Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
MAD 243 Underground Mining Turkish Compulsory
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
2.5 4.5 2 0 1
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites None
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Introduction. Prospecting and evaluation. Exploration, reserve definitions and calculation methods. Grade, sampling. The value of ore deposit. Planning of underground structures. Planning of audits, drifts and inclines. Shafts, shaft location. Interval between levels, level planning, sublevels, Time scheduling. Structures in ore deposits, Classifications of underground production methods. Longwall methods, shortwall methods, pillar methods, chamber methods, block methods. Method selection. Production methods in Turkey.