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Olympic Dam: a giant Australian ore deposit
Author(s) -
SELBY JONATHAN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1991.tb00751.x
Subject(s) - geology , mining engineering , mineral resource classification , geochemistry , ore genesis , mineral , archaeology , earth science , paleontology , fluid inclusions , history , metallurgy , quartz , materials science
Events leading to the discovery of one of the world's largest accumulations of metals show that original thinking coupled with geological persistence can pay big dividends for mineral explorers. Ideas on the origin and method of emplacement of this orebody have changed since exploration began in the 1970s, but available ore resources are sufficient to support a major mining operation well into the next century.