Daniel J. Kontak

Professor
Department Chairman
Applied M.Sc. Program Coordinator
Economic Geology

Department of Earth Sciences
Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario
P3E 2C6
Telephone: (705) 675-1151 ext 2352
E-mail: dkontak@laurentian.ca

Content

• Research Interests
• Available Research Projects
• Current Graduate Students
  • M.Sc. Students
• Representative Publications
  • Journal Articles
  • Abstracts 

Geological setting of base and precious metal deposits with an emphasis on integrating field and laboratory studies to unravel the nature and origin of mineralizing evivonment. Emphasis is placed on establishing a sound field basis from regional to local scales for subsequent investigations involving geochronology, petrology, stable and radiogeneic tracers, whole rock and mineral chemistry and fluid chemistry

Available Research Projects

If you are interested in a M.Sc. or Ph.D. research project, please contact me or see our current research projects and geology graduate program information.

Michael Burns 
B.Sc. The role of fluids in the evolution of the Little Nahanni LCT-type pegmatite swarm, NWT. [Kontak] 
Email: mg_burns@laurentian.ca

Kontak, D.J. (2006) (in press): Nature and origin of an LCT-type pegmatite with late-stage sodium enrichment, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia: I. Geological setting and petrology. Canadian Mineralogist, Special Issue on Rare-Element Mineralization.

Kontak, D.J., Kyser, K., Gize, A., and Marshall, D. (2006 (in press): Structurally controlled vein barite mineralization, Maritimes Basin of Eastern Canada: geological setting, stable isotopes and fluid inclusions. Economic Geology.

Kontak, D.J. (2006) (under review): On the edge of CAMP: Geology and volcanology of the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, Nova Scotia . Speical Issue on Rift-related Magmatism and Mineralization. Lithos.

Morelli, R.M., Creaser, R., Selby, D., Kontak, D.J., and Horne, R.J. (2005): Rhenium-Osmium geochronology of arsenopyrite in Meguma Group gold deposits, MegumaTerrane, Nova Scotia, Canada: Evidence for multiple gold-mineralizing events. Economic Geology, vol. 100, p. 1229-1242.

Kontak, D.J., Creaser, R., Heaman, L., and Archibald, D.A. (2005): U-Pb tantalite, Re-Os moybendite, and 40Ar/ 39Ar muscovite dating of the Brazil Lake pegmatite, Nova Scotia: A possible shear-zone related origin for an LCT-type pegmatite. Atlantic Geology, vol. 41, p. 17-30.

Kontak, D.J. (2004): Analysis of decrepitate mounds as a complement to fluid inclusion thermometric data: Case studies from granitic environments in Nova Scotia and Peru. Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 42, p. 1315-1330.

Dostal, J., Chatterjee, A.K. and Kontak, D.J. (2004): Chemical and isotopic (Pb, Sr) zonation in a peraluminous granite pluton: role of fluid fractionation. Contributions Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 147, p. 74-90.

Carruzzo, S., Kontak, D.J., and Clarke, D.B. (2004): Stable isotope study of mineralization in the New Ross area, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia: evidence for multiple source reservoirs. Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 42, p. 1425-1442.

Clark, A.H. and Kontak, D.J. (2004): Fe-Ti-P oxide melts generated through magma mixing in the Antauta Subvolcanic Center, Peru: Implications for the origin of Nelsonite and iron oxide-dominated hydrothermal deposits. Economic Geology, vol. 99, p. 377-395.

Kontak, D.J., Ham. L.J., and Dunning, G. (2004): U/Pb dating of the Musquodoboit Batholith, southern Nova Scotia: evidence for a protracted magmatic-hydrothermal event in a Devonian intrusion. Atlantic Geology, vol. 40, p. 207-216.

Clarke, D.B. and many others (including Kontak, D.J.) (2004): Occurrence and origin of andalusite in peraluminous felsic igneous rocks. Journal of Petrology, vol. 46, p. 441-472.

Kontak, D.J. and Archibald, D.A. (2003): 40Ar/ 39Ar age dating of the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, southern Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geology, vol 39, p. 47-54.

Kontak, D.J., Dostal, J., Kyser, K., and Archibald, D.A. (2002): A petrological, geochemical, isotopic and fluid inclusion study of 370 Ma Pegmatite-Aplite Sheets, Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, vol, 40, p. 1249-1286.

Kontak, D.J.,and Archibald, D.A. (2002): 40Ar/ 39Ar dating of hydrothermal biotite from high-grade gold mineralization, Tangier gold deposit, Nova Scotia, Canada: Further evidence ca. 370 Ma gold metallogeny in the Meguma Terrane. Economic Geology, vol., 97, p. 619-628.

