Syllabus - GEOLOGY – II (MM-405)

Mining and Mineral Processing

GEOLOGY – II (MM-405)

IV-Semester

Geological Time Scale

Petrology Definition and scope, main classes of rocks forming minerals. Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks – origin, characteristics, classification, uses and mining importance. Significance of texture and structure of rocks on geomechanical properties of rock mass.

Stratigraphy

Definition and scope. Stratigraphic correlation. Standard stratigraphic scale. Fossils – conditions, mode of preservation and uses. Major geological formations of India – Dharwar, Cuddapah, Vindhyan, Gondwana, Tertiary & Quaternary systems and their economic significance.

Fuel Geology

Coal and lignite - origin, occurrences, petrography. Structural features of coal-seam. Grades of coal. Occurrences in India. Petroleum and natural gas – formation of gas and oil basins, traps and reservoirs, occurrences in India. Coal bed methane.

Geohydrology

Sources of water in mines. Classification of rocks based on porosity and permeability. Water table and types of ground water. Geological controls on ground water movement in mines.

Environmental Geology

Geological hazards and their management. Weathering of ore and overburden – environmental complications.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Parbin Singh. Geology for Engineers, IBH Publications, N. Delhi. 1991.

  • Arthur Holemess, Principles of Physical Geology, Thomas Nelson and Sons, USA, 1964.

  • Ford, W.E. Dana’s Textbook of Minerology (4th edition), Wiley Eastern Ltd., N. Delhi, 1989.

  • Winter, J.D. An Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Prentice Hall, N. Delhi, 2001.

  • Billings, M.P. Structural Geology, Prentice Hall Ino., N. Jersey, USA, 1972.

  • Krishnan M.S. Geology of India and Burma, 3rd Edition, IBH Publishers, N. Delhi, 1984.