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Courses Handbook 2015

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GEOL3010 (v.1) Ore Deposits

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.
Lecture: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Science Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 9782 (v.7) Ore Deposits 301 or any previous version
Anti Requisite(s): 307326 (v.1) Geology 322 - Ore Deposits or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     8015 (v.9) Metamorphic Petrology 202 or any previous version
    OR
    GEOL2006 (v.1) Metamorphic Petrology or any previous version
AND
    312244 (v.1) Mineralogy and Geochemistry 201 or any previous version
    OR
    GEOL2003 (v.1) Mineralogy and Geochemistry or any previous version
    OR
    11913 (v.2) Geology 214 - Geochemistry or any previous version
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.
Additional Tuition Pattern Information: This unit has one two-hour lecture and one one-hour lecture per week, as well as a weekly two-hour laboratory.
Syllabus: Principal types of ore deposits and ore forming processes. Ore mineralogy, stable isotopes, fluid inclusions and phase equilibria. Ore deposits associated with magmatic processes. Hydrothermal ore forming systems and wall rock alteration. Ore deposits in sedimentary environments. Ores of metamorphic affiliation. Metallogenesis. Development of genetic and exploration models. Techniques in mineral exploration and mining geology. Industrial rocks and minerals. Reflected light ore microscopy - oxide and sulphide mineralogy and textures, ore associations and selected ore deposits.
Field of Education: 010703 Geology
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Kalgoorlie 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


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