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Muscovite from
West Gore mine, West Gore, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Gore mine, West Gore, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1002147
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1002147:3
GUID (UUID V4):99c801d5-eb85-43b9-abf1-6db22f20b32b
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘGays River deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘHighway 103 roadcuts, Hubley, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘMontague gold district, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘMillet Brook U-Ag deposit, Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
49.3km (30.6 miles) ⓘBayer's Lake pegmatites (north), Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘGovernor Lake pegmatite, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘBayer's Lake pegmatites (south), Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘWalker Moly prospect (New Russell prospect), New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
61.7km (38.3 miles) ⓘTurner tin prospect, New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘScheelite mine (Stillwater Brook), Moose River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WestGoreSb-AuDeposit, MegumaTerrane,NovaScotia,Canada DANIELJ. KONTAK,RICItARDJ. HORNE,ANDPAULK. SMITH...a 370Ma 4øAr/•9Ar plateau ageforhydrothermal muscovite. Mineralization occursas stibnite,nativeantimony...association whichcharacterizeswere deformed (D•) into east-west-northeast-southwestHereynianantimonydeposits of...Devonian(Fig. la). The styleandorientation of folds The West Gore area is located in the Rawdon Hills of NovaScotia(Fig...metaturbidites of the lb) andseveral WEST GORE Sb-AuDEPOSIT,N.S., CANADA LEGEND CARBONIFEROUS • Wlndsor
Report (issue)
Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore, Nova Scotia...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...(Na4TiZr2O4(CO3)4), which was named in her honour. She was also co-founder of the Canadian Gemmological Association...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vein gold systems in the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada, with implications for fluid sources and...Ma; Dufferin, 380 Ma) in the Meguma Terrane of Nova Scotia has been done to compare and contrast their δ18Oquartz...Earth Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada P3E 2E6 e-mail: dkontak@laurentian.ca R. J. Horne...Acadian Mining, 1969 Lower Water Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3J 2R7 K. Kyser Department of Geological Sciences...Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6 Terrane that were separated by 30 Ma.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE, TANGIER GOLD DEPOSIT, NOVA SCOTIA: FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR 370 Ma GOLD METALLOGENY...J. KONTAK† Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada...Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract A hydrothermal biotite ± carbonate alteration...in the Tangier gold deposit, Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia, has given an 40Ar/39Ar plateau age of 374 Ma...gold deposits in the Meguma Group of southern Nova Scotia has long been a contentious issue, and variations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A ZONAL GOLD MINERALIZATION W. H. IN NOVA SCOTIA. NEWHOUSE. CONTENTS. Introduction ....................... 822 823 825 827 829 INTRODUCTION. Nova SCOTIAis an excellentregionin which to studymineral...includesomeminor depositsin the southwestern part of Nova Scotia,and someof the districtswithin the map area were...mileswide and extendsalongthe southeastern coastof Nova Scotia for a distance of over 200 miles. In the northeasternpart...Malcolm,W., and Faribault, E. R.: Gold Fields of Nova Scotia. Geol. Surv. Can., Memoir x56, x929. Downloaded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19 Megumagolddeposits in the Megumaterraneof Nova Scotia havebeenanalyzed forstable(t9SO,t5•3C) andradiogenic...the easternmargin sentedfor the Superiorprovince,Canada(Kerrichet al., an alloehthonous 1987;King, 1989;King...= Molega,16 = Lepsigate, 17 = BeaverDam, 18 = West Gore, 19 = Forest Hills. v sillirno nlte v v ISOTOPIC...stratigraphy 1988).The suturezoneisrepresented byaneast-west-trend-Chatterice,pets.eommun.,1996). ingdextral...Megtunaterrane areconsistently (e.g.,biotite,muscovite, feldspar, amphibole, garnet, and accordingly
Report (Issue volume)
Volume III NEW BRUNSWICK NOVA SCOTIA PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NEWFOUNDLAND Ann P. Sabina MISCELLANEOUS...MISCELLANEOUS REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa...mail from information Canada, Ottawa, and at the following information Canada bookshops: HALIFAX i 735...Barrington Street MONTREAL 1182 St. Catherine Street West OITAWA 171 Slater Street TORONTO 221 Yonge Street...equipment 5 • Care of specimens 6 • Collecting in Canada 6 • Mineral and rock sets 7 • Abbreviations used
