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Fluorapatite from
Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:843748
Long-form Identifier:1:3:843748:8
GUID (UUID V4):14a92632-9bf2-4886-8068-a8c6aef16abe
References
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MAGNETITE-FLUORAPATITE MINERALIZATION AT THE OLYMPIC DAM Cu-U-Au-Ag DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA* Olga B....7001, Australia Billiton Olympic Dam, 55 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia of...Victoria 3010, Australia of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia...Abstract The Olympic Dam iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG)-uranium-silver deposit (South Australia) is hosted...hosted in the large Olympic Dam breccia complex within the ~1.59 Ga Roxby Downs Granite. This breccia complex
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    Apatite at Olympic Dam, South Australia: A petrogenetic tool Sasha Krneta, Cristiana...Kontonikas-Charos, Alkis, Apatite at Olympic Dam, South Australia: A petrogenetic tool, LITHOS (2016)...pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Apatite at Olympic Dam, South Australia: a petrogenetic tool Sasha Krneta1,*... University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia SC R 1 IP T Alkis Kontonikas-Charos1 School...Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia 3 BHP Billiton, Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia NU Revised manuscript
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Crystal chemistry of titanite from the Roxby Downs Granite, South Australia: insights into petrogenesis, subsolidus...from the Roxby Downs Granite, host to the Olympic Dam Cu–U– Au–Ag deposit, South Australia. Three textural...Titanite breakdown is a ubiquitous feature of the Roxby Downs Granite, and occurs through interaction with...REE-phosphates with increased proximity to the Olympic Dam Breccia Complex. This change is related to interaction...appreciable ­PO42− liberated from local dissolution of fluorapatite. Such observations are consistent with and linked
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Behaviour in Apatite from the Olympic Dam Cu–U–Au–Ag Deposit, South Australia Sasha Krneta 1, *, Cristiana...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; alkiviadis.kontonikas-charos@adelaide.edu.au...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; cristiana.ciobanu@adelaide.edu.au (C.L.C.); nigel...edu.au (N.J.C.) BHP Billiton, Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; Kathy.J.Ehrig@bhpbilliton.com...giant ~1590 Ma Olympic Dam (OD) iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) ore system, South Australia. Moreover, hydrothermal
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GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MESOPROTEROZOIC OLYMPIC DAM Cu-U-Au-Ag DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Liam Courtney-Davies,1,† Cristiana...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia Isotope Geoscience Laboratory (NIGL)...4Department 5Adelaide Olympic Dam, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia of Geosciences, Boise State...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia Abstract Establishing timescales for...concerning formation of the ~1.6 Ga Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, South Australia, at up to ~0.05% precision (207Pb/206Pb
Report (volume)
of the United StatesPermissive Terrane for an Olympic Dam-Type Deposit? U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. • SAN FRANCISCO, California--Customhouse...of the United StatesPermissive Terrane for an Olympic Dam-Type Deposit? Edited by WALDEN P. PRATT and P...the United States-permissive terrane for an Olympic-Dam type deposit ; Midcontinent Strategic and Critical...oxide-rich ore deposits-An ore deposit model for Olympic Dam-type mineralization, by Steven A. Hauck 4 Geologic
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oxides in the outer shell of the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia Max R. Verdugo-Ihl 1 & Cristiana...The IOCG deposit at Olympic Dam (South Australia) is hosted within the Roxby Downs Granite, which displays...brecciation and ore formation. Keywords IOCG . Olympic Dam . Fe-metasomatism . Silician magnetite . HFSE-bearing... Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia 2 BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia been termed ‘iron oxide...system, or to superimposed geological events. Olympic Dam (OD) is, however, a well-preserved, mineralogically
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Article Detection of Trace Elements/Isotopes in Olympic Dam Copper Concentrates by nanoSIMS Mark Rollog 1...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005 SA, Australia; nigel.cook@adelaide.edu.au (N.J.C.); cristiana...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009 WA, Australia; paul.guagliardo@uwa...kilburn@uwa.edu.au (M.K.) BHP Olympic Dam, 55 Grenfell St., Adelaide, 5000 SA, Australia; kathy.ehrig@bhp.com...concentrate samples from the Olympic Dam mining-processing operation, South Australia, we demonstrate the application
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Engineering, The University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia 2 School of Earth and Environmental...Victoria 2800, Australia 3 BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. Orcid 0000-0002-5381-9445...Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia 5 Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia 1 Abstract ...uranium-bearing copper ores from the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia. They typically represent a family
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
iron-oxide copper gold systems, Olympic Dam district, South Australia Liam Courtney-Davies, Cristiana...ironoxide copper gold systems, Olympic Dam district, South Australia, Precambrian Research (2019), doi:...iron-oxide copper gold systems, Olympic Dam district, South Australia Liam Courtney-Davies1*, Cristiana...Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia 2 3 BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia Adelaide Microscopy...Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia *corresponding author Abstract: The Wirrda Well and
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ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition...Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70...2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell, S. 1(1):3-19...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...The Great Australia Mine. Day, B. and . Beyer, B. 1(1):23-28 Part 2 - The Mount Cobalt Mine. Day, B. and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonates at the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. Part 1: Distribution, textures...7001, Australia School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia BHP...BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia d Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Petr...Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia f School of Chemical Engineering, University of...Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia b c ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: IOCG deposits Olympic Dam Carbonate minerals
