Deformation and structural controls on gold mineralization in the Clarence Stream shear zone, southwestern New Brunswick, Canada

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 51-66

  Park, A F ^a   Lentz, D R ^a   Thorne, K G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alteration; Boudinage; Cataclasite dike; Kinematic analysis; Quartz mylonite

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; BOUDINAGE; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DIKE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GOLD; GRANODIORITE; KINEMATICS; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; MYLONITE; QUARTZ VEIN; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

CANADA; CLARENCE STREAM; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58649086035     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsemg.17.1-2.51     Document Type: Article

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