| Title | The Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick: data integration, geophysical modelling, and implications for exploration |
| Author | Ugalde, H; Morris, W A; van Staal, C |
| Source | Geophysics applied to mineral exploration; by Pinet, N (ed.); Pilkington, M (ed.); McCuaig, M (ed.); Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences vol. 56, no. 5, 2018 p. 433-451, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0048 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20190111 |
| Publisher | Canadian Science Publishing |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®); html |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| NTS | 21O/01; 21O/2; 21O/07; 21O/08; 21O/09; 21O/10; 21O/15; 21O/16; 21P/04; 21P/05; 21P/12; 21P/13 |
| Area | Bathhurst |
| Lat/Long WENS | -67.0000 -65.5000 48.0000 47.0000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; geophysics; structural geology; Science and Technology; mineral deposits; mineral exploration; volcanogenic deposits; sulphide deposits; geophysical interpretations; gravity
interpretations; gravity anomalies; magnetic interpretations; radiometric interpretations; conductivity; modelling; mapping techniques; structural interpretations; bedrock geology; structural features; folds; synforms; antiforms; faults; faults,
thrust; lithology; igneous rocks; volcanic rocks; basalts; rhyolites; mafic volcanic rocks; felsic volcanic rocks; ophiolites; intrusive rocks; granites; gabbros; mafic intrusive rocks; sedimentary rocks; siltstones; shales; topography; models;
remote sensing; radar methods; densities; magnetic susceptibility; Bathurst Mining Camp; Geoscience Data Repository; Nine Mile Synform; Tetagouche Antiform; Flat Landing Brook Formation; Sheephouse Brook Group; volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits
(VMS); data integration; geological mapping; 2-D mapping; 2.5-D mapping; 3-D mapping; legacy datasets; apparent conductivity; digital elevation models; structural geometry; physical properties; Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Carboniferous; Devonian;
Silurian; Ordovician; Cambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; tables; models; 3-D models; cross-sections |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI 3), Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-3), 2005-2010 |
| Released | 2018 11 28 |
| Abstract | The Bathurst Mining Camp (BMC) is one of Canada's oldest mining districts for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits. Most of the 46 known deposits were discovered in the 1950s using a combination
of geological and geophysical methods. However, renewed exploration efforts over the past 15 years have not been as successful as one would expect given the level of expenditure of the camp. Nevertheless, this has created a large database of high
resolution airborne geophysical data (magnetics, electromagnetics, radiometrics, and full tensor gravity gradiometry) which makes Bathurst a unique case. We show data compilation and map view interpretation, followed by two-and-a-half-dimensional
(2.5D) gravity and magnetic modelling. From this, we provide constraints on the folded structure of the mafic and felsic volcanic units, and we interpret a large gravity anomaly in the southeast as a possible ophiolite or a dense thick package of
basaltic rocks. Finally, we show an example of 3D modelling in the northwestern part of the camp, where we combine map view interpretation with section-based modelling and 3D geophysical inversion. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 314777 |
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