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Article: Deep drill hole in the Devonian South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia: a potential for hidden mineral deposits within the batholith.
- Article from:
- Atlantic Geology
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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ABSTRACT
The drill hole near Digby in southwestern Nova Scotia is the deepest on-shore hole in the Canadian Appalachians, and penetrated to a depth of about 1.5 km. The site of the drill was selected at the periphery of the Devonian South Mountain batholith, which contains important mineralization of tin and uranium. The drill hole intersected texturally uniform megacrystic biotite granodiorite, which does not display any pronounced primary vertical zonation. At depth, the drill core contains zones of alteration, fracturing, and brecciation. The alteration is mainly due to fluid flow along the fractures. Some fractures are mineralized and contain galena, ...