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Subject | INDUSTRIAL MINERALS | Code | 00808046 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Credit. | Type | Year | Period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Optional | Fourth | First |
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Department | TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC |
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Coordinador |
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jferl@unileon.es csief@unileon.es |
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Web | http:// | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tribunales de Revisión |
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Competencias |
Code | |
A16826 | |
A16827 | |
A16829 | |
A16830 | |
A16831 | |
A16832 | |
A16833 | |
A16834 | |
B5149 | |
B5150 | |
B5155 | |
B5157 | |
B5158 | |
B5159 | |
B5160 | |
B5161 | |
B5167 | |
B5168 | |
B5169 | |
B5170 | |
B5171 | |
B5174 | |
B5177 | |
B5180 | |
B5181 | |
B5183 | |
C2 | CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study. |
Learning aims |
Competences | |||
A16829 A16834 |
B5149 B5150 B5155 B5160 B5161 |
C2 |
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A16826 A16827 A16830 A16831 A16832 A16833 A16834 |
B5157 B5158 B5159 B5167 B5168 B5169 B5170 B5171 B5177 B5181 B5183 |
C2 |
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B5169 B5170 B5171 B5174 B5177 B5180 B5181 B5183 |
Contents |
Topic | Sub-topic |
I. The industrial and ornamental minerals and rocks sector (R&MI). | 1. The industrial and ornamental minerals and rocks sector (R&MI): General aspects. |
II. Industrial Minerals | 2. Sulphur 3. iron oxides 4. Sodium chloride, potassium salts and fluorspar 5. Calcium carbonate, magnesite, dolomite 6. Celestine and other Sr minerals, sodium sulphates and gypsum 7. Common clays, kaolins and kaoliniferous clays 8. Bentonites and special clays 9. Talc 10. White micas 11. Industrial Feldspars and Silica |
III. Ornamental and construction rocks | 12. Marble, granite, slate and other ornamental rocks 13. Aggregates |
IV. Other industrially applicable rocks | 14. Diatomites. Peat. Pumice |
Programme of practical classes | 1. Mineralogical identification and recognition of rocks. 2. Practical sessions on physico-chemical properties of R&MI. 3. Visits to mining exploitations and R&MI treatment plants. |
Planning |
Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | Total hours | |||||||
Field work/trips | 18 | 10 | 28 | ||||||
Laboratory practicals | 7 | 8 | 15 | ||||||
Personal tuition | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
Assignments | 3 | 17 | 20 | ||||||
Lecture | 25 | 50 | 75 | ||||||
Extended-answer tests | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies |
Description | |
Field work/trips | |
Laboratory practicals | |
Personal tuition | |
Assignments | |
Lecture |
Personalized attention |
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Assessment |
Description | Qualification | ||
Assignments | Evaluación = 45% (Prácticas = 30%; Presentaciones y otros = 15%). La nota obtenida debe ser como mínimo de 3,5 sobre 10, para ser tenida en cuenta en el cómputo global. |
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Extended-answer tests | Evaluación = 45%. La nota obtenida debe ser como mínimo de 3,5 sobre 10, para ser tenida en cuenta en el cómputo global. |
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Others | - Attendance and active participation, either in person or online. | - Attendance and active participation = 10%. | |
Other comments and second call | |||
In the 2nd call, one or more written tests will be taken on the theoretical and practical contents and procedures, including the material related to Field and Laboratory Work and Practical Work. |
Sources of information |
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE |
Basic |
López Jimeno, C, Áridos, manual de prospección, explotación y aplicaciones, LOEMCO, E.T.S. Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid, 1994 Carr, D.D. (ed.), Industrial minerals and rocks, Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., Littleton, Colorado, , 1994 García de los Ríos, J.I.; Báez, J.M, La piedra en Castilla y León, Junta de Castilla y León, 2001 Sarachu, E. (ed) , La piedra Natural de España, Directorio Roc Máquina, Ecolograf S.A., Bilbao, 2006 López Jimeno, C. (ed.) , Manual de rocas ornamentales. Prospección, explotación, elaboración y colocación, Entorno Gráfico, Madrid, 1996 García Guinea, J.; Martínez Frías, J. (eds.), Recursos Minerales de España, CSIC Madrid, 1992 |
Complementary |
Kuzvart, M. , Industrial Minerals and Rocks, Developments in Economic Geology, vol. 18, Elsevier, 1984 Regueiro, M.; Lombardero, M. , Innovaciones y avances en el sector de las rocas y minerales industriales., Ilustre colegio Oficial de Geólogos de España, 1997 Manning, D. , Introduction to Industrial Minerals, Chapman and Hall, London, 1995 Quiroga, J.R.; Casares, A.; Suárez, V.L.M.; Viodal, J.R., , La Piedra en Galicia, Xunta de Galicia, 1997 López G. Mesones, F.; Escribano Villan, J.; Nieves Aguirre, G, Manual para el uso de la piedra en la arquitectura, Informstone Technic and Business, S.L., Bilbao, 2001 |
Recommendations |
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before | ||||||||
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