Underground Metalliferous Mining
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Underground Metalliferous Mining Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Underground Metalliferous Mining (subject code 3162202) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 6 divides the course into 4 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 (3162202)Unit 1 Introduction
- Present status of Indian metal mining industry
- scope and limitations of it
- Mine Development: Terminologies and mine entries
- mine horizontal and vertical development
- Accessories entries
Unit 2 Selection of Stoping method
- Shape and size of the deposit
- Thickness of deposit
- Dip of the deposit
- Physical and mechanical characteristics of the ore and the enclosing rocks
- Presence of geological disturbances
- Degree of mechanization and output required
- Ore grade and its distribution, and value of the product
- Depth of the deposit
- Desirable features of selecting a stoping method
- Classification – stoping methods
Unit 3 Open stoping method and Unsupported method
- Room and Pillar method
- Sublevel stoping method
- large diameter blast hole method
- Shrinkage stoping method its introduction
- stope preparation
- unit operation
- stopping operations
- limitations and transportation
Unit 4 Supported stoping methods
- Cut and fill stoping and square set stopping method
- its introduction
- stope preparation
- unit operation
- stopping operations
- limitations and transportation. 08 Subject Code: 3162202 w.e.f
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