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intrusions: a case study of dolerite at Olympic Dam, South Australia Olga B. Apukhtina1 · Vadim S. Kamenetsky1...that intruded the Roxby Downs Granite (~0.59 Ga), the host of the supergiant Olympic Dam IOCG deposit. These...mafic magmatic rocks. Keywords IOCG deposits · Olympic Dam · Mafic magmatism · Colloform magnetite · Hydrothermal...Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia 2 BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia 3 School of Earth...3010, Australia 4 Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia 5
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(re)mobilization in iron-oxide copper gold systems from South Australia: a nanoscale study ALKIS KONTONIKAS-CHAROS1...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia School of Chemical Engineering, The University...Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia Adelaide Microscopy...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia [Received 4 February 2017; Accepted 22 May 2017;...hydrothermal stages in granites hosting the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, and from the Cu-Au skarn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithogeochemical zoning from the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia Marija Dmitrijeva, Kathy J. Ehrig...lithogeochemical zoning from the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi:...lithogeochemical zoning from the Olympic Dam deposit, South 3 Australia 4 Marija Dmitrijeva1*, Kathy...Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia 2 7 8 9 3 BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia School of Mathematical...of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Abstract 10 The Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit is dominantly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fractionation Patterns in Fluorapatite from the Olympic Dam Deposit (South Australia) Sasha Krneta 1,† , Cristiana...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; sasha.krneta@adelaide.edu.au School of Chemical...SA 5005, Australia; nigel.cook@adelaide.edu.au BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; Kathy.J...Butler Boulevard, Adelaide Airport, SA 5950, Australia.   Received: 11 July 2018; Accepted:...in apatite within the Olympic Dam iron-oxide-copper-gold deposit, South Australia with the aim of constraining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
58:241-287. Recent work on the Olympic Dam C u - U - A u - A g deposit, South Australia, the Wemecke Mountain...Redbank breccia pipes of the Northern Territory, Australia. We designate this class of deposits as Proterozoic...1976 of the giant Olympic Dam deposit in the Stuart Shelf region of South Australia (2000 million metric...1983, 1984). Some workers even suggested that Olympic Dam might represent a new environment of mineralization...mineralogical similarities between the rocks at Olympic Dam and ores of the southeast Missouri iron province
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The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; cristiana.ciobanu@adelaide.edu.au (C.L.C.); max...gao@adelaide.edu.au (W.G.) BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; Kathy.ehrig@adelaide.edu.au Adelaide...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; ashley.slattery@adelaide.edu.au Key Laboratory...oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits, such as Olympic Dam, South Australia. This contribution therefore considers...formation of giant ore deposits, such as the giant Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, and from Fe-Ti-oxides within layered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PHOSPHATE MINERALS FROM THE OLYMPIC DAM Cu-U-AuAg DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: RECOGNIZING TEMPORAL-SPATIAL...Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia KATHY EHRIG BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia...Australia BENJAMIN P. WADE AND SARAH GILBERT Adelaide Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide...Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia VADIM S. KAMENETSKY School of Physical Sciences, University...University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia ABSTRACT Florencite, [REEAl3(PO4)2(OH)6], is the most
Report (issue)
taken from the Library NN GU 1900 TP CATALOGUE SOUTH OF AUSTRALIAN MINERALS: 1983 by R.J. Noble...Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue of South Australian minerals...(Robert John), 1946—supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423
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geochemistry of granitoids from the Samphire Pluton, South Australia: Implications for uranium mineralisation in...geochemistry of granitoids from the Samphire Pluton, South Australia: Implications for uranium mineralisation in...geochemistry of granitoids from the Samphire Pluton, South Australia: implications for uranium mineralisation in...SA 5005, Australia 2 Samphire Uranium Pty Ltd, 28 Greenhill Road, Wayville, SA 5034 Australia PT 1 ...with iron-oxide copper-gold mineralisation at Olympic Dam and in the MoontaWallaroo region. In two granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
including the large economic deposits at Olympic Dam, Australia, and the Kiruna Iron District in northern...zoned magnetite–apatite deposit at the Pea Ridge mine where the most extensive studies have been carried...grade, Fe oxide-associated REE deposits at Olympic Dam, Australia (e.g., Einaudi and Oreskes, 1990; Marikos...REE at Cerro de Mercado are mainly hosted by fluorapatite, which occurs intergrown with Fe oxide (martite...in Table 1. Most samples are from the Pea Ridge mine (described in section 2.1 and below), where geologic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mining and processing, GHG emission, Radioactive mine waste Introduction Rare earth elements (REEs) have...University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia School of Geosciences, Monash University, Wellington...3800, Australia 3 CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, Box 312, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia 2 ... Mountain Pass in the USA, and Mount Weld in Australia. However, the mineralogy, grades, tonnages and...Bronze Age (3300–1200 BC); widespread 1838: Bastnäs mine, Västmanland, Sweden 1920: Kelly Gulch, Stanley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Review The Olympic Cu-Au Province, Gawler Craton: A Review of the Lithospheric Architecture...Survey of South Australia, Department for Energy and Mining, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia; anthony.reid@sa...Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Received: 29 May 2019; Accepted: 19 June 2019;... Abstract: The Olympic Cu-Au Province is a metallogenic province in South Australia that contains one...significant Cu-Au-U resources in the Olympic Dam deposit. The Olympic Cu-Au Province also hosts a range
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Apatite from all samples are nearly endmember fluorapatite containing up to ~1.3 wt% Cl and F/Cl ratios...nearly three orders of magnitude. Fresh igneous fluorapatite contain low Na2O (0.15 wt%) while most Pea...~0.45 wt%), and concentrations of sulfur in fluorapatite of all types are generally moderate to low (0...ppm), and Sr (12,000 ppm) are contained in fluorapatite of all sample types, and they also have moderate...(2,000 ppm), Th (400 ppm), and U (80 ppm). Fluorapatite show an extraordinarily large range of REE
 
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