Syllabus

Module 1: Types and classification of ore deposits. Crustal evolution and metallogeny throughout geological time scale.
Module 2: Igneous ore forming processes: partial melting, crystal fractionation and liquid immiscibility. Mechanisms for chromite mineralization, Ni-Cu sulfide deposits, PGE mineralization and Fe-Ti oxide deposits in anorthositic rocks.
Module 3: Formation of magmatic aqueous phase, composition and characteristics of magmatic-hydrothermal solutions. Pegmatite and granite-related ore forming processes. Models for formation of porphyry Cu, Mo, and W deposits, skarns deposits and near-surface epithermal Au-Ag-(Cu) deposit. Metamorphism its causes and effects.
Module 4: Ore fluids, physico-chemical aspects related to metal transport (and deposition). Sources of ore fluid and metals through fluid inclusions and stable isotopes. Modern sea floor hydrothermal deposits: mineralogical, geochemical and genetic aspects of SEDEX and VMS ores deposits.
Module 5: Sedimentary/surficial ore forming processes: clastic sedimentation and heavy mineral concentration, chemical sedimentation of banded-iron formation, supergene enrichment of Cu and other metals, laterite deposits formation.

To provide the knowledge to identify the association between rock types and metallogenesis and evaluate the patterns of ore distribution.

To impart in-depth knowledge of magmatic ore deposits and analyze its enrichment mechanisms.

To introduce the concept of magmatic-hydrothermal interplay and identify the mineral enrichment involved in such process.

To impart knowledge on sedimentary ore deposits and explore the relation between paleoclimate and metallogeny.

CO 1: Identify types of ore mineralization and evaluate the pattern of ore distribution through time.

CO2: Understand the process of formation of igneous ore deposits.

CO3: Decipher the mechanisms for formation of magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits.

CO4: Examine the present day analogue for seafloor hydrothermal ore deposits.

CO5: Understand the process of surficial ore deposits and explore the link between paleo environmental conditions and metallogeny.

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