Characteristics of mineralization at the main zone of the Clarence Stream gold deposit, southwestern New Brunswick, Canada: Evidence for an intrusion-related gold system in the northern Appalachian Orogen

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-49

  Thorne, Kay G ^a   Lentz, D R ^b   Hoy, D ^c   Fyffe, L R ^a   Cabri, L J ^d  

^a New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c Freewest Resources Canada Incorporation   (Canada)

^d CABRI CONSULTING INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alteration; Intrusion related gold deposit; Magaguadavic granite; New Brunswick; Saint George batholith

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DIP; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GOLD; GRANITE; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ VEIN; SHEAR ZONE;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; CLARENCE STREAM; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58649096987     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsemg.17.1-2.13     Document Type: Article

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