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Slate from
Meguma Group, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Group (stratigraphic)
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Type:Slate
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Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Slate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meguma Group, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1317730
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1317730:2
GUID (UUID V4):73e63bbb-4380-44c3-95fc-f97da4321db7
References
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deposits of the Meguma Group, Nova Scotia, Canada R.J. Ryan ) , P.K. Smith NoÕa Scotia Department of Natural...Halifax, NS, Canada B3J 2T9 Received 10 April 1997 Abstract The gold province of the Meguma Terrane in...in Nova Scotia contains several classic examples of turbidite-hosted mesothermal gold deposits. There are...Cambro–Ordovician Meguma group rocks in southern Nova Scotia, Canada. The Meguma Group consists of two...major past gold producers in the province. The Meguma Group rocks are variably deformed into upright gently
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GOLD DEPOSIT, NOVA SCOTIA: FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR 370 Ma GOLD METALLOGENY IN THE MEGUMA TERRANE DANIEL...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...gold vein in the Tangier gold deposit, Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia, has given an 40Ar/39Ar plateau age of...determined for hydrothermal vein minerals at seven other Meguma gold districts, thereby suggesting a terrane-wide
Report (chapter)
development of the St Marys Basin, mainland Nova Scotia, Canada: a prolonged record of intracontinental strike-slip...St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2G 2W5 (e-mail: bmurphy@stfx.ca) Abstract:...Palaeozoic evolution of the St Marys Basin, mainland Nova Scotia, preserves evidence of protracted dextral shear...(MFZ) along the boundary between the Avalon and Meguma terranes and contains latest Devonian-Tournaisian...the deposition of the overlying Visean Windsor Group. The style of deformation along the present northern
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of Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Canada) Received August 5, 1977 Revised version received...Paleozoic Meguma Group of Nova Scotia, Canada. The age spectrum of the hornfels and of one slate collected...recognizable mineralogical modification of the slate. Two samples in the collection contain potassium...time of initiation of the Acadian Orogeny in Nova Scotia which culminated with post-deformational "granitic"...agreement between K/Ar slate ages and other available geochonological information. Slate ages tend to be older
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of Arsenopyrite in Meguma Group Gold Deposits, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada: Evidence for Multiple...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...undertaken for three gold deposits in the Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada, in order to better constrain their...bedding-concordant veins from The Ovens locality, southwest Meguma terrane, yield a precise Re-Os isochron age of
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orogenic vein gold systems in the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada, with implications for fluid sources...Ovens, 408 Ma; Dufferin, 380 Ma) in the Meguma Terrane of Nova Scotia has been done to compare and contrast...by two contrasting tectono-thermal events in the Meguma Editorial handling: G. Beaudoin D. J. Kontak (*)...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
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TERRANE: 40Ar/3gAr STUDIES IN THE MEGUMA ZONE, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA G.K. MUECKE, Department P. ELIAS... REYNOLDS University, Halifax, N.S. B3H 355 (Canada) (Received July 22,1987; revised and accepted...terrane: 40Ar/ 3gAr studies in the Meguma zone, Nova Scotia, Canada. Chem. Geol. (Isot. Geosci. Sect.)...(whole rock) slate/silt&ones, all from the metamorphic rocks of the Meguma zone, Nova Scotia, one of the...some of the mineral data, in conjunction with the slate/silt&one total gas ages, constrain the timing of
Report (chapter)
2015 Sedimentology of the Halifax Formation, Nova Scotia: Lower Palaeozoic fine-grained turbidites D.A...part of the (?) Cambro-Ordovician Meguma Group of Nova Scotia. The Meguma sediments were mostly deposited...continental slope. The Lower Palaeozoic Meguma Group of Nova Scotia (Fig. l) comprises a thick succession...in slates becoming indurated so that alternating slate and siltstone lithologies are in places unusually...et al. 1980), so that the lower part of the Meguma Group may be Cambrian in age. The occurrence of possible
