CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
818 Canada (New Brunswick) 45.39.30 N -- 064.43.42 W New Horton - Pit 12 Cu
 
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): New Horton - Pit 12
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: New Brunswick
NTS map data: 021H10 (Alma)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; assoc w carbonized plant remains in sandst and congl
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Carboniferous (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:sandstone
conglomerate
Host rock stratigraphy:Maringouin and Sherpody Formations, Hopewell Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) assoc w carbonized plant remains in sandst & congl; Cu occurs along regressive transition from marine to continental rocks
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

Potter, R. R., 1967
Metallogenic Investigations, Kennebecasis Zone (2)
in Geological Investigations in New Brunswick, Edited by Potter, R. R., New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, 67-1, 37 p, p. 5 - 12

Wright, W. J., 1951
New Horton Copper Deposits
Paper, New Brunswick Department of Lands and Mines, Publication code 51-2, 77 p., 4 maps.


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