Elements of Mining detailed Syllabus for Mining Engineering (DMNG), C18 curriculum has been taken from the TSSBTET official website and presented for the diploma students. For Course Code, Course Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Internal Marks, Max Marks, Total Marks, Min Marks and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objective:
- To introduce the students to the basic concepts of Mining, Mining methods and classification
- To impart knowledge on various methods of approach to mineral deposits, explosives, drilling technology, shaft sinking and mine gases
Course Outcome:
- Interpret and summarize contribution of mining in human civilization and economy, understand the application of various mode of entries into the deposits
- Outline the different terminology used in mining and apply which method is suitable for different deposits.
- Classify the use of various drilling machinery and drill bits for different strata conditions
- Perform the blasting operations and solve the different problems encounter during blasting
- Perform shaft sinking at various problems encounter during sinking. Identify the different gasses present in the mine atmosphere with the help of different detectors.
- Application of mode of entry, mining methods, drilling, blasting, shaft sinking in various geological conditions of deposits and analysis of gases encounter for safe mining operation.
Unit-1 Introduction To Mining
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Unit-2 Concepts of Mining Methods
Definitions used in Mining methods -Out crop, Cover, over-burden, back, vein, lode, ore shoot, coal measures, pit top, pit-bank, pit-bottom, shaft-station, reserve station, rest station, mineral reserves, tunnel, cross cut, level, drive, staple pit, inset, gallery, heading, blind heading, face, dip, closures, slice, split, stook, barrier, sump, shaft, auxiliary shaft. Classification of coal seams based on the thickness depth, inclination, gassiness. Classification of methods of working coal in respect of underground and open cast mining. Definition of terms with suitable sketches Horizon Mining; Placer Mining-Hydraulic Mining Dredging, leaching.
Unit-3 Drilling Methods
Classification of drilling methods-Principle of working, method of selection, application, limitations -Various drill tools, drill bits and their field application – flushing methods- feed mechanism. Methods of core recovery – single tube, double tube and wire-line tube barrels with sketch reasons for deviation of bore holes, bore hole survey.
Unit -4 Explosives
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Unit -5 Shaft Sinking and Mine Gases
Purpose of Shaft Sinking, Uses, factors for selection of site, different stages of sinking through subsoil, temporary, permanent supporting, Drilling, Blasting patterns used during shaft sinking, Ventilation and lighting system while sinking shaft, special methods of shaft sinkingwidening of shaft . Composition of Atmospheric and mine air, reason for changes in Mine air. Classification of mine gasses -Physical, chemical properties, physiological effects, and occurrence gases in mines. Permissible limits of gases in mines- Methods of detection of percentage mine gasses, various detectors used -Types of Flame safety lamp, principle of working.
Unit -6 Engineering Application
Application of various mode of entries and methods of extraction of the deposit under various conditions.Application of various drilling methods along with accessories,explosives used in underground and opencast mining. Shaft sinking methods under various conditions along with their limitations. Application of detection of various gases in mines.
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Course Outcome:
Various Elements of Mining and Stages/Phases in Mining
- State the History of mining.
- Understand the contribution of Mining Activity in the cause of human civilization
- State Contribution of mining to civilisation and national economy Indian mineral resources and world status.
- State the role of mining engineers in industry.
- List the various Mining Industries in the state and in the country.
- Define the terms mine, mining, mining engineering, Ore, Ore deposits,Waste / gangue, mineral, mineral deposits.
- List the various stages of Mining operations – Pre-mining, Mining and Post-mining.
- Introduction to opencast and underground coal & metalliferous mining – selection criteria.
- List the various pre-mining Operations-Exploration, land acquisition, prospecting licence.
- State the de-vegetation, and initial ground treatment for future (Next stage) of Mining operations – Forming approach Roads.
- List the various mining operation (Entry to deposit, development, exploitation, stopping / depillaring.)
- List the various ancillary mining operations – (Strata control, transportation, ventilation, drainage, lighting, reclamation, or soil or back filling.)
- List the various post mining operations (beneficiation of mineral concentration techniques, assaying metallurgical operations.)
- List different types of mode of entry to mineral deposits – (Shaft, Incline, Adit, Haul roads.)
- Define the mode of entries with sketches
- List the applicability and limitations of mode of entries.
- State the comparison of various Modes of entry into deposits for underground mining – shafts, inclines, adits, etc.
Concepts of Mining Methods.
- Define the following terms with sketches Out crop, Cover, over-burden, back, vein , lode, ore shoot, coal measures, pit top, pit-bank, pit-bottom, shaft-station, reserve station, rest station, mineral reserves, tunnel, cross cut, level , drive, staple pit , inset, gallery, heading, blind heading, face, dip, closures, slice, split, stook, barrier, sump, shaft, auxiliary shaft.
