Olympic Dam mine
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The Olympic Dam mine is a large poly-metallic underground mine located in South Australia, 550 km NNW of Adelaide. It is the fourth largest copper deposit and the largest known single deposit of urani
Clarke and Robinson shafts (centre)
The Point Lowly cuttlefish aggregation may be impacted by Olympic Dam desalination plant brine.
Kevin Buzzacott
Monument at the discovery hole of Olympic Dam, RD1
Underground hard-rock mining
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Underground hard-rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate "hard" minerals, usually those containing metals, such as ore containing gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc,
Olympic Dam mine
…commenced in 1988. It now belongs to BHP, which acquired WMC Resources in 2005. The mine currently operates by an underground mining method called sublevel open stoping, using modern and highly productive mining equipment. The March 2005 mine production rate is an annualised 9.1 million tonnes making it one of Australia's…
A 3D diagram of a modern underground mine with shaft access
Decline portal
Door for directing ventilation in an old lead mine. The ore hopper at the front is not part of the ventilation.