Located 560 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, Olympic Dam is a multi-mineral ore body. It is the world's fourth largest remaining copper deposit, fifth largest gold deposit and the largest uranium deposit. It also contains significant quantities of silver.
Olympic Dam is Australia's largest underground mine. Most of Olympic Dam's employees live in Roxby Downs township, about 16 km south of the operations. The township has a population of about 4 000. Olympic Dam comprises a large number of discrete ore zones throughout an area of several square kilometres ranging in depth from 350 metres to approximately one kilometre.
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