Olympic Dam Mine, Olympic Dam, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia (original) (raw)

Acanthite

Formula: Ag2S

Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

'Allanite Group'

Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Allargentum

Formula: (Ag1-xSbx)

Altaite

Formula: PbTe

Anatase

Formula: TiO2

Anhydrite

Formula: CaSO4

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Anilite

Formula: Cu7S4

Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

References:

Krneta, Sasha, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Kontonikas-Charos, Alkis (2016) Apatite at Olympic Dam, South Australia: A petrogenetic tool. Lithos, 262. 470-485 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.07.033

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Arsenic

Formula: As

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Habit: complex crystals

Colour: yellow

Description: Significant due to large and excellent crystals being found and represented in some museums, though no references on hand.

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(CO3)F

Bellidoite

Formula: Cu2Se

References:

Owen, N.D., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Slattery, A., Basak, A. (2018) Nanoscale study of clausthalite-bearing symplectites in Cu-Au-(U) ores: Implications for ore genesis. Minerals, 8, 67.

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Bismoclite

Formula: BiOCl

Bismuth

Formula: Bi

Bismuthinite

Formula: Bi2S3

'Blaubleibender Covellite'

Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

References:

Owen, N.D., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Slattery, A., Basak, A. (2018) Nanoscale study of clausthalite-bearing symplectites in Cu-Au-(U) ores: Implications for ore genesis. Minerals, 8, 67.

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Brannerite

Formula: UTi2O6

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Britholite-(Ce)

Formula: (Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH

Calaverite

Formula: AuTe2

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Carrollite

Formula: CuCo2S4

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

Celestine

Formula: SrSO4

Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

References:

Owen, N.D., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Slattery, A., Basak, A. (2018) Nanoscale study of clausthalite-bearing symplectites in Cu-Au-(U) ores: Implications for ore genesis. Minerals, 8, 67.

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Ehrig, Kathy, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Dmitrijeva, Marija, Cook, Nigel J., Slattery, Ashley (2023) Lifting the cloak of invisibility: Gold in pyrite from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. American Mineralogist, 108 (2) 259-276 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8395

Chernovite-(Y)

Formula: Y(AsO4)

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

'Chlorite Group'

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Clausthalite

Formula: PbSe

References:

Owen, N.D., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Slattery, A., and Basak, A. (2018) Nanoscale study of clausthalite bearing symplectites in Cu-Au-(U) ores: Implications for ore genesis. Minerals, 8(2), 67. doi:10.3390/min8020067

Cobaltite

Formula: CoAsS

Coffinite

Formula: U(SiO4) · nH2O

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Coloradoite

Formula: HgTe

Copper

Formula: Cu

Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Covellite

Formula: CuS

Crandallite

Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6

Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Diaspore

Formula: AlO(OH)

Digenite

Formula: Cu9S5

Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Djurleite

Formula: Cu31S16

References:

Owen, N.D., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Slattery, A., Basak, A. (2018) Nanoscale study of clausthalite-bearing symplectites in Cu-Au-(U) ores: Implications for ore genesis. Minerals, 8, 67.

Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Enargite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Erythrite

Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

'Florencite'

Florencite-(Ce)

Formula: CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6

References:

Schmandt, D.S., Cook, N.J., Ciobanu, C.L., Ehrig, K., Wade, B.P., Gilbert, S., and Kamenetsky, V.S. (2019) Rare earth element phosphate minerals from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: Recognizing temporal-spatial controls on REE mineralogy in an evolved IOCG system. Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 3-24.

Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

References:

Krneta, S., Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Ehrig, K., Kontonikas-Charos, A. (2016) Apatite at Olympic Dam, South Australia: a petrogenetic tool. Lithos, 262, 470-485

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Galena

Formula: PbS

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Gold

Formula: Au

Gold var. Electrum

Formula: (Au,Ag)

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Ehrig, Kathy, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Dmitrijeva, Marija, Cook, Nigel J., Slattery, Ashley (2023) Lifting the cloak of invisibility: Gold in pyrite from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. American Mineralogist, 108 (2) 259-276 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8395

Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Halite

Formula: NaCl

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Hematite var. Martite

Formula: Fe2O3

Hercynite

Formula: Fe2+Al2O4

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Hessite

Formula: Ag2Te

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)

Idaite

Formula: Cu5FeS6

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Kawazulite

Formula: Bi2Te2Se

Lavendulan

Formula: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl · 5H2O

Löllingite

Formula: FeAs2

Magnesite

Formula: MgCO3

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Description: Silician Magnetite. Olympic Dam deposit is the first report of Si-magnetite nanoprecipitates with spinel-type structure and the second occurrence of γ-Fe1.5SiO4 phase with maghemite structure.

