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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

10233 (v.8) Mining Geology and Resource Estimation 521

Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Fieldwork: 1 x 5 Days Once-only
Prerequisite(s): Admission into 193804 (v.8) Master of Science (Geology) or any previous version
OR
Admission into 192605 (v.6) Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Geology or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduction to mining operations and activities. DriIling techniques, sampling and analysis including QAlQC of mining data. Collection of lithological and structural data from dri\1 core and driIl chips. Application of mining software to geological data visualization and modelling. Classical and geostatistical methods of resource estimation. Grade control and reconciliation. Mine visits to view mining process and geologists role. JORC code and mandatory reporting requirements for geological data.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010703 Geology
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External