Title | Overview of tungsten indicator minerals scheelite and wolframite with examples from the Sisson W-Mo deposit, Canada |
Author | McClenaghan, M B; Parkhill, M A; Seaman, A A; Pronk, A G; McCurdy, M; Kontak, D J |
Source | Short course SC07: Indicator mineral methods in mineral exploration; by McClenaghan, M B; 2013 p. 59-67 |
Links | Online - En ligne
|
Year | 2013 |
Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20130451 |
Publisher | International Applied Geochemistry Symposium |
Meeting | 26th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium; Rotorua; NZ; November 18-21, 2013 |
Document | book |
Lang. | English |
Media | paper; on-line; digital |
Related | This publication is related to McClenaghan, M B;
McClenaghan, M B; McClenaghan, M B; Parkhill, M A; Parkhill, M A; Parkhill, M A; Seaman, A A; Seaman, A A; Seaman, A A; Pronk, A G; Pronk, A G; Pronk, A G; McCurdy, M W; McCurdy, M W; McCurdy, M W; Kontak, D J; Kontak, D J; Kontak, D J; (2014).
Overview of tungsten indicator minerals scheelite and wolframite with examples from the Sisson W-Mo deposit, Canada, Application of indicator mineral methods to mineral exploration, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7553 |
File format | pdf; html |
Province | New Brunswick |
NTS | 21J/06; 21J/07 |
Area | Nashwaak River |
Lat/Long WENS | -67.1000 -66.9167 46.4167 46.2583 |
Subjects | economic geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; mineral occurrences; exploration methods; mineral exploration; drift prospecting; drift geochemistry; tills; till geochemistry; indicator elements;
glacial deposits; glacial landforms; glacial features; glacial history; sediment transport; sampling methods; sampling techniques; gold; placer deposits; trace element geochemistry; major element geochemistry; tungsten; molybdenum; dispersal
patterns; wolframite; scheelite; Sisson deposit; indicator minerals; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
Illustrations | photographs; photomicrographs; flow charts; tables; location maps; ternary diagrams; plots |
Program | GEM: Geo-mapping for Energy and
Minerals, GEM Tri-Territorial information management & databases (Tri-Territorial Indicator Minerals Framework) |
Program | Targeted
Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4), Intrusion/Porphyry Ore Systems |
Abstract | These short course notes provide an overview of published literature on the use of scheelite and wolframite as indicator minerals for W, Mo, and Au exploration. The use of scheelite and wolframite in
stream sediments is well documented for mineral exploration but less so for using glacial sediments (Table 1). The Geological Survey of Canada has recently conducted a glacial till and stream sediment indicator mineral case study around the Sisson
W-Mo deposit in eastern Canada. Preliminary indicator mineral results from this ongoing study are reported here. |
Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published) The Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) is a collaborative federal geoscience program that provides industry with the next generation of geoscience
knowledge and innovative techniques to better detect buried mineral deposits, thereby reducing some of the risks of exploration. These short course notes describe indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration for tunsgten-molybdenum deposits
using glacial or stream sediments. |
GEOSCAN ID | 293596 |
|
|