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Olympic Dam, OD Deeps
South Australia, SA, Australia
Main commodities: Cu U Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2024.     Record last updated: 07/01/2025
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Olympic Dam

    Selected References
Apukhtina, O.B, Kamenetsky, V.S., Ehrig, K., Kamenetsky, M.B., Maas, R., Thompson, J., McPhie, Cristiana, J., Ciobanu, L. and Cook, N.J.,  2017 - Early, deep magnetite-fluorapatite mineralization at the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag Deposit, South Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.112, pp. 1531-1542.
Apukhtina, O.B., Ehrig, K., Kamenetsky, V.S., Kamenetsky, M.B., Goemann, K., Maas, R., McPhie, J., Cook, N.J. and Ciobanu, C.L.,  2020 - Carbonates at the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. Part 1: Distribution, textures, associations and stable isotope (C, O) signatures: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.126, 17p. doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103775.
Belpario A and Freeman H  2004 - Common geological characteristics of Prominent Hill and Olympic Dam - Implications for iron oxide copper-gold exploration models : in   Hi Tech and World Competitive Mineral Success Stories Around the Pacific Rim,  Proc. Pacrim 2004 Conference, Adelaide, 19-22 September, 2004, AusIMM, Melbourne    pp 115-125
Blein, O., Corriveau, L., Montreuil, J.-F., Ehrig, K., Fabris, A., Reid, A. and Pal, D.,  2022 - Geochemical signatures of metasomatic ore systems hosting IOCG, IOA, albitite-hosted uranium and affiliated deposits: A tool for process studies and mineral exploration,: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits, Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 263-298.
Brauhart, C.W. and Groves, D.I.,  2026 - Australian intracratonic copper-gold and allied deposits: A clan of mineral systems: in    Gondwana Research   v.149, pp. 158-182. doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2025.08.011.
Cherry, A.R., Ehrig, K., Kamenetsky, V.S., Ehrig, K. and McPhie, J.,  2017 - Constraints on the setting, timing and incorporation of surficial lithologies into the Olympic Dam Breccia Complex: in       Poster 1p.
Cherry, A.R., Ehrig, K., Kamenetsky, V.S., McPhie, J., Crowley, J.L. and Kamenetsky, M.B.,  2018 - Precise geochronological constraints on the origin, setting and incorporation of ca. 1.59 Ga surficial facies into the Olympic Dam Breccia Complex, South Australia: in    Precambrian Research   v.315, pp. 162-178. doi.org/10.1016/ j.precamres.2018.07.01.
Cherry, A.R., McPhie, J., Kamenetsky, V.S., Ehrig, K., Keeling, J.L., Kamenetsky, M.B., Meffre, S. and Apukhtina, O.B.,  2017 - Linking Olympic Dam and the Cariewerloo Basin: Was a sedimentary basin involved in formation of the worlds largest uranium deposit?: in    Precambrian Research   v.300, pp. 168-180.
Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J. and Ehrig, K.,  2016 - Ore minerals down to the nanoscale: Cu-(Fe)-sulphides from the iron oxide copper gold deposit at Olympic Dam, South Australia: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.81, pp. 1218-1235.
Ciobanu, C.L., Verdugo-Ihl, M.R., Slattery, A., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K., Courtney-Davies, L. and Wade, B.P.,  2019 - Silician Magnetite: Si-Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia: in    Minerals (MDPI)   v.9, 35p. doi:10.3390/min9050311.
Ciobanu, C.L., Wade, B.P., Cook, N.J., Schmidt Mumm, A. and Giles, D.,  2013 - Uranium-bearing hematite from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au deposit, South Australia: A geochemical tracer and reconnaissance Pb-Pb geochronometer: in    Precambrian Research   v.238, pp. 129-147
Clark, J.M. and Ehrig, K.,  2019 - What controls high-grade copper mineralisation at Olympic Dam?: in   Mining Geology 2019, Perth, Western Australia on 25-26 November 2019, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne,   Proceedings, pp. 222-236.
Corriveau, L., Montreuil, J.-F., Blein, O., Ehrig, K., Potter, E.G., Fabris. A. and Clark, J.,  2022 - Mineral systems with IOCG and affiliated deposits: Part 2 - geochemical footprints: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits, Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 159-204.
Corriveau, L., Montreuil, J.-F., Potter, E.G, Blein, O. and De Toni, A.F.,  2022 - Mineral systems with IOCG and affiliated deposits: Part 3 - metal pathways and ore deposit model,: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits, Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 205-245.
Corriveau, L., Montreuil, J.-F., Potter, E.G., Ehrig, K., Clark, J.M., Mumin, A.H. and Williams, P.J.,  2022 - Mineral systems with IOCG and affiliated deposits: Part 1 - metasomatic footprints of alteration facies: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits, Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 113-158.
