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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:567630
Long-form Identifier:1:3:567630:9
GUID (UUID V4):965d8045-bedc-47d0-9e21-b445ac412bee
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
23.4km (14.5 miles) ā“˜Acropolis deposit (Aphrodite; Appendicitis Dam), Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia
32.4km (20.1 miles) ā“˜Vulcan Cu-Au prospect, Central North, South Australia, Australia
References
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,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)
    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)
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)
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(_...earlymagnetite(_ hematite),chlorite,sericite,siderite,and minorpyrite, chalcopyrite,anduraninitemineralization(association
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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...conditions coinciding with shifts from K-feldspar to sericite, and ilmenite to rutile stability. The subsequent...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 ā€˜iron oxide
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)
FROM THE VULCAN Cu-Au PROSPECT, OLYMPIC Cu-Au PROVINCE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA ANTHONY REID,1,ā€  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)
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)
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
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
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 ā€¢ GAWLER -- OLYM P,I.._.ā€¢.D.A.M.i.ā€¢...;.T. AINTER Ɵ DOMAIN 'S'T'Uā€¢ ā€¢T: P, Dam Formation
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)
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)
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)
SPECTROSCOPY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE OLYMPIC DAM IOCG DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA MICHELLE TAPPERT,1,ā€  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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe-rich brecciasthat host Cu-U-Au-Ag ore at Olympic Dam. Early magnetiteassociated with pyrite and sideritepre-...consistent with thisconclusion. Introduction THE Olympic Dam deposit, located in mid-Protero- granite (Oreskes...complex anditspetrographicfeaturesandpresented South Australia, contains over 2 billion tons of Cu-Uevidencefor...hematite-richbreccias(Robertsand Hudson,1983). graniteby sericite,hematite,andrelatedcopperand Mappingof recentminingexposures...minerals.In thispaper,we investigate the nature the Olympic Dam breccia complexis composedof and origin(s)of
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicic large igneous province, South Australia: examples at the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit...silicic large igneous province, South Australia: examples at the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit...large igneous 2 province, South Australia: examples at the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu- 3 U-Au-Ag deposit...8 Tasmania, Australia 7001 9 2 BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia 10 3 Terramin...Terramin Australia Ltd, Level 3, 70 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide, South Australia, 11 5000 12 4 13 WA
 
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