UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Industrial-Geology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester VI - Paper X - Mining Geology and Mineral Dressing

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Mining principles - Definition of following Mining terms:- Shaft, Adit, Slope, Tenor, Assay and Run off mine.

Unit II

Classification of mining, methods - Open cast mining - Ore vs overburden ratio - Formation of benches - Stability of Slope - Alluvial mining - Neyveli lignite mine - Methods of granite mining.

Unit III

Methods of underground mining - Outline of the method of coal mining - Role of geologists in mining industry - Evaluation of ore bodies and their extension - Ore reserve estimation - Principle and types of sampling.

Unit IV

Principles and scope of mineral dressing - Physical and Chemical properties of minerals as applied to mineral dressing - Crushing and Grinding processes.

Unit V

Sizing - Flotation - magnetic separation processes in mineral dressing - Filtration processes.

Books Recommended

Courses in Mining Geology by R.N.P. Arogyaswamy

Mining Geology by H.E. Mckinstry.

Elements of ore Dressing by A.E. Taggart.

Principles of Mineral Dressing by Gandin, AM. Tata McGraw H. N. Publisher

Mining Engineers Hand Book by Robert Perk, John Wiley Eastern Ltd.