Location: School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, and Fosterville area (VIC)
Enrolments:
Dates: 13-17 March 2023
Times: 09:00-17:00 each day.
This is a 5-day course of lectures, practical
sessions and a field trip, devoted to the Geology of Gold. The course provides
a broad coverage of gold geology and exploration, as well as some of the latest
research ideas and how they apply to mineral exploration. The course is
suitable for Honours and postgraduate students, and for geologists in the
mineral industry with some exploration and mining experience. The course is
also suitable for government geologists involved in field areas where gold
potential exists and who are seeking to relate their work more closely to
industry.
The course covers all major types of gold deposits with emphasis on Archean
greenstone and sedimentary rock hosted deposits. The course covers both
conventional thinking on different deposit types, and novel ideas with their
exploration implications. A two-day field trip ventures into the Victorian gold
province and includes visits to the major Fosterville mine, Deborah Mine and a
fieldwork exercise at Victoria Hill. Geochemistry, structural geology, regolith
and deposit geology are covered at a level to enable participants to take their
place comfortably in industry and government teams. An emphasis of the course
is on a holistic approach that uses all applicable fields of geology to address
the questions pertaining to gold.
The course opens from 8.30am for a 9.00am start on Monday 13th March with the field trip leaving from the university on Wednesday 16th March with a late return on Thursday evening. Lectures resume on campus on Friday 17th of March.
Note: The main entry doors to the Earth Science Building are located one level above the road and are accessed via the stairs or ramp from Elgin Street, or from the bridge across Swanston Street.
We acknowledge the sponsorship from AIG, Kirkland Gold and AusIMM. Students do not pay a fee this year. Industry participants pay $1000.
To make the payment for this course, please click here.
Further course and assessment information can be found at: https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2022/subjects/geol90052
Pre-readings for the course are available and all course participants are expected to have read the pre-reading material prior to the start of the course.
Contact: Prof Dave Phillips: dphillip@unimelb.edu.au
Teacher: Prof David Phillips
- Teacher: Eleanor Green
- Teacher: Dave Phillips
Dates, Times, Location: Monday, 22 - 26 May, 2023, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day, 6 contact hours per day. The subject will be delivered on campus of the University of Melbourne, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (McCoy Bld.)
Final Assessment: in the week starting on 05 June.
Host: The University of Melbourne.
Course Details: This advanced ore deposit geology and geochemistry short course is designed for fourth year Honours/MSc students in economic geology/geochemistry as well as industry geologists who wish to be exposed to new concepts of magmatic ore genesis. The course will provide an overview of the geology of major Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide deposits, PGE deposits, and diamond deposits with an emphasis on the processes controlling their genesis and how this information can be applied in exploration. The course will also introduce some of the theoretical concepts involved in ore formation such as the factors controlling sulphur solubility in mafic magmas and the roles of partial melting and crustal contamination in the genesis of Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposits. Lectures will present the physical and chemical characteristics of some of the major magmatic ore deposits including komatiite-associated Ni deposits (Kambalda), basalt-associated Cu-Ni-Co-(PGE) deposits (Norilsk-Talnakh/Voiseys Bay), astrobleme-associated Ni-Cu-PGE deposits (Sudbury), Merensky Reef-type PGE deposits in layered intrusions (Bushveld, Stillwater), and diamondiferous kimberlites and lamproites. Practical exercises will consist of examination of suites of samples from major ore camps in both hand specimen and in thin section as well as computer exercises. Students will be divided into groups on Monday and assigned an exploration exercise that the groups will on Friday.
Further information can be found on the University of Melbourne handbook entry (https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/geol90038).
Lecturer: Reid Keays (reid.keays@monash.edu)
Assessment:
Practical work - 40%
- Group mark - 10%
- Individual mark - 10%
Multiple choice exam - 40%
What You Need To Bring: Hand lens and pencil magnet.Cost: $500 for industry participants.
- Teacher: Reid Keays
- Teacher: Janet Hergt
- Teacher: Reid Keays
This online course covers the identification of target minerals, its exploration, sampling methods, methods of estimating tonnage and grades and reporting of resources and reserves. This unit also covers the financial evaluation of mining projects.
When / Where
Semester 1 2023, online course offered by Federation University
Assessment
Assignment 1: Risk analysis of 1250 words (or equivalent) due four weeks after the end of the teaching period, 50% of final mark.
Assignment 2: Answers to a set of questions of 1250 words (or equivalent) due four weeks after the end of the teaching period, 50% of final mark.
Lecturer / Contact:
Dr. Larissa Koroznikova, l.koroznikova@federation.edu.au
- Teacher: Greg You
Dates: Semester 2 2023
Contact: Dr Larissa Koroznikova, l.koroznikova@federation.edu.au
Location: Online only
The unit is designed to give a basis for understanding the various elements that make up the mine environment, and how to control and regulate it to achieve a safe, healthy and comfortable workplace conducive to performance and efficiency.
- Determine the size of the occupational health and safety problem.
- Find the specialist definitions of key terms in occupational health and safety.
- Appreciate the history of occupational health and safety.
- Determine how the legal system deals with occupational health and safety problems.
- Examine risk management models.
- Understand consultative mechanisms.
- Compare and contrast occupational health and safety auditing tools.
- Understand the effects of specific hazards on the human body. Skills
- Build models for the management of occupational health and safety problems.
- Tackle health and safety problems at their source.
- Use the hierarchy of hazard controls to control hazards.
- Apply management system concepts to occupational health and safety case studies.
- Develop occupational health and safety policies.
- Determine assessment methods for specific hazards.
- Prepare a plan for hazard control. Values
- Appreciate that social problems have an historical and legal context.
- Prefer the "safe-place” over the "safe-person” approach to control hazards.
- Value workplace consultation. Content: Legislation
- General framework
- Health & safety legislation
- Mines regulations Occupational Health & Safety
- History and philosophy
- Types of accidents and injuries
- Hazard management
- Manual handling
- Human factors
- Entry into confined spaces
- Control strategies Mine Environmental Engineering
- Atmospheric contaminants and their control
- (Dusts, gases, radiation, heat and humidity, noise)
- Mine illumination Emergency Situations
- Outbursts and explosions
- Mine fires
- Mine rescue
Further course and assessment information can be found at: https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/geol90033
- Teacher: Greg You