The giant Olympic Dam iron oxide associated copper-uranium-gold-silver-REE deposit is located in South Australia, approximately 520 km NNW of Adelaide (Fig. 1). The discovery of the deposit in 1975 by Western Mining Corporation (WMC) was the result of a multi-disciplinary exploration effort for sediment-hosted copper deposits

Iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposits are considered to be metasomatic expressions of large crustal-scale alteration events driven by intrusive activity. The deposit type was first recognised by discovery and study of the supergiant Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium deposit (Olympic Dam mine), and South American examples.

2012年1月1日 · Olympic Dam is a supergiant Fe oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit that is also strongly enriched in a wide range of elements, including F, S, C, As, Ba, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, In, Mo, Nb, Ni, P, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Sr, Te, V, W, Y, Zn, and rare earth elements (REE). The deposit contains more than 90 minerals.

Since the discovery of the super-giant Olympic Dam ore body in 1975, iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits have been attractive exploration targets for mineral exploration

2020年11月1日 · The supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit in South Australia is a type example of the iron-oxide copper–gold (IOCG) deposit family. Hosted entirely within heterogeneous breccia in 1.59 Ga granite, the deposit contains a volumetrically substantial and mineralogically diverse component of carbonate minerals.

2016年5月1日 · The Olympic Dam Cu–U–Au–Ag deposit in the Archean–Proterozoic Gawler Craton (South Australia) is a type example of the iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) spectrum of deposits and one of the largest Cu–U–Au resources known.

2019年6月20日 · The Olympic Cu-Au Province is a metallogenic province in South Australia that contains one of the world’s most significant Cu-Au-U resources in the Olympic Dam deposit. The Olympic Cu-Au Province also hosts a range of other iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits including Prominent Hill and Carrapateena.

2025年1月8日 · Chalcocite, bornite, and chalcopyrite are the main copper minerals in the world-class Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. Olympic Dam is characterized by systematic, inwards and upwards zonation of Cu-Fe-sulfide assemblages, encompassing chalcopyrite-pyrite, bornite-chalcopyrite, bornite-chalcocite and chalcocite-only zones.

2006年7月1日 · The iron oxide copper-gold Olympic Dam deposit, situated along the margin of the Proterozoic Gawler craton, South Australia, is the world's largest uranium deposit and sixth-largest copper deposit; it also contains significant reserves of …

2015年3月12日 · Olympic Dam is the type deposit for a class known as Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold or (IOCG) for short. These are large Formation of the Olympic Dam breccia and Mineral Deposit