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Schedule
All About
Mining! Classroom sessions begin each morning at 8 AM
on the Colorado School of Mines Golden
campus.
Up to five classroom sessions are scheduled each day, Monday through
Friday, with appropriate breaks between sessions.
Listed below are the classroom session topics.
More about field trips Week 1
- Introduction
- Geology
- Geology of U.S. Ore Deposits
- Exploration Geophysics
- Geochemistry
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- Concrete Rocks!
- Industrial Minerals
- Mining Methods
- Drilling and Blasting
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Week 2
- Let's Build A Mine
- Chemical Leaching
- Colorado Mining History
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- Uranium Industry
- Metallurgy
- Mineral Processing
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Week 3
- Land Acquisition
- Environmental Controls
- Permitting
- Nonferrous Metals
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- Smelting/Refining
- International Mine Development
- Sustainability
- Remediation
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Week 4
- Resources for Educators
- Colorado Geological Survey
- U.S. Geological Survey Resources
- Women in Mining
- Mineral Information Institute
- Ferrous Metals
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- Metals Recycling
- Internet Resources
- Use of Computers in Mining
- Air Quality Issues
- Economics
- Wages & Salaries
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Field
Trips
The Closed-to-the public, operating mines visited during the course are not "tourist mines" that are open to everyone for a fee. Teachers get to experience once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to actually see coal, metals, and industrial minerals being mined from both underground and surface mines. There are no extra charges to teachers in the course for these exciting site visits.
Visiting a Wallboard Plant
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