CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
758 Canada (Nova Scotia) 45.34.52 N -- 062.29.22 W Telford Pb; Zn; Cu; Fe
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Telford
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nova Scotia
NTS map data: 011E09 (Merigomish)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; possible replacement of plant remains in greywacke
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Pb; Zn; Cu; Fe
Geological ages: Carboniferous (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:greywacke
sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Canso Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) possible replacement of plant remains in greywacke; 2 occurrences 0.5 miles apart/ 2nd occurrence in sandstone
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

Benson, D. G., 1965
Merigomish (11 E/9) Map-Area
in Report of Activities, Edited by Anonymous, Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, 65-1, 166 p, p. 125 - 125

Benson, D. G., 1970
Notes to Accompany Geological Map of Antigonish and Cape George Map-Areas, Nova Scotia
Paper, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 70-8, 2 p.


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