CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
867 Canada (Nova Scotia) 45.37.01 N -- 062.03.27 W Sylvan Glen Area; Sylvan Valley 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): Sylvan Glen Area; Sylvan Valley
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nova Scotia
NTS map data: 011E09 (Merigomish)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; disseminated in limestone 7 underlying conglom
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Early Carboniferous (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:limestone (dark grey laminated)
conglomerate (green)
Host rock stratigraphy:Windsor Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in limestone 7 underlying conglom; 7 occurrences noted in open file 599 (two are coded as -rights river); approx 46 cm of limestone over 1.5m of conglomerate contain visible cu
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

Boehner, R. C., 1982
Geological Map of the Antigonish Basin, Nova Scotia
Joint - Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Canada Department of Regional Economic Expansion, Scale 50000

Ponsford, M., 1984
Metallic Mineral Occurrences Map and Data Compilation Central Nova Scotia, Map Sheets 11D and 11E
Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, OF 599


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