| Title | Indicator mineral signatures of the Halfmile Lake Zn-Pb-Cu volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, Bathurst, New Brunswick: part 2 - till data |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | McClenaghan, M B ;
Budulan, G; Parkhill, M A; Layton-Matthews, D; Crabtree, D |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8111, 2017, 38 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/299554  Open Access |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Indicator mineral signatures
of the Halfmile Lake Zn-Pb-Cu volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick: Part 1 - bedrock data |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf; xlsx; rtf |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| NTS | 21O/08 |
| Area | Halfmile Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -66.3500 -66.3000 47.3333 47.3000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; geochemistry; mineral deposits; exploration methods; volcanogenic deposits; sulphide deposits; gold; glacial deposits; tills; till geochemistry; till
deposits; indicator elements; drift prospecting; dispersal patterns; sediment dispersal; mineralization; ice flow; ice transport directions; bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks; igneous rocks; volcanic rocks; quartz feldspar porphyries;
chalcopyrite; pyrite; goethite; jarosite; cinnabar; gahnite; gossans; Bathurst Mining Camp; Halfmile Lake Deposit; Tetagouche Group; California Lake Group; Sheephouse Brook Group; Miramichi Group; Nepisiguit Falls Formation; Flat Landing Brook
Formation; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary; Paleozoic; Devonian; Silurian; Ordovician; Cambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; geological sketch maps; tables; schematic diagrams; photomicrographs; histograms; charts |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Ore Systems |
| Released | 2017 01 26 |
| Abstract | Till and bedrock samples were collected in 2007 and 2008 around the Halfmile Lake Zn-Pb-Cu VMS deposit, Bathurst Mining Camp, as part of the Geological Survey of Canada's Targeted Geoscience
Initiative-3 (TGI-3) (2005-2010). This report describes one component of the study, which examined the indicator minerals in till samples around the deposit. The Halfmile Lake VMS deposit is capped by a preglacial gossan that formed by chemical
weathering and oxidation during the late Pliocene. The mineralogical and geochemical signatures of the glacial dispersal train down-ice (east) of the deposit reflect this gossan, including secondary minerals goethite, beudantite, and jarosite in the
till. Chalcopyrite, pyrite, gold, and cinnabar are also present in the till down-ice of the deposit. The Zn-spinel gahnite, which is known to be an indicator of VMS mineralization, is also present in the local till; however, its bedrock source is not
yet known. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This open file reports indicator mineral data for glacial sediments around the Halfmile Lake volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit (copper-lead-zinc)in
the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick. These data will facilitate mineral exploration for base metals in glaciated terrain across Canada. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 299554 |
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