GEOL338-07S2 (C) Semester Two 2007

Engineering and Mining Geology

14 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2007
End Date: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 29 July 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 October 2007

Description

Principles and practices of engineering geology and hydrogeology together with geological aspects of mining and exploration.

This course provides an introduction to the fields of engineering and mining geology. Topics relating to mining geology include exploration methods for ore deposits, mine feasibility studies, mining and ore processing techniques, and environmental management requirements. The engineering geology component includes site investigation methods, an introduction to rock and soil properties, aspects of engineering construction practice, and elementary slope stability analysis. The course is structured to integrate both the lecture and laboratory material, and an optional weekend field trip will be included to further demonstrate the applied nature of the subject.

Prerequisites

GEOL233 plus 11 additional points from GEOL232-GEOL236

Timetable Note

Laboratories will be held in Level 3 Laboratory (Room 217, Geological Sciences)

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

David Bell

Lecturers

Jocelyn Campbell and Jarg Pettinga

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Rock Mechanics 24 Aug 2007 25% Rock Mechanics exercises
Site Investigation 02 Oct 2007 15% Site investigation exercises
Geotechnics 16 Oct 2007 10% Mining geotechnics exercises
Examination 50% Final examination

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Bell, F. G; Engineering geology ; 2nd ed; Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.

Hartley, John S; Drilling : tools and programme management ; Balkema, 1994.

Johnson, Robert Britten , DeGraff, Jerome V; Principles of engineering geology ; Wiley, 1988.

Younger, Paul L. , Banwart, Steven A., Hedin, Robert S; Mine water : hydrology, pollution, remediation ; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.

Recommended Reading
Engineering geology by Bell, F.G. 2nd edition December 2006 published by Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 0750680776.

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Relationship of GEOL338 to other courses
The only entry requirement for GEOL338 is satisfactory completion of 22 points at Stage 2 chosen from GEOL232-236. GEOL338 is considered essential for those students intending to proceed to the postgraduate programme in Engineering Geology, and is also recommended for those students interested in applied geology within the 400 level Geology or Environmental Science programmes. The GEOL338 course does not provide a full overview of mining geology techniques such as ore reserves computation, but there is a significant component of exploration geochemistry and geophysics in GEOL337 which is complementary. There is no opportunity to pursue further studies in the mineral exploration or mining geology fields at 400 level (except indirectly through GEOL483 Coal Geology), although courses dealing with mine rehabilitation and wastewater treatment are available on an interdisciplinary basis. Significant rock mechanics research is being conducted into both underground and surface mine design within the postgraduate Engineering Geology programme, and is dealt with partly in ENGE 474.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $534.00

International fee $2,369.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Geological Sciences .

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