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Chalcocite from
Olympic Dam Mine, Olympic Dam, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Stromeyerite1
Native Silver1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olympic Dam Mine, Olympic Dam, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68006
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68006:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘOk Copper Mine (White feather), Mulgaria, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘEmmie Bluff Prospect, Arcoona (Arcoona Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
USGS Open File Report 81-1666
SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 3000
Roberts, D.E., Hudson, G.R.T., and Li, Z. (1984): Geology and Prospecting 20(7), 32-37, 51
Oreskes, Naomi; Einaudi, Marco T. (1992) Origin of hydrothermal fluids at Olympic Dam: preliminary results from fluid inclusions and stable isotopes. Economic Geology, 87 (1). 64-90 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.87.1.64
Hemley, J. J., Cygan, G. L., Fein, J. B., Robinson, G. R., d'Angelo, W. M. (1992) Hydrothermal ore-forming processes in the light of studies in rock-buffered systems; I, Iron-copper-zinc-lead sulfide solubility relations. Economic Geology, 87 (1) 1-22 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.87.1.1
Haynes, Douglas W.; Cross, Ken C.; Bills, Robert T.; Reed, Mark H. (1995) Olympic Dam ore genesis: a fluid-mixing model. Economic Geology, 90 (2). 281-307 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.90.2.281
Ciobanu, Cristiana L.; Cook, Nigel J.; Ehrig, Kathy (2017) Ore minerals down to the nanoscale: Cu-(Fe)-sulphides from the iron oxide copper gold deposit at Olympic Dam, South Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.08.015
Owen, Nicholas, Ciobanu, Cristiana, Cook, Nigel, Slattery, Ashley, Basak, Animesh (2018) Nanoscale Study of Clausthalite-Bearing Symplectites in Cu-Au-(U) Ores: Implications for Ore Genesis. Minerals, 8 (2) 67 doi:10.3390/min8020067
Maas, Roland; Apukhtina, Olga B.; Kamenetsky, Vadim S.; Ehrig, Kathy; Sprung, Peter; Münker, Carsten (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. Ore Geology Reviews, 140. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745
 
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