A private syndicate is proposing an exploration program to search for Irish-type, carbonate-hosted polymetallic deposits on the south shore of the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia.
Called the Minas Mineral Syndicate, the group believes that the large, bedded deposits of iron carbonate-barite on the south shore may be proximal indicators for sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) base metal mineralization. The beds have a strike length measured in thousands of feet and are up to 50 ft. thick.
Anomalous concentrations of copper, lead, zinc, barium and mercury have been found in soil on the group’s extensive claim holdings in Hants Cty., N.S. Geophysical anomalies, including gravity highs and EM and IP anomalies, have been identified near fault structures.
According to the group’s theory, faults in the area probably provided a conduit through which metal-rich fluids flowed on to the ancient Windsor seabed.
Examples of deposits with similar characteristics include the Meggen and Ramelsberg deposits in Germany and the Selwyn Basin deposit in Ireland. “The structural framework of the area, types and ages of rocks, sedimentation processes and the environment of mineral deposition are very similar to those in carboniferous terrains in the Republic of Ireland,” says Avard Hudgins, an exploration geologist in the group. “The (Minas) region has been a sleeper for years because past explorers did not recognize the significance of the large exhalites of iron-barium.”
The syndicate is in the process of raising funds to test the venture area. At least six high priority targets near the SEDEX aprons and fault zones have been identified.
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