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Quartz from
Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Province
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gold13 photos of Quartz associated with Gold at this locality.
Heulandite Subgroupā“˜9 photos of Quartz associated with Heulandite Subgroup at this locality.
Calcite8 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Goethite8 photos of Quartz associated with Goethite at this locality.
Agateā“˜6 photos of Quartz associated with Agate at this locality.
Amethyst5 photos of Quartz associated with Amethyst at this locality.
Chabazite5 photos of Quartz associated with Chabazite at this locality.
Analcime4 photos of Quartz associated with Analcime at this locality.
Hematite4 photos of Quartz associated with Hematite at this locality.
Galena4 photos of Quartz associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:993174
Long-form Identifier:1:3:993174:9
GUID (UUID V4):14bf5ba2-ef09-4cdd-aac0-3c728a995377
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore,... Nova Scotia Ann P. Sabina 2015 Ann P. Sabina 1930-2015 Ann will be remembered for her dedication...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collectorā€, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
south-west England A COMPARISON OF KAOLIN FROM NOVA SCOTIA AND SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND I .R. WILSON Wilson...Wilson, I.R. 2002. A comparison of kaolin from Nova Scotia and south-west England. Geoscience in south-west...kaolin and quartz deposit in the Yarmouth area of Nova Scotia, Canada. At present Canada is a major paper...and plastics). Comparisons of the clay from Nova Scotia are made with kaolin from Devon and Cornwall...properties. A 10,000 t bulk sample of the quartz from the Nova Scotia deposit was collected in late 2000, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Cape Porcupine Complex, northern mainland Nova Scotia ā€“ no longer a geological orphan S. M. Barr1*...Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6 Canada 2. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources...Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9 Canada 3. Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, PO...Avenue, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, X1A 2R3 Canada *Corresponding author ...of the Strait of Canso in northern mainland Nova Scotia consists of mainly fault-bounded units of metasedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
second impact near the Bloody Creek site, Nova Scotia, Canada I AN S POONER 1* , P EIR P UFAHL 1, T REVOR...Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada 2. Department of Earth Sciences, University...Centre, 22 Russell St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B1 Canada 3. Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego...3X5, Canada 5. Department of Physics, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada *Corresponding...arcuate scarps. It is located in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, approximately 1 km north of the Bloody Creek
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of the Meguma Group, Nova Scotia, Canada R.J. Ryan ) , P.K. Smith Noƕa Scotia Department of Natural...Natural Resources, Box 698, Halifax, NS, Canada B3J 2T9 Received 10 April 1997 Abstract The gold province of...of the Meguma Terrane in Nova Scotia contains several classic examples of turbidite-hosted mesothermal...Cambroā€“Ordovician Meguma group rocks in southern Nova Scotia, Canada. The Meguma Group consists of two formations:...grade Žapproximately 15 grt Au. narrow gold-bearing quartz veins; Ž2. low-grade Ž0.5ā€“4 grt Au. slaterargillite
Report (issue)
' Native gold, Goldenville Mine, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. Specimen measures 18 mm from top to bottom....Arsenopyrite crystal, Goldenville Mine, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. Crystal measures ! 6 mm from top to bottom....Photo by H. Gary Ansell. Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 51 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR...FOR THE COLLECTOR ., '1'Ā· Northeastern Nova Scotia~~Ā·Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward Island Ann...Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada 1994 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eastern Canada: Geologic Setting, Stable Isotopes, and Fluid Inclusions DANIEL J. KONTAK,ā€  Nova Scotia Department...Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2T9 KURT KYSER, Department of Geological...Engineering, Queenā€™s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 ANDREW GIZE, Department of Geology, University...Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 Abstract The Brookfield barite deposit...in the Carboniferous Maritimes basin of eastern Canada, an area known for ca. 300 Ma Mississippi Valley-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE, TANGIER GOLD DEPOSIT, NOVA SCOTIA: FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR 370 Ma GOLD METALLOGENY...J. KONTAKā€  Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada...Queenā€™s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract A hydrothermal biotite Ā± carbonate alteration...in the Tangier gold deposit, Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia, has given an 40Ar/39Ar plateau age of 374 Ma...Tangier anticline, which contains abundant auriferous quartz veins formed during flexural-slip folding during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vein gold systems in the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada, with implications for fluid sources and...2011 # Springer-Verlag 2011 Abstract Sampling of quartz vein material from two gold deposits of similar...Ma; Dufferin, 380 Ma) in the Meguma Terrane of Nova Scotia has been done to compare and contrast their Ī“18Oquartz...signatures. Despite different ages of formation, quartz from all vein types in each of the deposits (i...Earth Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada P3E 2E6 e-mail: dkontak@laurentian.ca R. J. Horne
