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Copper (commodity) from
Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Copper (commodity)
Significance:Significant commercial deposit of this mineral.
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Copper (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1228606
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1228606:5
GUID (UUID V4):84f3a4a1-f624-43f4-8763-5f0d054abd9f
Nearest other deposits of Copper (commodity)
48.1km (29.9 miles) Ok Copper Mine (White feather), Central North, South Australia, Australia
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGNETITE-FLUORAPATITE MINERALIZATION AT THE OLYMPIC DAM Cu-U-Au-Ag DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA* Olga B. Apukhtina,1,† Vadim...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
Report (issue)
30.90 c = 13.36 X-ray Powder Pattern: Olympic Dam, Australia. 1.933 (100), 2.375 (90), 1.857 (80), 2...10 100.21 101.48 100.00 21.90 (1) Olympic Dam, Australia; by electron microprobe, corresponding...hydrothermal deposit (Olympic Dam, Australia); in a porphyry copper deposit (El Teniente mine, Chile). Association:...chalcopyrite, hematite (Olympic Dam, Australia); djurleite (El Teniente mine, Chile). Distribution: From...From the Olympic Dam Cu–Au–U deposit, Roxby Downs Station, near Woomera, South Australia [TL]. In the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia Abstract Establishing timescales for iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG)...concerning formation of the ~1.6 Ga Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, South Australia, at up to ~0.05% precision (207Pb/206Pb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sources of mineralising fluids for the Olympic Dam deposit (South Australia)" Sm-Nd isotopic constraints James...2605, Australia Received 3 April 1994; revision accepted 3 October 1994 Abstract The Olympic Dam C u...u - U - A u - A g deposit, South Australia, is hosted by the Olympic Dam Breccia Complex, a high-level...Sm-Nd isochron age of 1572 + 99 Ma. The host Roxby Downs Granite has an initial end of ~ -- 5, and therefore...compositions equivalent to these dykes and the Roxby Downs Granite, the ore signature implies that ~ 30%
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bedded clastic facies at the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia Author: Jocelyn McPhie Karin...bedded clastic facies at the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia, Precambrian Research (2016)...clastic facies at the 7 Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia 8 Jocelyn McPhiea, Karin...Kamenetskya, Kathy Ehrigb ip t 9 10 11 a 12 7001, Australia 13 b cr School of Physical Sciences and CODES...Tasmania us BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia an 14 Jocelyn McPhie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SPECTROSCOPY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE OLYMPIC DAM IOCG DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA MICHELLE TAPPERT,1,† BENOIT RIVARD...Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia 3 Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia...Australia (PIRSA), South Australia 5000, Australia Abstract Reflectance spectrometers with automated scanning...drill core from the Olympic Dam iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposit, South Australia, were scanned using...are the most important alteration minerals at Olympic Dam. The results were plotted as a function of depth
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: Was a sedimentary basin involved...Tasmania 7001, Australia BHP-Billiton, GPO Box 1777, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia 2 ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT The supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag ore deposit of South Australia occurs in a tectonic-hydrothermal...that the provenance extended beyond the area of Olympic Dam. The lateral continuity, provenance characteristics...present at Olympic Dam prior to formation of the breccia complex. We conclude that the Olympic Dam hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Corporation Ltd., P.O. Box 157, Preston,Victoria 3072, Australia KEN C. CROSS, WesternMining CorporationLtd.,...P.O. Box 114, Daw Park, SouthAustralia 5041, Australia ROBERT T. BILLS, WesternMining Corporation Ltd...Ltd., P.O. Box 157, Preston,Victoria 3072, Australia AND MARK H. REED Departmentof GeologicalSciences...Proterozoic thermal event on the Gawler craton, South Australia. In the OlympicDam BrecciaComplex,earlymagnetite(_...magnetite,hematite,sericite,andquartzanda traceof copper-ironsulfide. The modelingsupports the hypothesis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal alteration on mafic lithologies at the Olympic Dam CuU-Au-Ag deposit Qiuyue Huang, Vadim S. Kamenetsky...hydrothermal alteration on mafic lithologies at the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, Precambrian Research (2017)...hydrothermal alteration on mafic lithologies at the Olympic Dam 2 Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit 3 Qiuyue Huang1*, Vadim...Tasmania, Australia 7001 6 2 BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia 7 3...lithologies occur at the Olympic Dam copper-uranium- 11 gold-silver deposit, South Australia. The first group
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    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
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)
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...later/retrograde stages in the formation of the Olympic Dam deposit. Keywords Titanite · Geochemistry · Granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
