CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
151 Canada (New Brunswick) 47.18.00 N -- 066.19.12 W Halfmile North Cu; Pb; Zn; Au; Ag
 
Database name: World Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits
Custodial agency: Society of Economic Geologists & Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: J. M. Franklin, H. L. Gibson, I. R. Jonasson, and A. G. Galley
Release date: 2015-03-23
   
Deposit name(s): Halfmile North (deposit name)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: New Brunswick
NTS map data: 021O08 (California Lake)
Deposit clan (type): Volcanogenic massive sulphide
Deposit (sub) types: Siliciclastic felsic; 5
Geologic province: Appalachian
Geologic subprovince: Bathurst
Commodities: Cu; Pb; Zn; Au; Ag
Geological ages: Late Ordovician (host rocks)
Radiometric ages: Age - Ma: 450; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix
References:
McCutcheon, S. R., 1992
Base-metal Deposits of the Bathurst-Newcastle District: Charcteristics and Depositional Models
Exploration and Mining Geology, Volume 1, p. 105 - 119

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

0.789 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.39 percent
Pb: 0.87 percent
Zn: 4.95 percent
Au: 0.2 grams/metric ton
Ag: 8 grams/metric ton
Reference: Franklin, J. M.; Gibson, H. L.; Jonasson, I. R.; Galley, A. G., 2005: Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits; Appendices on CD-ROM, Section [Franklin] Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits, in Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Special Volume, Society of Economic Geology, 1146 p., 1 disks
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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