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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:843738
Long-form Identifier:1:3:843738:9
GUID (UUID V4):2f4373fb-1a61-498e-a23b-9b1567f049cd
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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)
MAGNETITE-FLUORAPATITE MINERALIZATION AT THE OLYMPIC DAM Cu-U-Au-Ag DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA* Olga B. Apukhtina,1,ā€  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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metasomatic in origin. The huge Olympic Dam deposit in South Australia is a hydrothermally mineralized...interpretiert. Die riesige Lagerstiitte yon Olympic Dam in Siidaustralien ist ein Komplex aus hydrothermal...Particularly notable is the Olympic Dam (Fe-) Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit in South Australia, one of the largest mineral...amphibole-biotite granites (wiborgites and pyterlites), (2) even-grained or porphyritic biotite granites...fayalite-biotite-hornblende granite (Tarkki granite, the earliest intrusive phase), a biotite granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MESOPROTEROZOIC OLYMPIC DAM Cu-U-Au-Ag DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Liam Courtney-Davies,1,ā€  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. ā€¢ 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)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia ISSN: 0812-0099 (Print) 1440-0952 (Online) Journal...Feā€“Ti oxides in Hiltaba event magmatic rocks, South Australia: atomic- or pluton-scale processes? M. R. M...Feā€“Ti oxides in Hiltaba event magmatic rocks, South Australia: atomic- or pluton-scale processes?, Australian...Feā€“Ti oxides in Hiltaba event magmatic rocks, South Australia: atomic- or pluton-scale processes? M. R. M...Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia; BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia b ABSTRACT ARTICLE
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)
Fe-oxide Cu-Au systems in the Olympic Cu-Au Province, South Australia Alkis Kontonikasā€‘Charos1 Ā· Cristiana...fractionation trends in feldspars are reported from Olympic Dam (including Wirrda Well and Phillipā€™s Ridge) and...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...The University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia concentrations and fractionation trends are generally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Gawler Range Volcanics, Gawler Craton, South Australia Matthew R.M. Ferguson, Kathy Ehrig, Sebastien...the Gawler Range Volcanics, Gawler Craton, South Australia, Precambrian Research (2018), doi: https://doi...Gawler Range Volcanics, 3 Gawler Craton, South Australia 4 Matthew R. M. Ferguson1*, Kathy Ehrig2...University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 7 2 8 * Corresponding author. E-mail address:...BHP Olympic Dam, 55 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia The Roxby Downs Granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Behaviour in Apatite from the Olympic Dam Cuā€“Uā€“Auā€“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)
James Cook University, Townsville, Qld. 4811, Australia e-mail: Peter.Pollard@jcu.edu.au oxidized intermediate...deposits. An exception is the shallow-level Olympic Dam deposit that is hosted within granite and closely...linked to IOCG deposits in the Cloncurry district (Australia) have similar geochemical features to intrusive...Gawler Craton, Australia (Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill), the Cloncurry district, Australia (Ernest Henry)...and granitoids of the Hiltaba Suite, with the Olympic Dam deposit (āˆ¼1,590 Ma; Johnson and Cross 1995) being
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 Cuā€“Uā€“ Auā€“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 Ā· Geochemistry Ā· Granite
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), 1946ā€”supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogyā€”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
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(_...brecciascontainingI andII. We alsoconcludethat the Olympic Dam BrecciaComplexcontainsa major Cu-U-Au orebodybecauseit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Roxby Downs Granite, host to Fe-oxide Cu-Au-(U) mineralisation at Olympic Dam, South Australia Alkis...the Roxby Downs Granite, host to Fe-oxide Cu-Au-(U) mineralisation at Olympic Dam, South Australia, Ore...in the Roxby Downs Granite, host to Fe-oxide Cu-Au- PT (U) mineralisation at Olympic Dam, South Australia... University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia 3 4 US School of Chemical Engineering, University...Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia School of Physical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ironstone-hosted Au-Cu deposit in northwest Queensland, Australia, displays evidence of a polyphase history of late-post...and foliated chlorite-biotite-magnetite schists. The ironstones strike north-south and occur as discontinuous...(2) localised K-Fe metasomatism consisting of biotite-magnetite-hematitequartz-pyrite and (3) the mineralising...magnetite-pyritechalcopyrite-gold and extreme chloritisation of biotite. The Na dominant alteration occurs throughout the...University of North Queensland, Townsville, Qld, 4811, Australia gold:copper ratios can be explained in terms
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, UniversitƤt zu Kƶln
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oxide Cu-Au Prospects in the Olympic Dam District, Gawler Craton, South Australia EVGENIY N. BASTRAKOV,ā€  ROGER...ROGER G. SKIRROW, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia 2601 AND GARRY J. DAVIDSON...of Tasmania, Private Box 79, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 Abstract Geologic observations suggest two...subeconomic iron oxide copper-gold systems in the Olympic Dam district, eastern Gawler craton. They contain...mineralization. When compared to published models for the Olympic Dam deposit, the new data for fluids in subeconomic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SURROUNDING THE OLYMPIC DAM Cu-U-Au-AgAND MOONTA Cu-Au-AgDEPOSITS,SOUTH AUSTRALIA ROBERTA. CIdEASER*...Geology, La TrobeUniversity, Bundoora, Victoria3083,Australia ANDJOHNA. CooPER Department of Geology andGeophysics...ofAdelaide,GPOBox498,Adelaide,SouthAustralia5001,Australia 1988;Fig. 1).Themaximum ageoftheOlympicDam deposit...hichhasattractedsubDam Breccia Complex, the Roxby Downs Granite. stantialinterestsinceits discoveryin...OlympicDamdeposit,werealso on the northern Stuart shelf of South Australia bedated at 1600 Ma by U-PbandPb-Pbin apatite(Fig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...~' STUART SHELF ~o _ / _ , ~ .,WlLLYAMA INLIER Olympic D a m ~ ' ;'-~ GAWLER CRATON Moonta" PHANEROZOIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. 7001 (Australia) (Received June 7, 1989; accepted for publication...concentration and distribution in three granitoids from Australia has been used to develop an understanding of the...repository environment. In the Coles Bay Granite, Olympic Dam granite and the Kambalda Granodiorite, fission-track...Western Australia, and the basement granite in proximity to the Olympic Dam CuU mineralisation, South Australia...IIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll/ 100]++++++++[ ~ OLYMPIC DAM GRANITE ++++++++ ,oo1+ ~ + + + COLES BAY
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
Report (Issue volume)
The geology of South Australia Volume 1 The Precambrian Bulletin 54 BULL 054 (Vol 1) Geological Survey...Survey of South Australia Bulletin 54 The geology of South Australia Volume 1 The Precambrian Edited...Minister of Mineral Resources State Print, South Australia Published 1993 Digital version with minor corrections...corrections 2012 Ā© Government of South Australia 2012. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as...written permission from the Government of South Australia available through the Department for Manufacturing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ga surļ¬cial facies into the Olympic Dam Breccia Complex, South Australia T āŽ Alexander R. Cherrya...7005, Australia BHP Olympic Dam, 55 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia Department...Geochronology Roxby Downs Granite Gawler Range Volcanics Olympic Dam Bedded clastic facies The Olympic Dam Breccia...(host to the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit) is derived largely from granite (Roxby Downs Granite) but...volcanic rocks that were originally present at Olympic Dam were intruded by the granite. The deposition
 
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