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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:843740
Long-form Identifier:1:3:843740:2
GUID (UUID V4):324f895e-d3d2-4d43-aff6-09f1ba201bd2
References
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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)
(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
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
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
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)
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,† 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)
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...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)
British Columbia, Canada V6E 3X1 Abstract The Olympic Dam iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposit is currently...host-rock sequences. Introduction The Olympic Dam deposit in Australia contains a measured resource of 650...Osborne, Mt. Elliot, Eloise, and Prominent Hill, Australia; Candelaria and Manto Verde, Chile; Sossego, Cristalino...Dahongshan, China; Sin Quyen, Vietnam), but Olympic Dam is the only member of the class to produce uranium...systems, and is characterized by the formation of orthoclase-magnetite in more felsic rocks and biotite-magnetite
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 (issue)
ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1ďż˝):9-11 Definition...Minerals from. tďż˝ 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
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 © 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)
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)
greenstone belts of Canada, southern Africa, and Australia, plus some of the largest and richest chro­ mite...high-grade nickel sulfide ore near Kambalda, Western Australia, set off a ORES AND GEOLOGIC HISTORY 151 Annu...Uranium in Weathering Profile Kiruna -Type Olympic Dam-Type Carbonatltes Ilmenite-Anorthosite Porphyry...alteration root. The Broken Hill deposits in New South Wales, the Nama­ qualand group (at Aggeneys, Gamsberg...shale assemblages in California, in Victoria, Australia, and in the world's currently largest vein-gold
Report (volume)
occurrences 36 Speculative metallogeny 36 Possible Olympic Dam-type deposits 37 Possible unconformity-type uranium...similar to that of the world-class Olympic Dam deposit in southern Australia, and they deserve consideration...Although the map covers the Black Hills uplift in South Dakota-within the Trans-Hudson orogen-this area...magmatic terrane; 1.83-1.89 Ga) was formed on the south (present-day coordinates). Collision of this arc...wide areas in Wisconsin and southern Minnesota and South Dakota and are known to be present, at least locally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chaleurs Bay Synclinorium 609 that, from north to south are (1) the Connecticut ValleyGaspé Synclinorium...Bourque 1993), and by the Restigouche fault to the south (Fig. 1). The stratigraphic succession in the Connecticut...025% MoS2, and 7 g/t Ag (Wares 1983). The Federal Mine, in the southern part of Dome Lemieux, comprises...Chaleurs group. The St-Léon Formation crops out in the south central part of the anticline and is dominated by...concentration) in a groundmass of quartz, and orthoclase with minor albite. Porphyritic textures are developed
Book (edition)
Exploration Targeting University of Western Australia Crawley, WA Australia ISSN 2365-0567 (electronic) ISBN...Geology and Geophysics at the University of Western Australia under the supervision of Prof. David Groves, the...incorporates new data and references from Africa, Australia, Brazil, China, Greece, Iran, Mongolia, North...Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia) for providing a stimulating environment in which...Concentrations from the Karinya Syncline, South Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
late-stage coffinite and brannerite from the Olympic Dam IOCG-Ag-U deposit EDELTRAUD MACMILLAN1,2,*, NIGEL...Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia BHP Billiton Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia School of Chemical...The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders...Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia [Received 14 July 2016; Accepted 18 December 2016;...ABSTR ACT The Olympic Dam iron-oxide copper-gold-silver-uranium deposit, South Australia, contains three
Report (issue)
.... 15 2.1.2. Geologic setting of Jabiluka, Australia and Cigar Lake, Canada ......... 16 2.1.3. Ore....... 33 2.3.2. Geologic setting of Olympic Dam Deposit, Australia.......................... 33 2.3.3...Ore geometry and metallogenesis of Olympic Dam Deposit, Australia......................................35 2.3.4. Uranium resources and production in Olympic Dam deposit............... 37 Quartz-pebble conglomerate...2. Geologic setting of Witwatersrand district, South Africa..................... 38 2.4.3. Ore geometry
Book (edition)
Targeting The University of Western Australia Crawley, WA Australia ISSN 2365-0559 ISSN 2365-0567 (electronic)...Geology and Geophysics at the University of Western Australia under the supervision of Prof. David Groves, the...Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia) for providing a stimulating environment in which...Andi Zhang and Lin Zhang. Santiago, Chile Perth, Australia Daniel MĂĽller David I. Groves Contents 1 ...Concentrations from the Karinya Syncline, South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...plutonism in the southeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia a b c d W. L. Zang , C. M. Fanning , A...Resources , GPO Box 1671, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia b Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian...0200, Australia c Pontifex and Associates Ltd , 26 Kensington Road, Rose Park, SA, 5067, Australia d...d Geoscience Australia , GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia e School of Earth and Environmental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa Current address: Department of Geology, Rand...O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa e-mail: glgy13@na.rau.ac.za L.J. Robb EGRI-HAL... 2050, South Africa e-mail: robblj@geosciences.wits.ac.za © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ...deposits. Located in the central northeast region of South Africa, north of Pretoria (Figure 1), the Complex...deposits, such as the now-defunct Zaaiplaats Tin Mine near Potgietersrus in the northern limb of the Complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Book
label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Mineralogical Zonation of the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag Deposit, South Australia Geology of the Tenke-Fungurume...spring sinter in the Drummond Basin, Queensland, Australia: Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 135–142. Sillitoe...Mount Morgan goldcopper deposit, Queensland, Australia: Evidence for an intrusion-related replacement...Major gold deposits and belts in the North and South American Cordillera: Distribution, tectonomagmatic
 
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