. Oil and gas traps.
Classifications of oil and gas. Oil and gas deposits in Poland.
Bauxites deposits. Iron and manganese deposits. Non-combustlive biolites
deposits. Phosphorous deposits. Limestones, dolomites and silica rocks
deposits. Iron sulphides deposits. Copper, lead and zinc deposits.
Barite and fluorite deposits. Native sulphur deposits. Evaporites deposits.
Metamorpfogenous deposits. Metamophised deposits. Metamorphic deposits.
Poli- and ultrametamorphic deposits. Exudated deposits.
Laboratory:
Determination of physical features and properties of rocks.
Examination:
No
Primary sources:
Gruszczyk H., 1984: Science of ores. 2dn edition. Geological Publishers, Warsaw. (in Polish)
Probierz K., Marcisz M., Sobolewski A., 2012: From peat to coking coals of Zofiówka Monocline in Jastrzębie area (SW part of Upper Silesian Coal Basin). Publishers of Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal, Zabrze. (in Polish)
Secondary sources:
Smirnov V. I., 1986: Ore geology of useful minerals. Geological Publishers, Warsaw. (in Polish)
Gabzdyl W., 1999: Ore geology. Publishers of Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice. (in Polish)
Gabzdyl W., 1994: Geology of hard coal deposits. Resources of the World. Polish Ecological Agency, Warsaw. (in Polish)
