10229 (v.3) WASM Economic Geology 511

Area:	WASM Mining Geology Teaching Area
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	An introduction to ore minerals and reflected light microscopy. Ore deposit types and theories of ore genesis. Techniques for understanding ore deposits including ore textures, fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, wallrock alteration, mineral stabilities and paragenesis. Ore deposit models and ore suites for othomagmatic, metasomatic and sediment-hosted ore deposits. Classification, geology and uses of industrial minerals.

To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.

Field of Education:	010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster:	08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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