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Prominent Hill
South Australia, SA, Australia
Main commodities: Cu Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2020.     Record last updated: 19/11/2021
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Prominent Hill

    Selected References
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
Belperio A, Flint R and Freeman H,  2007 - Prominent Hill: A Hematite-Dominated, Iron Oxide Copper-Gold System: in    Econ. Geol.   v102 pp 1499-1510
Bowden, B., Fraser, G., Davidson, G.J., Meffre, S., Skirrow, R., Bull, S. and Thompson, J.,  2017 - Age constraints on the hydrothermal history of the Prominent Hill iron oxide copper-gold deposit, South Australia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.52, pp. 863-881.
Bull, S., Meffre, S., Allen, M., Freeman, H., Tomkinson, M. and Williams, P.,  2015 - Volcanosedimentary and Chronostratigraphic Architecture of the Host Rock Succession at Prominent Hill, South Australia: in    Society of Economic Geologists, 2015 Conference,   Proceedings, Abstracts, 1p.
Carter, D., Belperio, T. and Freeman, H.,  2003 - The discovery of the Prominent Hill copper-gold deposit, South Australia: in   NewGenGold 2003 Conference, Case histories of discovery, Perth, Wetern Australia, November 2003, Louthean Media, Perth,   Proceedings, pp. 102-116.
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.
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.
Forbes, C., Giles, D., Freeman, H., Sawyer, M. and Normington, V.,  2015 - Glacial dispersion of hydrothermal monazite in the Prominent Hill deposit: An exploration tool: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v.156, pp. 10-33.
Freeman H and Tomkinson M,  2010 - Geological Setting of Iron Oxide Related Mineralisation in the Southern Mount Woods Domain, 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. 171-190
Hart, J. and Freeman, H.,  2003 - Geophysics of the Prominent Hill prospect, South Australia: in   Geophysical Signatures of South Australian Mineral Deposits ASEG Extended Abstracts,   2003:3, pp. 93-100. doi.org/10.1071/ASEGSpec12_08.
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
Katona, L.,  2020 - Geophysical signatures of IOCG prospects in the Olympic Cu-Au Province: in    Mesa Journal   v.92, pp. 26-37.
Schlegel, T.U. and Heinrich, C.A.,  2015 - Lithology and Hydrothermal Alteration Control the Distribution of Copper Grade in the Prominent Hill Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposit (Gawler Craton, South Australia): in    Econ. Geol.   v.110,  pp. 1953-1994
Schlegel, T.U., Wagner, T. and Fusswinkel, T.,  2020 - Fluorite as indicator mineral in iron oxide-copper-gold systems: Explaining the IOCG deposit diversity: in    Chemical Geology   v.548, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119674.
Schlegel, T.U., Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J. and Heinrich, C.A.,  2017 - A magmatic source of hydrothermal sulfur for the Prominent Hill deposit and associated prospects in the Olympic Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) province of South Australia: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.89, pp. 1058-1090.
Schlegel, T.U., Wagner, T., Walle, M. and Heinrich, C.A.,  2018 - Hematite Breccia-Hosted Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits Require Magmatic Fluid Components Exposed to Atmospheric Oxidation: Evidence from Prominent Hill, Gawler Craton, South Australia : in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 597-644.
Tiddy, C., Zivak, D., Hill, J., Giles, D., Hodgkison, J., Neumann, M. and Brotodewo, A.,  2021 - Monazite as an Exploration Tool for Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Mineralisation in the Gawler Craton, South Australia: in    Minerals (MDPI)   v.11, 30p. doi.org/10.3390/min11080809.
Tiddy, C.J., Betts, P.G., Neumann, M.R., Murphy, F.C., Stewart, J., Giles, D., Sawyer, M., Freeman, H. and Jourdan, F.,  2020 - Interpretation of a ca. 1600-1580 Ma metamorphic core complex in the northern Gawler Craton, Australia: in    Gondwana Research   v.85, pp. 263-290.
Williams, P., Freeman, H., Anderson, I. and Holcombe, R.,  2017 - Prominent Hill copper-gold deposit: in Phillips, G.N., (Ed.), 2017 Australian Ore Deposits, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,   Mono 32, pp. 611-614.
Williams, P.J., Benavides, J., Sadikan, P., Schlegel, T. and OZ Minerals Prominent Hill Geology Team,  2017 - Metallogenic Significance of Altered Volcanic Rocks Near the Prominent Hill IOCG Deposit, South Australia: in   Mineral Resources to Discover, Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), 14th Biennial Meeting, Quebec, Canada, August 20-23, 2017,   Proceedings, v.3, pp. 895-898.


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