Development of Mineral Deposits
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The official GTU curriculum for Development of Mineral Deposits (subject code BE03022031) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 52 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE03022031)Unit 1 Introduction
- types, and present status of mineral deposits
- Classification and Comparison of Mining
- Indian mining industries and their status
- Excavation systems to exploit coal and non-coal deposits
- cyclic and continuous methods of development and their comparison
Unit 2 Drilling
- Introduction to drilling and drilling equipment used in opencast and underground mines
- selection of drill
- motive power
- operating components
- Mechanics of rock penetration, etc
- Blasting: Classification and comparative properties of explosive
- General application and uses
- Blasting theory
- Mechanisms of rock blasting
- Blasting devices
- Electric and non-electric methods
- Delay blasting techniques
- Charge distribution
- Blasting with cut and solid blasting
- Blasting practices in underground and surface mines
- Safety considerations
Unit 3 Mine access or Modes of Entry
- A brief introduction to modes of primary access
- choice of modes of entry - adit
- decline, and combined model
- their applicability and comparison
- Horizontal Development: Drifts and Tunnels
- size, and location
- driving work in varying ground conditions using conventional methods – drilling
- services, and cycle of operations
- Application of mechanized methods
- road headers, and tunnel boring machines
- Vertical Development: Location of shaft
- shape and size
- incline and vertical shafts
- Surface arrangements for sinking shafts
- tools, and equipment
- ordinary methods of sinking
- removal of debris and water
- ventilation and lighting, and temporary and permanent lining
- Widening and deepening of shafts
- the modern techniques of shaft sinking/boring
- Raise and winze and its applications
- Conventional method
- mechanical method
- blast hole method
- Raise borers, etc
Unit 4 Surface Development
- Brief description of elements of an opencast mine: ramp
- haul roads
- opening through box cut, drilling and blasting
- intermediate and continuous method of excavation
- production cycle
- dumping of overburden, and backfilling
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