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Dunbrack
Pb, Cu, Zn, Ag Mine, Halifax County
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UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
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Northing
4962571 |
| Easting
484916 |
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Details:
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The Dunbrack Pb, Cu, Zn, Ag Mine (really only
a development prospect by modern mining standards) consists of two
shafts found a few kilometers north of the village of Musquodoboit
Harbour, Halifax County. |
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References:
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NSMOD
#D14-009 |
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Further
Info:
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extensive information & references available
in the Mineral Database |
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Other
Minerals:
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tridymite, tourmaline,
fluorite, azurite,
pyrrhotite, cerussite,
ilmenite, djurleite,
digenite, chalcopyrite,
sphalerite, pyrite,
bornite, chalcocite
malachite, meneghinite,
pyromorphite |
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Gays River
Pb, Zn, Fe, Cu, Halifax County
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UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
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Northing
4986070 / 4985320 / 4986030 |
| Easting
470980 / 471470 / 472880 |
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Details:
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Mineralization was first reported in the area
by Dawson and Howe in 1868. Dawson reported the samples examined
by him contained considerable proportions of silver. The Gays River
deposit is a Mississippi Valley Type deposit located in Mississipain
age Windsor carbonates. |
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References:
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NSMOD
#E03-009 |
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Further
Info:
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Messervey, J. P., 1929: Lead and zinc in Nova
Scotia; Department of Public Works and Mines, Pamphlet 15 |
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Other
Minerals:
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barite, bitumen, chalcopyrite, fluorite, galena,
marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite |
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Meat Cove
Zn Deposit, Inverness County
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UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
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Northing
5208730 / 5208360 / 5208160 |
| Easting
682840 / 683150 / 683150 |
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Details:
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The Mine Road leads south from the Meat Cove-Lowland
Cove Road, approximately 3.2 km west of the village of Meat
Cove (200 m west of the juncture of the road with French Brook).
The Northwest Zone is exposed along a brook valley, a short
distance west of the Mine Road, approximately 600 m south of
the juncture of the Mine Road with the Meat Cove-Lowland Cove
Road. Coordinates 2: Adit Zone The adit is located along the
Mine Road, approximately 500 m southeast of the Northwest Zone.
It was driven on a steep east dipping slope, along the south
side of a tributary of French Brook. The discovery outcrop is
located along this tributary, approximately 70 m northeast of
the adit portal. Coordinates 3: South Trench Zone Two large
trenches are found on top of the hill, approximately 200-300
m south of the Adit Portal.
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References:
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NSMOD
#N02-002 |
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Further
Info:
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The Meat Cove Deposit is primarily a Zn deposit in which
sphalerite is the dominant sulphide mineral. The sphalerite
occurs as coarse grained massive crystalline aggregates, as
disseminations, as bands and as veins. Chatterjee (1979) reported
that sphalerite commonly replaces brucite, antigorite and pyrite.
He also noted that the most significant Zn-mineralization occurs
as a replacement of forsterite bearing units within the magnesian
alteration zone. Other minerals reported to occur within the
deposit include pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, galena, graphite,
fluorite, arsenopyrite, stannite, germanite and renierite. Pyrite,
which is the second most common sulphide mineral, occurs as
independent crystals and aggregate masses.
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Other
Minerals:
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sphalerite, fluorite,
arsenopyrite, marcasite,
stannite, braunite,
pyrite, pyrrhotite,
germanite, renierite,
chalcopyrite, graphite |
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