Description
Western Mining Corp.
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper, Uranium
TertiaryREE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model195: Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formSTRATIFORM
Materials
Ore mineralsBastnaesite, Bornite, Brannerite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Coffinite, Hematite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Siderite, Silver
GangueAnhydrite, Barite, Carrollite, Chlorite, Florencite, Fluorite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockGranite · Olympic Dam Breccia Complex
Associated rockGranite · Roxby Downs Granite
Tectonic settingGraben
AlterationHematitization, Sericite-Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1988
Discovery year1975
Identification
Deposit ID10085038
MRDS IDW700475
Alternate namesRoxby Downs
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-30.44623, 136.88217
References
KENNEDY, A., 1988, OLYMPIC DAM PROJECT: MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER, 1988, P. 330-344.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.COX, D.P. 1986, DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF OLYMPIC DAM CU-U-AU, IN COX, D.P. AND SINGER, D.A., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, DECEMBER, 1988, P. 11-12.REEVE, J.S., CROSS, K.C., SMITH, R.N., AND ORESKES, N., 1990, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 2: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 1009-1035.