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meguma Group Gold Deposits, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada: Evidence for Multiple Gold-Mineralizing...Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 DAVID SELBY, Department of Earth Sciences...HORNE Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3M8...three gold deposits in the Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada, in order to better constrain their age of...incorporated analyses of arsenopyrite from the Kimberly mine, Zimbabwe, into a multimineral ReOs isochron diagram
Journal (issue)
1 .,'.. ... \1 ;"1\ .- " GOLD FIELDS OF NOVA SCOTIA Reprinted from Memoir 156, a compilation byW...mail from Information Canada, Ottawa, KIA OS9 from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa...Ottawa, KIA OE8 and Information Canada bookshops in HALIFAX - 1683 Barrington Street MONTREAL - 640 St. Catherine...for reference in public libraries across Canada Price - Canada: $5.00 Other Countries: $6.00 Catalogue...Information Canada Ottawa 1929 Reprinted 1976 FOREWORD A renewed interest in the gold deposits of Nova Scotia
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...1971); and Bridge River Camp, British Columbia, Canada (Barr, 1980). They may also occur as saddle reefs...e., deposits hosted by the Meguma Group, Nova Scotia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Barr...also observed, i.e., Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Barr, 1980))...of deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ankerite. Also, calcite, siderite, dolomite, muscovite, hydromica, albite, and chlorite, more typical...deposits (Mary Rosa, Spain; Kharma, Bolivia; West Gore, Canada; Terek, Kirghizia; Sentachan, Sarylakh, etc...ores of the Murchison, Sarylakh, Sentachan, and West Gore deposits have high contents of gold (up to 500...350–150 5.0–0.5 Ortega and Vindel, 1995 West Gore, Canada 400–350 280–250 28.0–0.5 — Kontak et al...Yakutia 325–200 7.9–3.4 Our data Snowbird, Canada 258–200 4.3 Madu et al., 1990, 1995 Kharma
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...This Port Mouton Shear Zone (PMSZ) is approximately co-linear with the only outcrops of Late Devonian mafic...tonalite of the Port Mouton Pluton. Also closely co-linear with the mafic intrusions are a granitoid...Introduction The Meguma Lithotectonic Zone of southern Nova Scotia consists mainly of the Meguma Group, a Cam-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gÊologique, UniversitÊ Laval, QuÊbec, QC G1V0A6, Canada c Centre de recherche sur la gÊologie et l'ingÊnierie...ressources minÊrals (E4m), QuÊbec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada b A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T Keywords:...Hydrothermal minerals in wall rocks consist of muscovite, carbonate, suldes and chlorite. Whole rock geochemistry...hydrothermal alteration. In the muscovite alteration zone, muscovite within shear zones (Ms1) shows an...metamorphic muscovite along cleavage planes and in pressure shadows (Ms2), and hydrothermal muscovite (Ms3)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e-chlorite (Mg.no. = 0.50)-albite-scheelite. Muscovite andsulfides (Cu,Fe, Zn, Pb)transcend thetwostages...from4øAr/S9Ar datingof hydrothermal amphibole, muscovite,and biotite. Isotopic studies (O,C, H, Sr)of...theresultsareconsid- mineralseparates--biotite, muscovite, tourmaline, ehlorite, eredin thelargercontext...southern,overturned material.Separates of biotite,muscovite, amphibole, and limb (dip 75ø N) of a majornortheast-trending...singlefluidinclusion typedominated (i.e., >95% H20-CO• deposit,auriferous quartzveinsoccurin threesubparallelfluids)in
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CanadaB3H3J5 Abstract TheBeaverDamgolddeposit,NovaScotia,Canada,isa lodegolddeposit hostedbylower Paleozoicmetaturbidites...assemblage succeeded by aquartzcalcite-chlorite-muscovite-albite (_ anatase) stage.Sulfides(includingBi-Te-Agsulfides)...biotiteandmuscovite fromthe River Lakeintrusion;(2) muscovite froma pegmatitespatiallyrelatedto the RiverLakeintrusion...mineraliza- productionca. 1.2 Moz) of southernNova Scotia tionwasencompassed, whereassuggestions for fluid... +++ ++ ++ +++ Generalized Legend for Southern Nova 44* Scoha oo•"•(sediments DEVONIAN orYOUNGER
