This publication is a collection of papers resulting
from the U.S. Geological Survey "Midcontinent Olympic Dam Workshop" held
in February 1988. The Olympic Dam deposit in South Australia is one of
the largest ore deposits in the world and is the "type" example of this
deposit class. It is a hydrothermal iron oxide deposit containing significant
amounts of copper, uranium, gold, and rare-earth elements. The search
for another such deposit has led to comparisons between the geologic,
geochemical, and geophysical characteristics of the Olympic Dam deposit
and those of other deposits in this class, especially those in the permissive
Midcontinent terrane of the United States.
For more information about this report contact William
D. Heran.
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