Olympic Dam (Record #273) rare-earth element deposit in South Australia, Australia

Hydrothermal Fe-oxide rare earth element deposit in South Australia, Australia

Deposit type	Hydrothermal Fe-oxide
Age of deposit	Middle Proterozoic - 1500 Ma
REE minerals	monazite bastnäsite fluocerite florencite
Ore minerals	fluorite barite chalcocite brannerite chalcopyrite uraninite bornite hematite
Gangue minerals	quartz
Host rock types	olympic dam breccia complex- granite breccia

Geologic map unit	136.88333333333, -30.45
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Status	REO not recovered; potential byproduct
Company	Western Mining Corp. - BP Group (1988)
Resource estimates	0.5% REE on average 2000 Mt @ 0.24-0.45% La + Ce 0.3285% REO

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