Courtney-Davies, L., Ciobanu, C.L., Tapster, S.R., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K., Crowley, J.L., Verdugo-Ihl, M.R., Wade, B.P. and Condon, D.J.,  2020 - Opening the magmatic-hydrothermal window: high-precision U-Pb geochronology of the Mesoproterozoic Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag Deposit, South Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.115, pp. 1855-1870.
Courtney-Davies, L., Ciobanu, C.L., Verdugo-Ihl, M.R., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K.J., Wade, B.P., Zhu, Z.-Y. and Kamenetsky, V.S.,   - ~1760 Ma magnetite-bearing protoliths in the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia: Implications for ore genesis and regional metallogeny: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.118, pp. 1-13. doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103337.
Courtney-Davies, L., Ciobanu, C.L., Verdugo-Ihla, M.R., Dmitrijeva, M., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K. and Wade, B.P.,  2019 - Hematite geochemistry and geochronology resolve genetic and temporal links among iron-oxide copper gold systems, Olympic Dam district, South Australia: in    Precambrian Research   v.335, doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105480.
Curtis, S., Wade, C. and Reid, A.,  2018 - Sedimentary basin formation associated with a silicic large igneous province: stratigraphy and provenance of the Mesoproterozoic Roopena Basin, Gawler Range Volcanics: in    Australian J. of Earth Sciences   v.65, pp. 447-463.
Dmitrijeva, M., Ehrig, K.J., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Verdugo-Ihl, M.R. and Metcalfe, A.V.,  2019 - Defining IOCG signatures through compositional data analysis: A case study of lithogeochemical zoning from the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.105, pp. 86-101.
Drummond B, Lyons P, Goleby B and Jones J,  2006 - Constraining models of the tectonic setting of the giant Olympic Dam iron oxide-copper-gold deposit, South Australia, using deep seismic reflection data: in    Tectonophysics   v420 pp 91-103
Ehrig K,  2010 - Olympic Dam: 35 years since discovery, 2.3 million metres of diamond core and new ideas - Abstract: in   Giant Ore Deposits Down Under 13th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, Adelaide, South Australia, 6-9 April, 2010,   Symposium Proceedings, pp. 9-10
Ehrig, K. and Clark, J.,  2020 - Unravelling the geology of Olympic Dam: in    Ore Deposit Hub - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCwR9fPfcEk,   Video - 1 hr 40 min, 29 p. of slides.
Ehrig, K.,  2022 - Olympic Dam Geology - an overview: in   NExUS-PD: South Australian IOCG Mineral Systems Workshop, Tonsley, South Australia, 29-30 September, 2022. Presentation compilation,    34p.
Ehrig, K., Kamenetsky, V.S., McPhie, J., Cook, N.J. and Ciobanu, C.L.,  2017 - Olympic Dam iron oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit: in Phillips, G.N., (Ed.), 2017 - Australian Ore Deposits, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,   Mono 32, pp. 601-610.
Ehrig, K., Kamenetsky, V.S., McPhie, J., Macmillan, E., Thompson, J., Kamenetsky, M. and Maas, R.,  2021 - Staged formation of the supergiant Olympic Dam uranium deposit, Australia: in    Geology   v.49, pp. 1312-1316. doi.org/10.1130/G48930.1.
Ehrig, K., McPhie, J. and Kamenetsky, V.,  2012 - Geology and Mineralogical Zonation of the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag Deposit, South Australia: in Hedenquist, J.W., Harris, M. and Camus, F., 2012 - Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World - A tribute to Richard H Sillitoe, Society of Economic Geologists   Special Publication 16, pp. 237-267.
Ehrig, K., Schijns, H., Townsend, J., Haddow, D. and Shawcross,M.,  2023 - Seismic velocity (Vp) vs alteration mineralogy in the Olympic Dam deposit: in   Breaking New Ground, 4th AEGC Conference, 13-18 March 2023, Brisbane, Australia,   Proceedings, 10p.
Esdale, D., Pridmore, D.F., Coggon, J., Muir, P., Williams, P. and Fritz, F.,  2003 - The Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold-silver rare earth element deposit, South Australia: A geophysical case history: in    ASEG Extended Abstracts,   2003;3, pp. 147-168. doi.org/10.1071/ASEGSpec12_13.
Fabris, A.,  2022 - Geochemical characteristics of IOCG deposits from the Olympic Copper-Gold Province, South Australia: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide coppergold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 247-262.
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Haynes D W, Cross K C, Bills R T, Reed M H  1995 - Olympic Dam ore genesis: a fluid mixing model: in     Econ. Geol.   v90 pp 281-307
Hayward N and Skirrow R,  2010 - Geodynamic Setting and Controls on Iron Oxide Cu-Au (±U) Ore in the Gawler Craton, South Australia: in Porter T M, (Ed),  2010 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.3 pp. 119-146
Heinson, G., Didana, Y., Soeffky, P., Thiel, S. and Wise, T.,  2018 - The crustal geophysical signature of a world-class magmatic mineral system: in    Scientific Reports   2018:8, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-29016-2.
