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Gays River
Nova Scotia, Canada
Main commodities: Zn Pb




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1984.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Akande S O, Zentilli M  1984 - Geologic, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies of the Gays River Lead-Zinc deposit, Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v79 pp 1187-1211
Chagnon A, St.-Antoine P, Savard M M, Heroux Y  1998 - Impact of Pb-Zn Sulfide precipitation on the clay mineral assemblage in the Gays River deposit, Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 779-792
Chi G, Kontak D J, Williams-Jones A E  1998 - Fluid composition and thermal regime during Zn-Pb mineralization in the Lower Windsor Group, Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp883-895
Kontak D J  1998 - A study of fluid inclusions in Sulfide and nonSulfide mineral phases from a Carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposit, Gays River, Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 793-817
Kontak D J, Farrar E, McBride S L  1994 - 40Ar/39Ar dating of fluid migration in a Mississippi Valley-type deposit: the Gays River Zn-Pb deposit, Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v89 pp 1501-1517
Ravenhurst C E, Reynolds P H, Zentilli M, Akande S O  1987 - Isotopic constraints on the genesis of Zn-Pb mineralization at Gays River, Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v82 pp 1294-1308
Ravenhurst C E, Reynolds P H, Zentilli M, Krueger H W, Blenkinsop J  1989 - Formation of carboniferous Pb-Zn and Barite mineralization from basin-derived fluids, Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v84 pp 1471-1488
Sangster D F, Savard M M, Kontak D J  1998 - Sub-basin-specific Pb and Sr sources in Zn-Pb deposits of the Lower Windsor Group, Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 911-919
Sangster D F, Savard M M, Kontak D J  1998 - Genetic model for mineralization of Lower Windsor (Visean) Carbonate rocks of Nova Scotia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 932-952
Savard M M, Chi G  1998 - Cation study of fluid inclusion decrepitates in the Jubilee and Gays River (Canada) Zn-Pb deposits - characterization of ore-forming brines: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 920-931
Savard M M, Kontak D J  1998 - d13C-d18O-87Sr/86Sr covariations in ore-stage Calcites at and around the Gays River Zn-Pb deposit (Nova Scotia, Canada) - evidence for fluid mixing: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 818-833


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