CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
828 Canada (New Brunswick) 44.41.11 N -- 066.52.24 W Sloop Cove; Dwelly 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): Sloop Cove; Dwelly
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: New Brunswick
NTS map data: 021B10 (Grand Manan Island)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; patches or blebs dissem or in fractures in shale
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Triassic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone
Individual lithologies:mudstone (grey green and red)
Host rock stratigraphy:Annapolis Formation

(2) sedimentary; evaporite
Individual lithologies:gypsum
anhydrite
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) patches or blebs dissem or in fractures in shale; thick basaltic flow containing minor native Cu overlies marine shale; top 6m of shale unit grades up to 10% locally/avg 0.1% over large area
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

Carroll, B. M. W., 1977
Mineral Occurrences in New Brunswick (N.T.S. 11-1, 21B/10, 15, 21G/01 to 21G/02E)
Open File Report, New Brunswick Department of Mines, Publication code 77-01, 155 p.

Macneill, R. H.; Take, W. F.; Aumento, F.; Borns Jr., H. W.; Swift, D. J. P.; Hope-Simpson, D.; Shea, F. S.; Kelley, D. G., 1966
Guidebook: Geology of Parts of Atlantic Provinces
Open File Report, Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Publication code 105, 128 p.


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