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Abstract The St. Marys Basin of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada, consists of Late DevonianÂąEarly Carboniferous...Carboniferous clastic rocks of the Horton Group deposited in the waning stages of the ca. 420Âą360 Ma Acadian...predominantly derived from the Meguma terrane that occurs to the south of the basin. The Meguma terrane contains abundant...that the siltstones are predominantly derived from Meguma terrane metasedimentary rocks, whereas the sandstones...and conglomerates are predominantly derived from Meguma terrane granitoids. Geochemical and mineralogical
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GOLD IN ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE MEGUMA GROUP OF NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA R O B E R T R. BROOKS', A M U L...3 H 4J1 (Canada) SNova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Halifax, N.S. B3J 2X1 (Canada) (Received...gold in rocks and minerals of the Meguma Group of Nova Scotia, Canada. Chem. Geol., 35: 87--95. Rocks and...and constituent minerals of the Meguma Group from southeastern Nova Scotia were analyzed for gold. By far...mineralization in Nova Scotia are the Cambro-Ordoviclan slates and quartzites of the Meguma Group which comprise
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intrusion of the South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada SIMON R, POULSON,WALTER P. KUBILIUS,* and...granodiorites of the South Mountain Batholith and the Meguma Group metasediments into which the batholith was intruded...isotopically variable sulfur derived from the Meguma Group metasediments during fractional crystallization...associated with igneous rocks, such as the magmatic Fe-Ni-Co sulfide deposits associated with the Bushveld and...The site chosen for study was southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, where the South Mountain Batholith was emplaced
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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...Formation sediments were the Palaeozoic rocks of the Meguma Supergroup, South Mountain Batholith, Horton and...Fundy where it overlies the Horton Bluff Formation, Meguma and/or Avalon terranes. However, its reservoir
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palaeozoic slates/phyllites of the Meguma Supergroup, Nova Scotia, Canada: implications for Au and Zn–Pb...Halifax, Canada B3H 3J5 c Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Minerals Branch, Halifax, Canada Received...of various lithostratigraphic levels within the Meguma Supergroup, 14 Ordovician slates/phyllites of The...greywacke – quartzite dominated) and Halifax Formation (slate – phyllite dominated). Low fixed nitrogen concentration...slates/ phyllite hosted gold mineralisation in Nova Scotia. Mineralised slates/phyllites of the Eastville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OROGENIC GOLD MINERALIZATION? EVIDENCE FROM THE MEGUMA AND BENDIGO-BALLARAT TERRANES BEN J. CAVE§ ARC...Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec G7H 2B1, Canada ROSS R. LARGE ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore...WHITE Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, PO Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada STAFFORD...mineralization with associated subordinate W (Meguma Terrane, Canada), and the other containing orogenic Au...of the Meguma Terrane, respectively, and 0.16 g of W per tonne of rock from the Castlemaine Group of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada Chris E. White1 * and Terry A. Goodwin Nova Scotia Department of Natural...Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada *Corresponding author ...Municipality, Nova Scotia, resulted in two-fold subdivision of both groups. The Goldenville Group was divided...The Halifax Group was divided into the Cunard formation, dominated by sulphide-rich slate, and the overlying...(HRM) as part of the much larger southern Nova Scotia Meguma terrane mapping program (Fig. 1) (White et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of peraluminous plutons in southern Nova Scotia, Canada—a pegmatite-poor suite K.L. Currie b a,)...c,4 a Geological SurÕey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa ON, Canada K1A 0E8 Department of Earth Sciences...London ON, Canada N6A 5B7 c Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton UniÕersity, Ottawa ON, Canada K1S 5B6...accepted 19 August 1998 Abstract Three southern Nova Scotia plutons crystallized rapidly at ; 375 Ma from...and Cambro-Ordovician turbidites of the host Meguma Group. Despite local evidence of mixing and mingling
