Ecology Geology-I
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The official GTU curriculum for Ecology Geology-I (subject code 2162201) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 6 divides the course into 7 units, covering 29 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 (2162201)Unit 1 Introduction
- Brief history and uses of minerals and development of Economic Geology
- Minerals and their economic classification
- Rock forming and economic minerals
- Metallic & non-metallic minerals and mineral fuels (Petroleum
- Coal and Nuclear minerals)
- Ore and gangue minerals
- Importance of minerals in national economy
Unit 2 Classification of economic minerals deposit forming processes
- Economic minerals deposit forming processes of Igneous association and Magmatic concentration: early and late magmatic concentration processes
- Economic deposits associated with acidic
- basic and ultrabasic rocks
Unit 3 Pegmatite
- As a rock and economic deposit forming process
- Simple and complex pegmatite
- Indian Pegmatite belts
Unit 4 Contract Metasomatism
- Skarns as a process of formation of economic deposit
- Role of intrusive and invaded rocks
- Characteristics of the deposits
- Metamorphism as ore forming process
Unit 5 Hydrothermal
- Process and deposits
- Origin and nature of hydrothermal solutions
- Wall rock alteration
- Crustification and comb structures
- cavity filling and metasomatic replacement type deposits
- tele-, and Xenothermal deposits
Unit 6 Volcanogenic Process and deposits; Characteristics, mode of
- occurrence and genesis of important Indian deposits of the following metallic deposits- golds
- lead & zinc
- chromium and tungsten
Unit 7 Mode of occurrence, genesis, and economic uses of Industrial
- minerals with special reference to following industries
- Glass and ceramic
- paint and pigment, and Gem stones
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