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Resource Estimation - MINE3220
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Mining Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.mining.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequsite: MINE2010
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Resource and reserve estimation of coal and metalliferous deposits. Geological influences on resource and reserve estimation. Sampling methodology. Merits of various estimation methods and relevance to specific mineral deposits including Geostatistics. Basis of prepartion and reliability of resources and reserves, with particular reference to the JORC code, grade control/mine to mill. Orebody and block modelling.

This course covers the following topics:
  • Mine Geology
  • Geological uncertainty
  • Sampling methods and data collection
  • Data analysis
  • Principles of resource and reserve estimation
  • Traditional estimation techniques
  • Geostatistical methods
  • Block modelling
  • JORC Code

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