Heinson, G.S., Direen, N.G. and Gill, R.G.,  2006 - Magnetotelluric evidence for a deep-crustal mineralizing system beneath the Olympic Dam iron oxide copper-gold deposit, southern Australia: in    Geology   v.34, pp. 573-576.
Hitzman M W and Valenta R K,  2005 - Uranium in iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) systems: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 1657-1661
Huang, Q., Kamenetsky, V.S., Ehrig, K., McPhie, J., Kamenetsky, M., Cross, K., Meffre, S., Agangi, A, Chambefort, I., Direen, N.G., Maas, R. and Apukhtina, O.,  2016 - Olivine-phyric basalt in the Mesoproterozoic Gawler silicic large igneous province, South Australia: Examples at the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit and other localities: in    Precambrian Research   v.281, pp. 185-199.
Huang, Q., Kamenetsky, V.S., Ehrig, K., McPhie, J., Kamenetsky, M.B., Apukhtina, O.B. and Chambefort, I.,  2017 - Effects of hydrothermal alteration on mafic lithologies at the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit: in    Precambrian Research   v.292, pp. 305-322.
Huang, Q., Kamenetsky, V.S., McPhie, J., Ehrig, K., Meffre, S., Maas, R., Thompson, J., Kamenetsky, M., Chambefort, I., Apukhtina, O. and Hu, Y.,  2015 - Neoproterozoic (ca. 820-830 Ma) mafic dykes at Olympic Dam, South Australia: Links with the Gairdner Large Igneous Province: in    Precambrian Research   v.271, pp. 160-172.
Jagodzinski, E.A., Crowley, J.L., Reid, A.J., Wade, C.E. and Bockmann, M.J.,  2021 - High-precision CA-TIMS dating of the Hiltaba Suite, Gawler Craton: in    Department for Energy and Mining, South Australia, Adelaide,   Report Book 2021/00002, 63p.
Johnson J P, Cross K C  1995 - U-Pb geochronological constraints on the genesis of the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.90 pp 1046-1063
Knutson J, Donnelly T H, Eadington P J and Tonkin D G,  1992 - Hydrothermal alteration of middle Proterozoic basalts, Stuart Shelf, South Australia; a possible source for Cu mineralization : in    Econ. Geol.   v.87 pp. 1054-1077
Kontonikas-Charos, A., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K., Ismail, R., Krneta, S. and Basak, A.,  2018 - Feldspar mineralogy and rare-earth element (re)mobilization in iron-oxide copper gold systems from South Australia: a nanoscale study: in    Mineralogical Magazine   v.82 (S1), pp. S173-S197.
Kontonikas-Charos, A., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K., Krneta, S. and Kamenetsky, V.S.,  2017 - Feldspar evolution in the Roxby Downs Granite, host to Fe-oxide Cu-Au-(U) mineralisation at Olympic Dam, South Australia: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.80, pp. 838-859.
Krneta, S., Ciobanub, C.L., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K. and Kontonikas-Charos, A.,  2016 - Apatite at Olympic Dam, South Australia: A petrogenetic tool: in    Lithos   v.262, pp. 470-485.
Maas, R., Apukhtina, O.B., Kamenetsky, V.S., Ehrig, K., Sprung, P. and Munker, C.,  2022 - Carbonates at the supergiant Olypmic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. Part 2: Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf and Sr-Pb isotope constraints on the chronology of carbonate deposition: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.140, 16p. doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745.
Mauger, A.J., Ehrig, K., Kontonikas-Charos, A., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J. and Kamenetsky, V.S.,  2016 - Alteration at the Olympic Dam IOCG-U deposit: insights into distal to proximal feldspar and phyllosilicate chemistry from infrared reflectance spectroscopy: in    Australian J. of Earth Sciences   v.63, pp. 959-97.
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McPhie, J., Kamenetsky, V., Chambefort, I., Ehrig, K. and Green, N.,  2011 - Origin of the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: Was a sedimentary basin involved ?: in    Geology   v.39 pp. 795-798
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Townsend, J., Schijns, H., Ehrig, K., Haddow, D. and Shawcross,M.,  2023 - The First Sparse 3D Hardrock Seismic Survey at Olympic Dam: in   Breaking New Ground, 4th AEGC Conference, 13-18 March 2023, Brisbane, Australia,   Proceedings, 8p.
Verdugo-Ihl, M.R., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K.J. and Courtney-Davies, L.,  2020 - Defining early stages of IOCG systems: evidence from iron oxides in the outer shell of the Olympic Dam deposit, South Australia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.55, pp. 429-452.
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