Deep drill hole in the Devonian South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia: A potential for hidden mineral deposits within the batholith

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Chatterjee, A K ^a   Dostal, J ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANODIORITE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; TIN; URANIUM;

CANADA;

EID: 0043201107     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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