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the 380 Ma South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada: evidence for multiple fluid reservoirs Daniel...cutting 380 Ma monzogranite at Sandwich Point, Nova Scotia, Canada, provide an opportunity to address issues...arsenopyrite-bearing greisens dominated by F-rich muscovite occur adjacent the quartz veins; and (4) vein...Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada e-mail: dkontak@laurentian.ca K. Kyser Department...Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada (20–25 wt.% equivalent NaCl), Ca-rich fluid with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ANDPAUL K. SMITH Nova Scotia Department of Nanral Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia BjJ 279 ABsrRAcr...INTRoDUgnoN The Lower PaleozoicMeguma Group of southern Nova Scotiais considereda typical exampleof metaturbidite-hostedgold...monzogranite, The study areais locatedin southernNova Scotia, cropsout about2 km westofthe depositarea.Approxiwithin...4Ar/3eArdatingof hydrothermal amphibole, biotite and muscovite by Kontak et al. (1990c; 1993) and petrofabric...with interiors replaced with coarse rosettes of muscovite that are mantled by areas of albitic alteralion
Book (edition)
94 95 97 98 Actinolite Mineral Production of Canada Gold Production of the World Silver Production...21 22 23 25 Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island 101 102 105 109 110...C. Hazelton-Telkwa B.C. Telkwa-Endako Central Canada Central Manitoba Mines Eastern Manitoba New Brunswick...Areas. ... 48 (insert) 35 Northwestern Quebec Nova Scotia 25 10 55 (insert) 53 79 (insert) Pre-Cambrian...Copper Mine, Howe Sound, B, C. . 39 Nickel Smelter, Coniston, Ont Nipissing Silver Mine, Cobalt
Report (volume)
Geology: Bulletin, vol. 5, nos. 18-23. Berkeley, Cal. Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Report for 1908; and...Ont. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Miscellaneous publications. Ottawa, Ont. Canada, Royal...Mining Journal, vol. 30. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Carnegie Institution of Washington: Yearbook;...Fifth Biennial Report. Grand Forks, N. Dak. Nova Scotia Institute of Science: Proceedings and Transactions...11, pts 3, 4, vol. 12, pt. 1. Halifax, N. S. Nova Scotia, Mining Society of: Journal, vol. 13. Halifax
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Huston et al., 2002), Bolivia (Dill et al., 1995), Canada (e.g., Kontak et al., 1996), China (Hutchison,...quartz aggregates, which also contain secondary muscovite and, locally, barite, ankerite and calcite. The...the large Valongo anticline and a syncline to the west. At Valongo, the anticline has a N31 °W orientation;...orientation; it rotates to W and, close to Banjas mine, the orientation is N50 °W. In contact with the Castro...veins cut the coarse-grained porphyritic biotite–muscovite granite and appear to be related to it, whereas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz carbonate vein mine, southwest England [14], the Tanco pegmatite, Canada [15], the Skrytoe scheelite...skarn deposit, Russia [16] and the Katerina coal mine in the Czech Republic [17], bismuthian antimony...Formation, which is composed of muscovite-quartz and chlorite-muscovite-quartz schist interlayered with...in a silicified zone between the leptinite and muscovite schist of the Yuxi Formation (Figure 2a). The...between pyrrhotite (Po) and chalcopyrite (Ccp);muscovite and (b) native (Bmt), and chalcopyrite infilling
Book
enOLOGIOAT SURVEY OF CANADA. AALFRED R C.SELWYN, C. M. G., LL.D. F.RS., Director GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...17 20 v1 GEOLOGICAL TABLE OF SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTS— Continued. OXYGEN saLTs—Continued...Concluding division..........+.s++++) 26, 33 ees ek. aes Co Rivama-silicates .jaettouke 26 apeieeeeeeele ee ¢...a omnes ype ess odoe g. From other claims in the West Kootanie SUE TAMES Grae c SPE eee a: 8 eam Raney... TABLE METALS oe AND OF THEIR SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTS—Continued. ORES—Continued. . Tron
Report (Issue volume)
GE and Economic Minerals of Canada PART A NUNC COCNOSCO EX PARTE THOMAS J. BATA LIBRARY TRENT UNIVERSITY...AND ECONOMIC MINERALS OF CANADA Š Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1976 Available by mail from...Printing and Publishing Supply and Services Canada Ottawa, Canada K1A 0S9 or through your bookseller Catalogue...Catalogue No. M43-1/1976-1-7 Price: Canada: $8.00 ISBN 0-660-00553-0 Other countries: $9.60 Price subject..., Altona, Manitoba, Canada Contract No. OKX6-0236 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Questembert granite dated at ca 316 Ma (Ar-Ar on muscovite; Tartèse et al., 2011), or the Mortagne pluton...Mortagne granitic pluton emplaced (Jegouzo, 1980). Muscovite from the La Pommeraie leucogranite yields 40Ar/39Ar...sample), and 40% in fresh outcrops around La Bellière mine, BÊgrolle, and Belleville (Fig.3A) occurrences....of 3 ¾m, and a counting time of 30 s for Fe, Ni, Co, Sb, Pb, Cu, As, Zn, Ag, Bi, and 60 s for gold (detection...structures has been observed in the Jousselin quarry (West of St-Pierre-Montlimart town, Fig. 4A-D-E-F and
 
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