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Australia's big copper-uranium deposit

Journal Article · · World Min.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5322386
A combination of studies of satellite imagery with emphasis on lineament analysis, conventional gravity studies, aerial and ground magnetic surveys, theoretical and empirical modeling contributed to the discovery of the Roxby Downs/Olympic Dam deposit. The main ore body could contain as much as 750,000,000 tons of ore at grades of 1.5 percent copper.
OSTI ID:
5322386
Journal Information:
World Min.; (United States), Journal Name: World Min.; (United States) Vol. 34:7; ISSN WOMID
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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