- Give the classification of coal seams based on the thickness depth, inclination,gassiness and wateriness.
- Give the classification of methods of working coal in respect of underground and open cast mining.
- Compare Underground mining vs opencast mining.
- Define the following terms with suitable sketches. Horizon Mining; Placer mining -Hydraulic king, Dredging, Solution Mining-Borehole Extraction, Leaching.
Drilling Methods.
- State the Principles of drilling
- List the methods of Drilling.
- List the uses of boreholes.
- Give the classification of drilling methods.
- List the selection of Drilling methods
- List the applications of Drilling methods
- List the limitations of Drilling methods.
- State the applicability of percussive and rotary drilling methods.
- List the various drill bits.
- State the flushing methods.
- List the drilling tools and accessories used in rotary drilling.
- State the purposes of tools used rotary drilling methods
- Explain rotary methods of drilling with sketch
- List the fields of application of Drilling
- State the exploration and production drilling.
- List type of drilling in underground workings,
- List the variables affecting the performance of drilling
- State the novel methods of drilling
- Describe the feed mechanism – Screw Feed and Hydraulic feed with sketches.
- Define the term mud flushing.
- Define the terms sludge and core.
- State the purpose of core recovery
- List the different methods of core recovery.
- Explain single tube, double tube and wire-line tube barrels with sketch.
- State the reasons for deviation of bore holes.
- .Explosives
- Define the term explosive.
- State the uses of explosives for mining industry.
- List the characteristics of explosives
- Explain the characteristics of explosives.
- Classifies the explosives based on strength, density
- Define low explosive.
- State the composition of low explosive.
- List the properties of low explosive.
- Define high explosive.
- State the composition of high explosives used in underground and in opencast mines (coal and non-coal mines)
- List the properties of high explosives.
- Define the terms boosters and primers.
- State their composition and list their properties.
- State their field application.
- Compare the Low explosive vs High explosive.
- Define the term Permitted explosive.
- Classifies the Permitted explosives
- List the test that a permitted explosive should pass through.
- List the applicability of permitted explosives.
- Give the composition of permitted explosives with the examples un-sheathed, sheathed, ultra-safe, and off-the solid blasting explosives.
- List the types of initiation of explosives.
- Describe the safety fuse
- Mention the field application of safety fuse and cordtex
- Define the term detonator
- Classify the detonators.
- State the composition of different detonators.
- Describe the construction of
- Ordinary
- electric
- delay and
- Nonel detonators.
- Mentions the field of application of each kind of detonators.
- Define the terms misfire, blown out shot, cutoff
- Explain the procedure to perform blasting operation in underground mines along with precautions to be taken
- Explain the procedure for dealing misfire, blown-out shot
Shaft Sinking and Mine Gases
- List the factors to be considered for the selection of a shaft as a mode of entry.
- State the factors consider for selection of a site for shaft sinking.
- List the necessary equipment required for sinking a shaft.
- List the different stages of shaft sinking.
- Explain the different stages of sinking through normal strata.
- Explain the permanent supporting of the shaft sides by brick walling concrete, Curbing Monolithic concrete lining.
- Classify the special methods of shaft sinking and their applicabilitys.
- Explain the specials methods of shaft sinking
- Pilling Methods
- Caisson Methods
- Freezing Method
- Cementation Methods.
- List the modern techniques used in shaft sinking
- Explain shaft widening and deepening of the shaft.
- State the composition of surface air and mine air.
- Compares the composition of surface air and mine air.
- List the reasons for changes in the composition of air while passing through mine workings.
- Give the classification of mine gases
- List the poisonous, noxious and inflammable gases.
- State the occurrence and mention the chemical, physical and physiological effects of poisonous, noxious and inflammable gases.
- Explain the purpose of flame safety lamp.
- Explain the principle of safety lamp-wire gauge principle.
- Describe the constructional details of flame safety lamp bottom and top feedtypes.
- Explain the method of transfer of heat in the flame safety lamp.
- Explain the accumulation and percentage tests conducted with flame safety lamp.
- List different detectors used for detecting poisonous, noxious and inflammablegases
Engineering Applications
- Identify the suitable mode of entry into the deposit for various strata conditions
- Application of different method of extraction of deposits
- Selection of drilling methods based on strata conditions, depth and recovery of core
- Choose correct shaft sinking method under given conditions and justify
- Make use of properties and identify different types of gases in underground mines
- Adopt different methods of gas detection in mines
Suggested Student Activities
- Student visits Library to refer to Mining magazines
- Student inspects the available equipment in the Lab to identify the components
- Visit nearby Industry to familiarize with mining activities
- Quiz
- Group discussion
- Surprise test
Suggested E-Learning
- http://www.miningmagazine.com/
- http://www.mining-journal.com/country/india
- https://www.cmpdi.co.in/publication.php
- www.nptel.ac.in
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