Olympic Dam Copper-Uranium Project, South Australia

摘要

A block of mineralisation that could contain in excess of one million tonnes of U sub 3 O sub 8 must be of great interest to the nuclear power industry. While it is still too early to ascribe an ore reserve to the deposit, the mineralized area known as Olympic Dam is becoming quite well known. Olympic Dam is a copper-uranium deposit located on Roxby Downs station, 650 kilometres NNW of Adelaide and 25 kilometres west of Andamooka in South Australia. Its exploration, mineralization, and current status are discussed. (ERA citation 08:040223)