studies of the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-Au-U-Ag deposit, South Australia Maria Kirchenbaur, Roland Maas...studies of the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-Au-U-Ag deposit, South Australia, Geochimica et Cosmochimica...studies of the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-Au-U-Ag deposit, South Australia Maria Kirchenbaur1,2, Roland...Melbourne, Australia 4 BHP Billiton, 55 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia 5 School...University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 6 Abteilung Nuklearchemie, Universität zu Köln
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusion-related origin for Cu–Au mineralization in iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) provinces Received: 13 December 2005...2006 Abstract Major Cu–Au deposits of iron oxide–copper– gold (IOCG) style are temporally associated with...James Cook University, Townsville, Qld. 4811, Australia e-mail: Peter.Pollard@jcu.edu.au oxidized intermediate...related to each other. Introduction Iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) deposits have received considerable...skarn and porphyry copper deposits. An exception is the shallow-level Olympic Dam deposit that is hosted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...HFSE-bearing hematite Introduction Iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposits encompass magnetite- to hematite-rich... Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia 2 BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia been termed ‘iron oxide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe-oxide Cu-Au systems in the Olympic Cu-Au Province, South Australia Alkis Kontonikas‑Charos1 · Cristiana...fractionation trends in feldspars are reported from Olympic Dam (including Wirrda Well and Phillip’s Ridge) and...are associated with Mesoproterozoic iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG)-type mineralization. Both plagioclase...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia 2 School of Chemical Engineering, The University... Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia 3 BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia 4 School of Physical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1994 Gold metallogeny and the copper-gold association of the Australian Proterozoic...of Tasmania, GPO Box 252c, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 Received: 2 September 1993/Accepted: 9 March...Global gold production has been dominated by the South African Witwatersrand deposits (2.9 Ga), at 37,000...figures, particularly with the discovery of the Olympic Dam deposit, aged 1588 _+ 4 Ma (Creaser and Cooper...1993) (Fig. 2). The total inferred resource at Olympic Dam is 2,000 mt of 1.6% Cu and 0.6 ppm Au (1,200
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCUSSIONS THE OLYMPIC DAM COPPER-URANIUM-GOLD SOUTH AUSTRALIA--A DEPOSIT, ROXBY DOWNS, DISCUSSION ...Halifax Street,Adelaide, SouthAustralia, 5000, Australia Sir: D. E. Roberts and G. R. T. Hudson (1983)...presentedan excellent,lucid generalaccount of the Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold deposit, RoxbyDowns, SouthAustralia...authors are aware, however, I do not believe that Olympic Dam is a new type of stratabound sediment-hostedore...mineralizationin the Olympic • GAWLER -- OLYM P,I.._.•.D.A.M.i.•...;.T. AINTER ß DOMAIN 'S'T'U• •T: P, Dam Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM THE VULCAN Cu-Au PROSPECT, OLYMPIC Cu-Au PROVINCE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA ANTHONY REID,1,† ROBERT N. SMITH...ROGER G. SKIRROW5 1 Geological Survey of South Australia, Department of Manufacturing Innovation Trade...Resources and Energy, GPO Box 1264, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 Tasman Resources Ltd, Level 15, 197...197 St George's Tce, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia 3 Department 4 Department of Earth Sciences...Western Australia 6845, Australia 5 Minerals and Natural Hazards Division, Geoscience Australia, Symonston
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
694-709 Zircon U-Pb Dating in the Vicinity of the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au Deposit, RoxbyDowns, SouthAustralia G...Adelaide,G.P.0. Box498, Adelaide,SouthAustralia5001, Australia H. L. PATERSON, WesternMining CorporationLtd..., P.O. Box57, St. Marys, SouthAustralia5042, Australia K. CROSS,G. R. T. HUDSON, AND R. K. UPPILL RoxbyManagement...ProprietaryLtd., P.O. Box405, Unley,SouthAustralia5061,Australia Abstract Isotopic data are presentedfor granitoidsand...someof which are spatiallyassociatedwith the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au deposit.Relativelyunalteredquartzmonzodiorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE DISTRIBUTION OF IRON OXIDE COPPER-GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE OLYMPIC Cu-Au PROVINCE, GAWLER CRATON*...Survey of South Australia, Department of State Development, GPO Box 320, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia 2 Department...Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Abstract The primary driver for mineralization in the Olympic Cu-Au province...province of the eastern Gawler craton, South Australia, was a major early Mesoproterozoic thermal event, partly...hematite-rich, iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits are apparently restricted to a north-south belt along the
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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