CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
821 Canada (New Brunswick) 45.40.12 N -- 064.47.24 W Midway Copper Belt - Pit 3; Copp Farm Cu; Ag; Au
 
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): Midway Copper Belt - Pit 3; Copp Farm
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; dissem replacement of plant remains in grey ss
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Au
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) dissem replacement of plant remains in grey ss; ddh no 1 drilled to intersect beds exposed in pit 3; Cu occurs along regressive transition from marine to continental rocks
References:
Ball, F. D.; Gemmell, D. E., 1975
Carboniferous Compilation Volume IV: Uranium and Base Metals
Topical Report, New Brunswick Mineral Resources Branch, Publication code 75-22, 60 p.

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

Boyd, R. T., 1978
Gulf Minerals Canada Limited Report on the Midway Claims, Albert County, New Brunswick
Assessment File, New Brunswick Mineral Resources Branch, Publication code 472197

Kirkham, R. V., 1974
A Synopsis of Canadian Stratiform Copper Deposits in Sedimentary Sequences
in Gisements Stratiformes et Provinces Cupriferes, Liege 1974, Edited by Bartholomé, P.; de Magnée, I.; Evrard, P.; Moreau, J., Centenaire de la Societe Geologique de Beligique, Societe Geologique de Belgique, 427 p., 2 maps, p. 367 - 382

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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