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Manganosite

Formula: MnO

Melonite

Formula: NiTe2

Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(PO4)

References:

Schmandt, D.S., Cook, N.J., Ciobanu, C.L., Ehrig, K., Wade, B.P., Gilbert, S., and Kamenetsky, V.S. (2019) Rare earth element phosphate minerals from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: Recognizing temporal-spatial controls on REE mineralogy in an evolved IOCG system. Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 3-24.

'Monazite Group'

Formula: REE(PO4)

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Parisite-(Ce)

Formula: CaCe2(CO3)3F2

References:

Ciobanu, C., Kontonikas-Charos, A., Slattery, A., Cook, N.J., Wade, B., Ehrig, K. (2017) Short-range stacking disorder in mixed-layer compounds: A HAADF STEM study of bastnäsite-parisite intergrowths. Minerals, 7, 227.

Petzite

Formula: Ag3AuTe2

References:

Ehrig, Kathy, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Dmitrijeva, Marija, Cook, Nigel J., Slattery, Ashley (2023) Lifting the cloak of invisibility: Gold in pyrite from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. American Mineralogist, 108 (2) 259-276 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8395

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Ehrig, Kathy, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Dmitrijeva, Marija, Cook, Nigel J., Slattery, Ashley (2023) Lifting the cloak of invisibility: Gold in pyrite from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. American Mineralogist, 108 (2) 259-276 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8395

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Roxbyite (TL)

Formula: Cu9S5

Type Locality:

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Rutile var. Ilmenorutile

Formula: (Ti,Nb)O2

Safflorite

Formula: (Co,Ni,Fe)As2

Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Sellaite

Formula: MgF2

Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Silver

Formula: Ag

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Spionkopite

Formula: Cu39S28

Stromeyerite

Formula: AgCuS

Strontianite

Formula: SrCO3

Sylvanite

Formula: AgAuTe4

References:

Ehrig, Kathy, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Dmitrijeva, Marija, Cook, Nigel J., Slattery, Ashley (2023) Lifting the cloak of invisibility: Gold in pyrite from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. American Mineralogist, 108 (2) 259-276 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8395

'Synchysite'

Formula: Ca(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: CaCe(CO3)2F

References:

Schmandt, D., Cook, N.J., Ciobanu, C., Ehrig, K., Wade, B., Gilbert, S., and Kamenetsky, V. (2017): Rare earth element fluorocarbonate minerals from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. Minerals 7, 202.

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Tellurium

Formula: Te

Tellurobismuthite

Formula: Bi2Te3

'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

Tenorite

Formula: CuO

'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Thorianite

Formula: ThO2

Thorite

Formula: Th(SiO4)

Thorite var. Uranothorite

Formula: (Th,U)SiO4

Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Ulvöspinel

Formula: TiFe2+2O4

References:

Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Verdugo-Ihl, Max R., Slattery, Ashley, Cook, Nigel J., Ehrig, Kathy, Courtney-Davies, Liam, Wade, Benjamin P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals, 9 (5) 311 doi:10.3390/min9050311

Uraninite

Formula: UO2

References:

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. 103745pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103745

Uraninite var. Pitchblende

Formula: UO2

Volynskite

Formula: AgBiTe2

Wittichenite

Formula: Cu3BiS3

'Wolframite Group'

'Xenotime'

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: Y(PO4)

References:

Schmandt, D.S., Cook, N.J., Ciobanu, C.L., Ehrig, K., Wade, B.P., Gilbert, S., and Kamenetsky, V.S. (2019) Rare earth element phosphate minerals from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: Recognizing temporal-spatial controls on REE mineralogy in an evolved IOCG system. Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 3-24.

Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Zunyite

Formula: Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl