Subject Code: ES5L414 Subject Name: Mineral Resources &  Economics L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Definition of explorative criteria and indicators. Methods of explorations, their classification and applications in different stages of exploration. Processes of formation of mineral deposits, Structural and stratigraphic controls on mineralization.
Formation, association and distribution of essential and strategic minerals of India.
Various aspects of National Mineral Policy: Conservation of minerals, export and imports, taxation and subsidies, pricing policy etc.

Text/ Reference Books:
  1. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wellmer, Manfred Dalheimer & Markus Wagner, Economic Evaluations in Exploration, Springer.
  2. O. Rudawsky, Mineral Economics: Development and Management of Natural Resources,  Elsevier Science.
  3. Mario E. Rossi , Clayton V. Deutsch, Mineral Resource Estimation, Springer.