CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
817 Canada (New Brunswick) 45.41.12 N -- 064.42.42 W New Horton Mine; Gormley; Vernon Cu; Ag; Au; Sn
 
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 Mine; Gormley; Vernon
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; replac of plant remains in ss/ and veins along fault
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Au; Sn
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) replac of plant remains in ss/ & veins along fault; 50 tons ore shipped pre 1898 #map refs also nb pl 51-3/30-3/30-8/51-1; 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

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., 1931
The Present Situation in the Mining Industry of New Brunswick
Bulletin of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Volume Oct, p. 1195 - 1215

Wright, W. J., 1948
Report of the Provincial Geologist 1947
Annual Report, New Brunswick Department of Lands and Mines, Publication code 111, 145 p.

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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