The Cretaceous age of the Vinegar Hill silica sand deposit, southern New Brunswick: evidence from palynology and paleobotany.

From: Atlantic Geology | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

A small outcrop of quartz (silica) sand has been recognized at Vinegar Hill, near Cassidy Lake south of Sussex, New Brunswick, since the 1980s and extracted for commercial purposes. The deposit overlies Carboniferous rocks and underlies glacial deposits, and its setting is very similar to comparable, confirmed Cretaceous deposits in Nova Scotia. The age of the Vinegar Hill deposit, which appears to be of fluvial origin, has been unconfirmed until the present study. In this study, a general Mesozoic-early Tertiary age is indicated by the identity of a fossil ...

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