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Geology 301- Spring 2005
Mineral Resources
LectureTTh 9:30-10:25
LabTh. 12:30-2:30 Geology Lab- SAGC
Professor:
Dr. Timothy M. Dellapenna, [email protected]
Office:
707 Sea Aggie Center
Telephone:
x4952
Office Hours: 10:30-11:45 TTh and by appointment.
Week
Topic
Text Chapter
Jan. 18, 20
Introduction- Plate Tectonics
1&2
Jan. 25
No class- Tim gone
Jan. 27
Surficial Process/ Marine Processes
2
Feb. 1, 3
Earth Resources Through History
3
Feb. 8, 10
Energy- Fossil Fuels and Petroleum Geology
5
Feb. 15, 17
Tim on the GyreFeb. 22
Gas Hydrates and Evaporites
bonus
Feb. 24
Tim gone- Exam 1- in Class
Mar. 1, 3
Sand as a resource
Student Lectures
Mar. 8
Mineral Law and Land Access- Kesler
5
Mar. 10
Mineral Economics- Kesler
6
Mar. 15, 18
Spring Break
Mar. 22
How exploiting and using resources affects the environment
4
Mar. 24
Iron, steel and the ferroalloy metals- (Kessler Chapt. 8 and Craig, Chapt. 7&8)
Mar. 29
Nonferrous metals- (Kessler Chapt. 9 and Craig, Chapt. 7&8)
March 31
Precious Metals and Gems- (Kessler Chapt. 10 and Craig, Chapt. 8)
April 5
Non-fossil fuels energy sources and resources
6
April 7
Hill Country Field Trip
April 12
Water Resources
11
April 14
Soil as a resource
12
April 19
Fertilizers and Chemical Minerals
9
April 21
No Class
April 26
Construction and Manufacturing Industrial minerals- Kessler
12
April 28
Future Resources
13
May 3
Catchup day
Mid-Term and FINAL EXAM- In class exams
Text: Resources of the Earth, origin, use and environmental impact; Craig, Vaughan and Skinner, 2001, Prentice Hall
Supplemental readings will be distributed in class or left on reserve in the library
With the scheduling of field trips and guest lectures, schedule of lectures is bound to be altered.
I have a few lectures throughout the semester for which I will be absent due to field work and conferences, I will try to make this time
up with guest lectures and field trips.
Please note, in light of our TAMUG Moto, “The ocean is our classroom”, there is a significant field component to this class, if you
are not interested in being in the field, consider taking another class.
Field Trips- The field trip for this class is mandatory.
We will be taking a 4 Day Field trip the weekend of April 7-10, we will be leaving 08:30 AM Thursday morning and returning late
Sunday afternoon, we will be camping at Pedernales Falls State Park, there may be opportunity to go swimming. During field trip we
will be camping. I will provide cooking equipment, you will need to have a sleeping bag, a tent and personal gear.
Group Lectures
Each group will select one lecture topic and will, as a group give a 50 minute lecture for the class. These will be done the second
half of the semester.
Labs
There is a two hour Lab listed for this class, because of scheduling conflicts with other labs in the Department, we will meet at 12:30
rather than the scheduled 11:30. For some of these labs we may be leaving campus. The field trips will be considered a significant
part of the lab component of the class. Because of schedule field work and other travels for which I am involved, we will occasionally
make up lectures during a portion of the lab time.
Grades
Your course grade will be determined in the following manner:
Midterm-------------------------------------25%
Final Exam----------------------------------30%
Group Lecture and class projects--------25%
Labs and Participation---------------------20%
(borderline grading cases will be decide based on attendance and participation)
My Office and the Coastal Geology Laboratory- Although my office and Laboratory are in the Sea Aggie Center and are
highly accessible, they are not hangouts, I have a very active research program and my graduate students and I are very
busy, please respect this and as much as possible, restrict your visitation to my scheduled office hours.
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights
protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be
guaranteed a leaning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you have a disability
requiring an accommodation, please contact the Director of Counseling.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
For many years Aggies have followed a Code of Honor, which is stated in this very simple verse: "Aggies do not lie, cheat, or
steal, nor do they tolerate those who do." As such, it is the responsibility of students and faulty members to help maintain
scholastic integrity at the University by refusing to participate in or tolerate scholastic dishonesty. The Aggie Honor and the
Scholastic Dishonesty sections in the TAMUG University Rules handbook will be the standard upon which scholastic integrity
is maintained in this course. In this class as well as any other class for which I am involved, there will be zero
tolerance for cheating or dishonesty.
Abundant Metals- 0.17% or more of earth crust
Al, Fe, Si, Mn, Mg
Scarce > 0.1% of Earth’s Crust
Cu, Pb, Zn, Mb, Hg, Au, Ag
Non- metals- NaCl, Borax, minerals used in fertilizers, aggregates, limestone
Refractory minerals, hydrocarbons
Water and soils- 70% of earth is covered by water, with only 2% fresh enough
For human consumption
Only 10% of earth surface suitable for agriculture
Renewable
Replenished on the month to year to decade time scale
Inlculde: food, animals, plants, some energy, salts
Non renewable- fixed quant. And not replenished on a human time scale
Oil
Nat. gas
copper, coal, gold, and a myriad of other mineral products
Mineral resource- a non-living, naturally occurring, substance that is useful
To us
Mineral Resource- a concentration of naturally occurring solid, liquid or
Gaseous material, in or on the Earth’s crust in such a form and
Amount that economic extraction of a commodity from the concentration
Is currently or potentially feasible
Measure
Indicated
Inferred
Reserves or ore- that part of the resource that can be economically and
Legally extracted at any given time
Reserve-base- reserves, marginal reserves, subeconomic reserves