Olympic Dam

Australia · Underground

Opened: 1988
Region: South Australia
Status: Active
Country: Australia
Type: Underground
Latitude: -30.44
Longitude: 136.89

Notes

An iron-oxide copper-gold deposit that also holds the largest known uranium resource on Earth; found in 1975 by drilling on a geological hunch under 300 m of barren cover.

Commodities

Gold Copper Uranium Silver

Referenced by

element

Copper Gold Silver Uranium

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