Kontak, D.J. and Clark, A.H. (2002): Genesis of the giant, bonanza San Rafael lode tin deposit, Peru: origin and significance of pervasive alteration:. Economic Geology, vol. 97, p. 1741-1777.

Kontak, D.J., DeWolfe, M., and Dostal, J. (2002): Late-stage crystallization history of the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, Nova Scotia: I. Evidence for pervasive silicate-liquid immiscibility. Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 40, p. 1287-1311.

Kontak, D.J. (2005): The East Kemptville tin-base metal deposit, Nova Scotia: Documentation of the magmatic to hydrothermal transition in a highly-fractionated, F-rich environment. Atlantic Geoscience Society Annual Meeting, St. John, New Brunswick, Program and Abstracts.

Kontak, D.J., Horne, R.J., and Smith, P.K. (2005): Meguma gold deposits Nova Scotia: Complexities of mesothermal, sediment-hosted gold mineralization revealed. Newfoundland Section Geological Association of Canada, Spring Meeting, St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Kontak, D.J., Horne, R.J., and Smith, P.K. (2005): Overview of Gold Mineralization, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada: Multiple Generation of Mesothermal Systems During Terrane Stabilization. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J. and Dostal, J.D. (2005): Volcanology and Petrology of the 201 Ma North Mountain Basalt, Southern Nova Scotia, Canada. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J. (2005): Jurassic Park of Southern Nova Scotia: Volcanology and Petrology of the 201 Ma North Mountain Basalt. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Program, CD/ ROM.

Kontak, D.J. (2005): The North Mountain Basalt: A walk through a 201 million volcanological paradise in the Jurassic Park of southern Nova Scotia. Mining Matters 2005, Minerals Resource Branch, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Report 2005-2.

Kontak, D.J., Horne, R.J., Morelli, R., and Creaser, R. (2004): Re/Os analysis of arsenopyrite from Meguma lode gold deposits: implications for timing of gold metallogeny and age of Acadian deformation in the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geoscience Society Annual Meeting, Moncton, New Brunswick, Program and Abstracts.

Baldwin, C., Kontak, D.J., and Dostal, J. (2004): Petrological studies of mafic pegmatites in the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, Nova Scotia: a record of extreme fractionation in the late-stage evolution of continental tholeiites. Atlantic Geoscience Society Annual Meeting, Moncton, New Brunswick, Program and Abstracts.

Barnes, E.M., Groat, L.A., Kontak, D.J., Marshall, D., and Falck, H. (2004): Thee Little Nahanni Pegmatite Group - Deciphering the Evidence. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J. and Kyser, T.K. (2004): The Brazil Lake Pegmatite, southwestern Nova Scotia: Role of sodium metasomatism in an LCT-type pegmatite of magmatic parentage. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J., MacDonald, M.A., O’Reilly, G.A., Horne, R.J., and Smith, P.K. (2004): Gold in the Meguma Terrane, southern Nova Scotia: Is there a continuum between mesothermal lode gold and intrusion-related gold systems? Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J. (2004): From kitty litter to make up: geological setting and potential of some industrial mineral commodities in southwestern Nova Scotia. Mining Matters 2004, Minerals Resource Branch, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Report 2004-2, p. 14.

Kontak, D.J. (2004): A celebration of the 25 th Anniversary of the discovery of North America’s only primary producer of tin - An overview of exploration, discovery and geological studies of the East Kemptville Sn-Zn-Cu-Ag deposit, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Mining Matters 2004, Minerals Resource Branch, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Report 2004-2, p. 13.

Kontak, D.J. and Kyser, T.K. (2003): Nature, distribution and paragenesis of zeolites in the Jurassic (201 Ma) North Mountain Basalt, Nova Scotia: from magma degassing to basin dewatering. Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts, vol. 28, p. 63.

Kontak, D.J. and Gize, A. (2003): Association of gas-rich (N2-CO2+CH4) and high-salinity aqueous fluid inclusions in a vein barite deposit, Brookfield, southern Nova Scotia. Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts, vol. 28 CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J. and Dostal, J. (2003): A view of CAMP from the edge: Geology and petrology of the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, southern Nova Scotia. Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts, vol. 28 - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J. and Dostal, J. (2003): Overview of the geology and petrology of the Jurassic (2001 Ma) North Mountain Basalt, Nova Scotia. Joint Meeting Northeastern Section Geological Society of America-Atlantic Geoscience Society, Program with Abstracts.

