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Pyrophyllite Occurrences in the Coxheath area, Cape Breton Island

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources,
Mineral Resources Branch,
Open File Report ME 2004-1

By D. J. Kontak, P. W. Finck and J. DeWolfe

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Commodity Background
  • Regional Geological Setting
  • Geological Features of Pyrophyllite-bearing Altered Volcanic Rocks of the Coxheath Area
    • Occurrence and Distribution of the Pyrophyllite Rocks
    • Petrography and Mineralogy of the Altered Felsic Volcanic Rocks
    • Chemistry of the Altered Volcanic Rocks

  • Discussion and Conclusions
  • References


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