JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

This course is aimed at providing the necessary geological inputs required for a

mining engineer. The components would help the mining engineering student to understand recognition of important minerals and rock units and their physic-mechanical properties, genesis, concepts of mineral prospecting, basic engineering geological aspects which is of immense use in mining engineering practices and tunneling projects.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to

• 1. Know different types of land forms formed by rivers, wind, oceans and volcanoes.
• 2. Know igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
• 3. Know Structural Geology and Stratigraphy.
• 4. Know Genesis of Mineral deposits and Mineral Resources of India.
• 5. Know Geological, geophysical and geochemical exploration of mineral deposits.

UNIT - I

Mineralogy: Physical properties, chemical composition and mode of occurrence of important rock- forming and ore-forming minerals and industrial minerals. Petrology: Distinguish characteristic features, mode of formation and mode of occurrence of important igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

UNIT - II

Different types of mineral deposits and their classifications, engineering uses of important rocks. Genesis of Mineral Deposits: Definition of ore, gangue, tenor and grade of ore, processes and formation of ore deposits including coal, petroleum and atomic minerals.

UNIT - III

Structural Geology: Strike and Dip, Fundamental types, characteristic features and mechanics of folds, faults, joints (fractures) and unconformities. Foliation, lineation and other structural controls. Determination of strata thickness, Dip and Strive calculations.

UNIT - IV

Mineral Resources of India: Geological time scale, ore forming process, Major and Minor mineral resources of India, Brief description of origin, environment and distribution of mineral deposits of India. Ore resource estimation.

UNIT - V

Mineral Exploration: Basics of Geological, Geophysical and Geochemical exploration of mineral deposits. Mineral Reserves: Estimation and determination of mineral reserves. Application of remote sensing and GIS in geological mapping and mineral exploration.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Exploration and Mining Geology (2nd Ed.); 1987. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Mineral Resources of India, Krishna Swamy.
• 2. Mining Geology, Mc Kinstry.
• 3. Engineering Geology & Geotechnics, Krynine and Hudd.