COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINE EXPLORATION AND DRILLING TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDN 3029 MINE EXPLORATION AND DRILLING TECHNIQUES COMPULSORY 2 1 0 4

Offered By

Mining Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DOĞAN KARAKUŞ

Offered to

Mining Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn mining prospection and exploration methods, drilling technology, drilling machinery and equipment, drilling methods, evaluation of drilling data. Another aim of this course calculate the amount of the reserve and provide three dimensional characteristics of the ore bodies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to define phases of mine prospecting and mine exploration
2   Able to comment numerical properties of ore bodies with sampling methods
3   Able to describe drilling methods
4   Able to array elements of drillstring
5   Able to identify sampling core methods from borehole
6   Able to correlate between type of bit and rock properties
7   Able to create ore body model with geometric and distance techniques

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mine prospecting and exploration methods
2 Sampling and methods of reduction, the average grade calculation
3 The aim of drilling, the fragmentation of rocks and the factors affecting the rate of advancement
4 Drilling methods
5 Types of drilling bits
6 Rotary drilling drillstring and diamond drilling drillstring
7 Types and task of drilling muds
8 Casing of borehole
9 Methods of core sampling from boreholes
10 Methods of borehole log
11 Introduction of UMREK and JORC code
12 Introduction to ore bodies reserve
13 Reserve calculations with geometric methods
14 Reserve calculations with distance-based methods

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Yalçın A. Sondaj Yöntemleri ve Uygulamaları. TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası, 2000, Ankara.
2. Ayhan A. Maden Jeolojisi Arama ve Etüd Teknikleri. SÜ Mim-Müh.Fakültesi, 1991, Konya.Özdemir A. Sondaj tekniğine Giriş. Omay Ofset, 2007, Ankara.
3. Ersoy E. Sondaj Teknikleri ve Uygulamaları, Nobel Kitapevi, 2008
4. Rao U.M. Karaman, B. Misra Principles of Rock Drilling., 1998 A.A.Balkema /Rotterdam
5. Tercan, E, Saraç, C. Maden Yataklarının Değerlendirilmesinde Jeoistatistiksel Yöntemler,TMMOB Jeoloji Mühendisleri Odası Yayını, 1998

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Practice, Field Work, Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term : LO 1 ,LO2, LO 3, LO 4
Homework : LO 5, LO 7
Projects/Practice : LO7
Final Exam : LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Doğan Karakuş
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi
Maden Mühendisliği Bölümü
Tınaztepe Kampüsü Buca/Izmir
Telefon : 232 301 75 34
Email : dogan.karakus@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday : 13:00-16:00Monday 13:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Field study 1 2 2
Preparing assignments 3 8 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 111

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15
LO.2555
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.7555

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