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Gay's River

Past Producer in Nova Scotia, Canada with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065842
MRDS ID TC41275
Record type Site
Current site name Gay's River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -63.30145, 45.14826 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Nova Scotia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -63.30145, 45.14826
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GOLD IS IN A COARSE BASAL CONGLOMERATE OF LOWER CARBONIFEROUS AGE THAT IS UP TO 30 FT THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1900; PLACER AREA WAS DISCOVERED IN 1862.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNKNOWN MINING METHOD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, 1961; MALCOLM, 1929.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER AREA IS IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF COLCHESTER ON COLBERT BROOK, 7 MILES EAST OF SHUBENACADIE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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