Economic Geology

Teaching program:
1) Ore Geology
2) Ore Mineralogy
3) Hydrothermal Geochemistry
4) Modeling Hydrothermal Systems
5) Mining Course

Research Program:
1) Quantitative field studies of mineral deposits
2) Numerical modeling of hydrothermal processes
3) Experimental studies of fluids and metals

Economic Geology
Ore Geology
Objectives: basic knowledge
of ore deposit types,
understanding of ore-
forming processes
(geological, chemical and
physical processes)

Economic Geology
 Ore Mineralogy
Objectives: basics of
reflected-light microscopy,
knowledge of optical
properties of most important
ore (opaque) minerals,
interpretation of ore mineral
textures

Economic Geology
Hydrothermal Geochemistry
Objectives: general knowledge
of hydrothermal
geochemistry, metal transport
and deposition in ore-forming
systems (chemical equilibria,
stable isotopes)

Economic Geology
Modeling Hydrothermal Systems
Objectives: using geochemical
modeling computer software,
use of geochemical modeling
to understand hydrothermal
processes and fluid-rock
interaction

Economic Geology
 Mining Course
Objectives: underground
mapping of massive sulfide
ore bodies in active mine,
basic principles of ore
resource estimation from drill
core data

Economic Geology