Report (chapter)
Triassic Wolfville Formation, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada Yawooz A. Kettanah, Muhammad Y. Kettanah...Triassic Wolfville Formation, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada YAWOOZ A. KETTANAH1*, MUHAMMAD Y. KETTANAH...Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1 Present address: Department of Geology...recognized as a potential basin offshore eastern Canada. Petroleum companies became interested in the Triassic...sandstones (Figs 1 & 2). Elsewhere in Atlantic Canada, such as in the Stoney Creek field (St Peter 1993;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the 380 Ma South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada: evidence for multiple fluid reservoirs Daniel...of sheeted quartz veins cutting 380 Ma monzogranite at Sandwich Point, Nova Scotia, Canada, provide an...genesis of intrusion-related gold deposits. The quartz veins, locally with arsenopyrite (ā‰¤5%) and elevated...sheeted veins containing coarse, comb-textured quartz extend into a pegmatite zone; (3) arsenopyrite-bearing...dominated by F-rich muscovite occur adjacent the quartz veins; and (4) vein and greisen formation is consistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW ROSS AREA, SOUTH MOUNTAIN BATHOLITH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA: EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE RESERVOIRS SARAH CARRUZZO...University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada DANIEL J. KONTAKĀ§ Nova Scotia Department of Natural...Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada D. BARRIE CLARKE Department of Earth...Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada T. KURTIS KYSER Department of Geological...Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada ABSTRACT Granitic rocks in the New Ross area, Nova Scotia, host polymetallic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRANITIC ENVIRONMENTS IN NOVA SCOTIA AND PERU DANIEL J. KONTAKĀ§ Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources...Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada ABSTRACT The bulk composition of fluid inclusions...the method, three granitic environments, in Nova Scotia and in Peru, were chosen, two mineralized (Sn...mounds, granites, pegmatites, tin mineralization. Nova Scotia, Peru. SOMMAIRE La composition globale de la...approach is tested here in case studies from Nova Scotia and Peru. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The decrepitate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract The St. Marys Basin of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada, consists of Late DevonianĀ±Early Carboniferous...Xavier University, P.O. Box 5000, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2G 2W5 e-mail: bmurphy@stfx.ca Tel.: +1-902-8672481;...evolution of the Appalachian orogen in Atlantic Canada is dominated by the Late DevonianĀ± Early Carboniferous...depocenters within the basin (Fig. 1). In mainland Nova Scotia, a depocenter known as the St. Marys Basin occurs...exposing many of the granitoid plutons and auriferous quartz veins of the Meguma terrane. Clasts within the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metaturbidite-hosted quartz vein gold deposits, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada: genetic implications...metaturbiditehosted gold-bearing quartz vein deposits of the Meguma Terrane of Nova Scotia were analyzed for trace...Introduction The lode gold deposits of southern Nova Scotia are considered to be one of the classic occurrences... Saint Maryā€™s University, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada e-mail: jdostal@smu.ca D. J. Kontak Department...University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada and discordant gold-bearing quartz veins hosted by metasandstones
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
slates/phyllites of the Meguma Supergroup, Nova Scotia, Canada: implications for Au and Znā€“Pb mineralisation...Halifax, Canada B3H 3J5 c Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Minerals Branch, Halifax, Canada Received...slates/ phyllite hosted gold mineralisation in Nova Scotia. Mineralised slates/phyllites of the Eastville...Halifax Formation of the Meguma Supergroup in Nova Scotia, Canada, and quantifies the influence of syn- to...different mineralised environments: (1) a gold (quartz ā€“carbonate ā€“arsenopyrite) vein district (The Ovens)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zone: Carboniferous of the Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia Georgia Pe-Piper 1, * and David J. W. Piper...Zone: Carboniferous of the Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia. Minerals 2021, 11, 1413. https://doi.org/ 10...Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada Atlantic, Bedford Institute...Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada; david.piper@canada.ca Department of Oceanography...Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada Correspondence: gpiper@smu.ca Abstract: Prominent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SODIUM ENRICHMENT, BRAZIL LAKE, YARMOUTH COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA. II. IMPLICATIONS OF STABLE ISOTOPES (d18O, dD)...Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2E6, Canada T. Kurtis KYSER Department of Geological Sciences...Queenā€™s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract The 395 Ma Brazil Lake granitic pegmatite...(Liā€“Csā€“Ta) pegmatite in the Meguma Terrane of Nova Scotia, Canada, is hosted by metasedimentary and metavolcanic...distinct stages, an early spodumene ā€“ K-feldspar ā€“ quartz Ā± muscovite stage that was followed by a pervasive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a possible impact crater in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada Ian SPOONER1*, George STEVENS1, Jared MORROW2...Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada of Geological Sciences, San Diego State...3Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada 4Department of Geography...structure formed in Devonian granite in southwestern Nova Scotia, herein named the Bloody Creek structure (BCS)...spaced planar microstructures (PMs) in quartz and feldspar, and quartz mosaicism, rare reduced mineral birefringence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
YARMOUTH COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA. I. GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND PETROLOGY Daniel J. KONTAKĀ§ Nova Scotia Department...Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada Abstract The Brazil Lake pegmatite,... in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, enriched in Li, Ta and Rb, conforms to the LCT-suite classification...an amagmatic event in this part of southern Nova Scotia, but given its location within a high-grade shear-zone...intergranular spodumene ā€“ muscovite ā€“ albite ā€“ quartz and rare K-feldspar. The megacrysts are generally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE MEGUMA GROUP OF NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA R O B E R T R. BROOKS', A M U L A Y A E...3 H 4J1 (Canada) SNova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Halifax, N.S. B3J 2X1 (Canada) (Received...rocks and minerals of the Meguma Group of Nova Scotia, Canada. Chem. Geol., 35: 87--95. Rocks and constituent...minerals of the Meguma Group from southeastern Nova Scotia were analyzed for gold. By far the highest levels...arsenopyrites with lesser amounts in pyrites (76 ppb), quartz (1.0 ppb), whole rocks (1.O ppb) and other minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITEā€“APLITE SHEETS, PEGGYS COVE, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA DANIEL J. KONTAKĀ§ Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources...Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada JAROSLAV DOSTAL Department of Geology, St...St. Maryā€™s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada T. KURT KYSER AND DOUGLAS A. ARCHIBALD Department...Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada ABSTRACT The Peggys Cove area of southern Nova Scotia contains abundant, flat-lying...Muscovite extracted from aplite, pegmatite and quartz ā€“ muscovite ā€“ tourmaline pocket zones give flat
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3J5 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences...of the Meguma Lithotectonic Zone of southern Nova Scotia. The most remarkable structural feature of this...microcline, development of blocky sub-grains in quartz, and kinking of micas demonstrate overprinting...Introduction The Meguma Lithotectonic Zone of southern Nova Scotia consists mainly of the Meguma Group, a Cam- ...that intruded the Meguma Group in southwestern Nova Scotia (Woodend-Douma, 1988; Clarke et al., 2000; Fallon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contained in this paper, so far as they relate to Nova Scotia, are in the main the results of observations...and 1869, while making geological surveys for the Nova-Scotian Government, in the gold-districts of Waverley...Halifax, Hants, and Guysborough Counties in Nova Scotia, and in New Brunswick a broad belt extending...New Brunswick and Mainet. Geolo~cal maps of Nova Scotia were published by Dr. Abraham Gesner in 18365...Maps and Sections,' that for the geology of Nova Scotia " a manuscript map by Dr. J. W. Dawson, compiled
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
An Introduction to Minerals in N o va Scotia Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 13:05 19...DOMMELEN 1750B Cambridge Street Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4A9 dommelen@dal.ca TERRY COLLETT 26...26 Gourok Avenue Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada B2X 2B3 terry.collett@ns.sympatico.ca Except as noted, all...the authorsā€™ collections. T he province of Nova Scotia has long been renowned for its geologic resources...and barite. The first gold rush in Canada took place in Nova Scotia in the 1860s, thirty years before
 
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