Exploration Skills Mapping

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

85 hours

Knowledge of third-year geology strongly recommended

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Geological mapping, core logging and the recognition of ore-related hydrothermal alteration mineral assemblages are essential skills for all mining industry geologists. This field-based course will examine core and surface exposures of a mixed volcano-sedimentary succession in the highly mineralised Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics and Dundas Group of western Tasmania.

This subject aims to equip students with discipline-specific knowledge and expertise appropriate for post-graduate research in the field; equip students with discipline-specific knowledge and expertise enabling them to take their place as professional geologists in industry or government organisations; to develop skills in field mapping techniques, recognition of volcanic textures and their use in field mapping of mineralised sequences, recognition of alteration in volcanic sequences, structural analysis of slate belt rocks, graphic logging of core and analysis of structural geology data.

All assessment items are collectively equivalent to 2,500 words and are due by the last day of the teaching period.

• field maps (46%)
• core logs (15%)
• cross-sections (10%)
• stratigraphic column (5%)
• stereonets (8%)
• exploration potential memorandum (6%)
• performance/aptitude in the field (10%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Exercise critical judgement; undertake rigorous and independent thinking; adopt a problem-solving approach to new and unfamiliar tasks; develop high-level written report and/or oral presentation skills; interrogate, synthesise and interpret the published literature; work as part of a team.