Geology of the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag-REE Deposit.
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Lachlan Reynolds, WMC Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs, Australia

Buyin - Porter, T.M. (Ed), 2000 - Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide, v. 1, pp 93-104.

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