Geology in Mining Engineering
- Familiarity with the science of geology, its historical evolution and the application of this science in the exploration and extraction of mineral resources
- Earth systems, its parts, features and processes
- Minerals and Ores: Physical properties of minerals and how to identify them
- Igneous processes and ages: types of mineralization related to them
- Metamorphic processes and ages: types of mineralization in relation to them
- Surface processes: weathering and movement on slopes, rivers and underground water, wind and desert, glacier
- Sedimentary processes and ages: types of mineralization related to them
- Earth and Time: Geological dating, stratigraphy and time scale of the Earth
- Structural processes and its products related to deposits and mining
- Plate tectonics and its relationship with the origin and exploration of mineral deposits
- Earth resources and reserves: applications and environmental considerations
- Familiarity with geological maps and its use in mining
- Familiarity with some destructive geological phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides