| Title | Indicator mineral signatures of the Mount Pleasant Sn-W-Mo-Bi-In deposit, New Brunswick, Canada |
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| Author | McClenaghan, M B ;
Parkhill, M A; Pronk, A G |
| Source | Application of indicator mineral methods to mineral exploration, short course SC02; 2015 p. 64-71  Open Access |
| Links | Online - En ligne (complete volume - volume
complet, PDF, 22.0 MB)
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| Year | 2015 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20150241 |
| Publisher | Association of Applied Geochemists |
| Meeting | 27th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium, Indicator Mineral Short Course 2; Tucson, AZ; US; April 20-24, 2015 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| NTS | 21G/10 |
| Area | Mount Pleasant |
| Lat/Long WENS | -67.0000 -66.5000 45.7500 45.5000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; geochemistry; industrial minerals; metallic minerals; regional geology; Science and Technology; Economics and Industry; bedrock geology; volcanogenic deposits; granites; bismuth
geochemistry; molybdenum geochemistry; tungsten geochemistry; tin geochemistry; breccia deposits; magmatic deposits; ore mineral genesis; till deposits; placer deposits; mineral exploration; Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Devonian |
| Illustrations | photographs; sketch maps; location maps; cross-sections, structural; tables; geochemical charts |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) Intrusion/Porphyry Ore Systems |
| Released | 2015 04 01 |
| Abstract | The use of indicator minerals to explore for Sn-W mineralization is well documented for stream sediments, but much less so for glacial sediments. To address this knowledge gap, the Geological Survey of
Canada (GSC) conducted a case study at the Mount Pleasant Sn-W-Mo-Bi-In deposit in eastern Canada to test and demonstrate modern indicator mineral exploration methods for intrusion-hosted S-W deposits. The study was funded by the GSC's Targeted
Geoscience Initiative 4, a collaborative federal geoscience program with a mandate to provide industry with the next generation of geoscience knowledge and innovative techniques for more effective targeting of buried mineral deposits. It was a
collaborative effort between the GSC and the New Brunswick Department of Energy and Mines (NBDEM). These short course notes provide an overview of published literature on the use of indicator minerals for Sn-W exploration, with specific reference to
the Mount Pleasant deposit.
Overviews of cassiterite, scheelite, wolframite, fluorite, and topaz are provided below as background information because their physical characteristics and recovery from, and abundance in, till is not well known.
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| 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. This extended abstract reviews general indicator mineral methods for Sn-W exploration and the results of the GSC's TGI-4
indicator mineral study around the Mount Pleasant Sn-W-Mo-Bi-In deposit in New Brunswick. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296968 |
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