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........... 323 by W. E. Wilson and R. Bentley Nova Scotian gold .....................................2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire LE7 7QB Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills...made divining rods designed to find gold. SARGENT & CO., Chicago. ESTABLISHED 1852. W E S T E R N A G E.../898__________________ M AN UF ACT UR ED ONLY BY JAMES MACBETH & CO., 128 Maiden Lane, New York City. The Mineralogical...November-December, 1982 THE NILES MINE AND MILL SUPPLY CO., N iles , Ohio, U. S. A. TIPPLES, SCREENS, LARRIES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization from Basin-Derived Fluids, Nova Scotia, Canada CASEYE. RAVENHURST,*PETERH. REYNOLDS,MARCOSZENTILLI...Abstract Lead-zincand barite depositsin central Nova Scotiagenerallyoccur at the TournaisianVisean(Mississippian)...Carboniferoussedimentarybasinsin Nova Scotiandepositshave affinitieswith Mississippi Nova Scotiasuggestsa geneticlink...PENINSULA ,•.E BE C • 8RUNSWIC NEWFOUNDLAND NOVA SCO1 100 km • FIG. 1. The late PaleozoicMari...the deposits.Lead isotopecompositions of galena Nova Scotiandepositsincludepenecontemporaneousconstrainthe
Report (chapter)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada (e-mail: john.waldron@ualberta.ca) 2 Department...Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada 3 Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3, Canada Abstract: The...Minas fault zone, separating the Early Palaeozoic Meguma and Avalon terranes of the Appalachians, experienced...that the deformed Horton Group clastic rocks are thrust above younger Windsor Group evaporites. Excellent...In the Northern Appalachians of Atlantic Canada, the Meguma and Avalon terranes represent periGondwanan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. (Canada) Department of Geological Sciences, University...(1) Holocene and Pleistocene deep-sea muds of the Nova Scotian Slope and Rise, (2) Middle Ordovician Sevier...and (3) CambroOrdovician Halifax Slate of the Meguma Group in Nova Scotia. A standard sequence of structures...size) sediments in three contrasting areas: the Nova Scotian Slope and Rise, including the Laurentian...the low- 25 grade metamorphosed Halifax Slate of Nova Scotia which is (?) CambroOrdovician in age. All
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cleavage in Lower Palaeozoic meta-arenites of Nova Scotia, shows that diffusional or infiltrational mass...meta-arenites of the Lower Palaeozoic Meguma Series of Nova Scotia. In our studies of these and other examples...solution is in the tip zone. Meguma meta-arenites* The Meguma Group of Nova Scotia is now regarded as Cambro-Ordovician...of arenites; it is the upper formation of the Meguma Group. The Goldenville Formation is dominated by arenites...called slates) and is the lower formation of the Meguma Group. For several decades, gold was extracted from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gĂŠologique, UniversitĂŠ Laval, QuĂŠbec, QC G1V0A6, Canada c Centre de recherche sur la gĂŠologie et l'ingĂŠnierie...ressources minĂŠrals (E4m), QuĂŠbec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada b A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T Keywords:...turbidite sedimentary rocks of the Jurassic Mugagangri Group. The host rocks were metamorphosed to subgreenschist...orogenic gold deposits, such as Bendigo, Reefton and Meguma districts, in deposit geology, alteration mineralogy...Jurrasic turbidite sedimentary rocks of the Mugagangri Group. Typically, hydrothermal alteration in turbiditic
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Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5, Canada AND J. DUNCAN KEPPIE Instituto de Geología...Avalon or Meguma terranes. However, advances in paleogeography indicate that the Avalon and Meguma terranes...magmatic arc gap in Maritime Canada that was abruptly terminated in the Meguma terrane at ~380–370 Ma by...et al., 2000). Locations of Figures 5 (Maritime Canada), 6 (New England) , 7 (Carolinas) , and 8 (Newfoundland)...(Robinson et al., 1998) or to the accretion of the Meguma terrane (e.g., van Staal et al., 1998). There is
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STATES THE DEPOSITS AND LOCALIZATION IN THE CANADA JOSEPH W. MILLS AND HENRY T. EYRICH ABSTRACT...depositsin at least 68 districts in the United Statesand Canada. The depositscontainimportantamounts of asbestos...mineral-bearing districtsin the United States and Canada. PREMISE Our premiseis that unconformities, by...l/l/. MILLS AND H. T. EYRICH :'.:""•:i', ,•2 • u•co•o•v ORE CL,• SS/F/C,• T/ON '•<•'•' •%• - -'...Ontario Matachewan Consol. Au Au Au ½ongl,arkose, slate conglomerat• arkose, graywacke andesire volcanics
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Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada 3 School of Earth & Planetary Sciences...Avalonian-type (e.g. West Avalonia, East Avalonia, Meguma, Carolinia, Moravia–Silesia), which developed on...craton. Other terranes (e.g. NW Iberian domain, Meguma) show Avalonian-type basement and/or detrital zircon...peri-Gondwanan terranes (e.g. Avalonia, Carolinia, Ganderia, Meguma) separated from West Gondwana, either separately...2), where they include West Avalonia, Ganderia, Meguma and Carolinia, and the Suwanee terrane of the Florida
 
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