Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Oliver North Prospect |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Nova Scotia |
NTS map data: |
011E11 (Tatamagouche) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; assoc with pyrite nodules in sandstone |
Geologic province: |
Appalachian Orogen |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Carboniferous (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (grey) conglomerate | Host rock stratigraphy: | Pictou Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) assoc with pyrite nodules in sandstone; Cu also replaces plant remains in conglomerate |
References: |
Barosh, P. J., 1992 |
Paleozoic Rifting in New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, USA and Canada |
in Basement Tectonics 10: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Duluth, Minnesota, USA, August, 1992, Edited by Ojakangas, R. W.; Dickas, A. B.; Green, J. C., Proceedings, Tenth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 450 p, p. 73 - 106 |
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