An AMF-PGC International Study Tour Developed & Managed by Porter GeoConsultancy Zinc '98 Zinc Deposits of Europe & North America 16th July to 17th August, 1998 - In Three Separate Modules
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LITERATURE COLLECTION:
Volume 3 - North American Volcanic Hosted Deposits
Overview

• Geological map of section of North America showing the deposits to be visited.
• Precambrian geology and tectonic history of North America; Hoffman P F - 1989, in Bally W A, Palmer A R (Eds), The Geology of North America, The Geology of North America-An Overview, The Geol Soc Amer, vA, pp 447-480, 509-512, plus assorted maps.
• The evolution of the Appalachian chain; Rast N - 1989, in Bally W A, Palmer A R (Eds), The Geology of North America, The Geology of North America-An Overview, The Geol Soc Amer, vA, pp 323-348.
• Volcanic-associated massive sulphide base metals; Franklin J M - 1996, in Eckstrand O R, Sinclair W D, Thorpe R I, (Eds) Geology of Canadian Mineral Deposit Types, Geol Surv Canada, Geology of Canada, no. 8, pp 158-182.
• Volcanic-associated massive sulphide gold; Poulsen K H, Hannington M D - 1996, in Eckstrand O R, Sinclair W D, Thorpe R I, (Eds) Geology of Canadian Mineral Deposit Types, Geol Surv Canada, Geology of Canada, no. 8, pp 183-196.

Flin Flon

• Stratigraphic and tectonic setting of early Proterozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits, Flin Flon, Manitoba; Syme E C, Bailes A H - 1993, Econ. Geol., v88, pp 566-589.
• Geology of the Trout Lake Mine; Trevor S M - 1998, Unpub.

Kidd Creek

• Archaean Geology of Ontario: Introduction; Thurston P C - 1991, in Thurston P C, Williams H R, Sutcliffe R H, Stott G M (Eds), Geology of Ontario, Ont. Geol. Surv., Spec. Vol. 4, Part 1, pp 73-78.
• Metallogeny of metallic mineral deposits in the Superior Province of Ontario; Fyon J A, Breaks F W, Heather K B, Jackson S L, Muir T L, Stott G M, Thurston P C - 1991, in Thurston P C, Williams H R, Sutcliffe R H, Stott G M (Eds), Geology of Ontario, Ont. Geol. Surv., Spec. Vol. 4, Part 2, pp 1091-1117, 1128-1129, 1162-1174.
• The Western Abitibi sub-province in Ontario; Jackson S L, Fyon J A - 1991, in Thurston P C, Williams H R, Sutcliffe R H, Stott G M (Eds), Geology of Ontario, Ont. Geol. Surv., Spec. Vol. 4, Part 1, pp 405-413.
• The geology of the Kidd Creek mine; Walker R R, Matulich A, Amos A C, Watkins J J, Mannard G W - 1975, Econ. Geol., v70, pp 80-89.
• Mine Handout - Welcome to Falconbridge Kidd Creek Mines; Kidd Creek Geology Department - 1997, Unpub, 13p.

Bouchard Hébert

• Geology of the southern part of the Abitibi volcano-sedimentary belt; Verpaelst P, Racicot D - 1992, in Sullivan J R, Cote R, Bertrand P, Chartrand F, ChŽnard L, Gaulin R, Lacroix S, Racicot D (Eds), The Northwestern Quebec Polymetallic Belt: Excursion Guidebook, Rouyn-Noranda, 1990, pp XIII-XV.
• An overview of the mineral production of the Abitibi Belt of northwestern Quebec; Simard A - 1992, in Sullivan J R, Cote R, Bertrand P, Chartrand F, ChŽnard L, Gaulin R, Lacroix S, Racicot D (Eds), The Northwestern Quebec Polymetallic Belt: Excursion Guidebook, Rouyn-Noranda, 1990, pp X, VIII, IX.
• Massive sulfide deposits of the Noranda area, Quebec. IV. The Mobrun mine; Barrett T J, Cattalani S, Hoy L, Riopel J, Lafleur P J - 1992, Can. J. Earth Sci., v29, pp 1349-1374.
• Gold distribution in the Mobrun volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposit, Noranda, Quebec: A preliminary evaluation of the role of metamorphic remobilization; Larocque A C L, Hodgson C J, Lafleur P J - 1993, Econ. Geol. v88, pp 1443-1459.

Brunswick #12

• The Ordovician Tetagouche Group, Bathurst Camp, Northern New Brunswick, Canada: History, tectonic setting and distribution of massive sulphide deposits; van Staal C R, Fyffe L R, Langton J P, McCutcheon S R - 1992, Explor. Mining Geol. v1, No. 2, pp 93-104.
• Evidence for a feeder pipe and associated alteration at Brunswick No. 12 massive sulphide deposit; Luff W M, Goodfellow W D, Juras S J - 1992, Explor. Mining Geol. v1, No. 2, pp 167-185.
• The Brunswick No. 12 and No. 6 mines, Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corporation Limited; Luff W M, Lentz D R, van Staal C R - 1993, in McCutcheon S R, Lentz D R (Eds), Guidebook to the Metallogeny of the Bathurst camp, CIM , pp 75-96.

Crandon

• Discovery case history of the Crandon massive sulfide deposit, Forest County, Wisconsin; Schmidt P G - 1991, in Hollister V F (Ed.), Case Histories of Mineral Discoveries, Porphyry Copper, Molybdenum and Gold Deposits, Volcanogenic Deposits (Massive Sulfides) and Deposits in Layered Rock, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., Littleton, Colorado, v3, pp 99-102.
• The discovery, geology and mineralogy of the Crandon Precambrian massive sulfide deposit, Wisconsin; May E R, Schmidt P G - 1991, in Hollister V F (Ed.), Case Histories of Mineral Discoveries, v3, Porphyry Copper, Molybdenum and Gold Deposits, Volcanogenic Deposits (Massive Sulfides) and Deposits in Layered Rock, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., Littleton, Colorado, v3, p 102.
• Volcanic history, mineralisation and alteration of the Crandon massive sulfide deposit, Wisconsin; Lambe R N, Rowe R G - 1987, Econ. Geol. v82, pp 1204-1238.

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