New constraints on the age and origin of the Dunbrack Pb-Cu-Zn-Ag deposit, Musquodoboit Batholith, southern Nova Scotia

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-42

  Kontak, Daniel J ^a   Ansdell, Kevin ^b   Archibald, Douglas ^c  

^a NS Dep Natural Resources   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; SILVER; ZINC;

CANADA; DUNBRACK DEPOSIT; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0033511415     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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