An integrated fluid-mineral stable-isotope study of the granite-hosted mineral deposits of the New Ross area, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada: Evidence for multiple reservoirs

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1425-1441

  Carruzzo, Sarah ^a   Kontak, Daniel J ^b   Clarke, D Barrie ^a   Kyser, T Kurtis ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granite; Meteoric water; New Ross pluton; Nova Scotia; Polymetallic mineral deposits; South Mountain Batholith; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COPPER; DATA ACQUISITION; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; MICA; WATER;

FLUID-MINERAL STABLE-ISOTOPE STUDY; GRANITIC ROCKS; GREISENS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

DEVONIAN; FLUID INCLUSION; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PLUTON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SOUTH MOUNTAIN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344307590     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.5.1425     Document Type: Article

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