Kontak, D.J., Dunning, G., and Creaser, R. (2003): U/Pb and Re/Os dating of the South Mountain and Musquodoboit batholiths, Nova Scotia: evidence for protracted magmatic-hydrothermal events. Joint Meeting Northeastern Section Geological Society of America-Atlantic Geoscience Society, Program with Abstracts.

Horne, R.J., Kontak, D.J., and Smith, P.K. (2003): Meguma lode gold deposits: post-metamorphic, late syn-folding vein arrays. Joint Meeting Northeastern Section Geological Society of America-Atlantic Geoscience Society, Program with Abstracts.

Shellnut, G., Dostal, J., and Kontak, D.J. (2003): Early Jurassic magmatism of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province: Regional variations in chemical composition. Joint Meeting Northeastern Section Geological Society of America-Atlantic Geoscience Society, Program with Abstracts.

Layman, A.J., Kontak, D.J., and Jamieson, R.A. (2003): Fluid inclusions in garnet, migmatitic paragenesis, Algonquin Domain, Grenville Province, Ontario. Joint Meeting Northeastern Section Geological Society of America-Atlantic Geoscience Society, Program with Abstracts.

Morelli, R., Creaser, R., Selby, D., Kontak, D.J., and Horne, R.J. (2003): Re-Os arsenopyrite geochronology of quartz veining and Au mineralization, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada. Geological Society America, Program with Abstracts, vol. 35, October 2003.

Kontak, D.J., and Kyser, T.K. (2003): Nature, distribution and paragenesis of zeolites in the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, Nova Scotia: From magma degassing to basin dewatering. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J., and Dostal, J. (2003): A view of CAMP from the edge: Geology and petrology of the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, southern Nova Scotia. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J., Gize, A.P., Kyser, T.K., and Marshall, D. (2003): Association of gas-rich (N 2-CO 2 " CH 4) and high-salinity aqueous fluid inclusions in a vein barite deposit, Brookfield, southern Nova Scotia. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts - CD/ROM.

Kontak, D.J., Groat, L.A., and Barnes, E.M. (2003): Comparison of the Brazil Lake, Nova Scotia, and Little Nahanni, N.W.T., LCT Pegmatite suites. In Mining Matters for Nova Scotia 2003, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Report 2003-02, Program with Abstracts, p. 8.

Barnes, E.M., Groat, L.A., Kontak, D.J., Marshall, D., and Falck, H., (2003): The Little Nahanni Pegmatite Group – what can it tell us? 31 st Yellowknife Geoscience Forum, Program with Abstracts, Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Carruzzo S., Kontak, D.J., Reynolds, P.H., Clarke, D.B., Dunning, G., Selby, D., and Creaser, R.A., (2003): Geochronology (U/Pb, Re/Os, Ar/Ar) of the late-orogenic South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada. Goldschmidt Meeting, Japan, Program with Abstracts.

Kontak, D.J. and Dostal, J. (2002): Segregation vesicles in the Jurassic North Mountain Basalts, Nova Scotia: Implications for anorogenic magmatism. Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts, vol. 27, p. 63.

Kontak, D.J. and Kyser, T.K. (2002): Nature and origin of Cornwall-type clay mineralization in southwest Nova Scotia, Canada: The Black Bull Resources Inc. Yarmouth silica-kaolinite deposit. Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts, vol. 27, p. 63.

Kontak, D.J. (2002): The Jurassic North Mountain Basalts, Nova Scotia: more that just simple flood basalts. Atlantic Geoscience Society Annual Meeting, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Program and Abstracts, p. 23.

Kontak, D.J. (2002): Analysis of decrepitate mounds as a complement to fluid inclusion thermometric data: Case studies from granitic environments in Nova Scotia and Peru. PACROFI VIII Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 21-25, Program with Abstracts, p. 40-42.

Kontak, D.J. (2002): Fluid inclusion decrepitate textures in metamorphic vein-gold deposits and granitic pegmatites of the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada: Overlooked phenomenon or local anomaly. Canadian Mineralogist. PACROFI VIII Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 21-25, Program with Abstracts, p. 43-45.

Carruzzo, S., Kontak, D.J., Clark, D.B., and Kyser, K. (2002): Characterization of fluids from granite-hosted mineral deposits of the New Ross area, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia using fluid inclusion thermometry, decrepitate analysis, and stable isotope (D, 18O) geochemistry. PACROFI VIII Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 21-25, 2002, Program with Abstracts, p. 18.