CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
811 Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) 54.17.45 N -- 061.40.50 W Seal Lake - 18 Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Seal Lake - 18
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Newfoundland and Labrador
NTS map data: 013K05 (Wuchusk Lake)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in shale and slate
Geologic province: Grenville
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Neohelikian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone
Individual lithologies:shale (grey)
Host rock stratigraphy:Adeline Island Formation, Seal Lake Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in shale & slate
References:
Brummer, J. J., 1961
Geology of the Seal Lake Area, Labrador
Bulletin, Geological Society of America, Publication code 72-9

Douglas, C., 1976
Mineral Occurrence Tables
Open File-Lab, Labrador Mineral Development Division, Publication code 326

Gandhi, S. S., 1975
Cupriferous Shales of the Adeline Island Formation, Seal Lake Group, Labrador
Economic Geology, Volume 70, p. 145 - 163

Greene, B. A., 1974
An Outline of the Geology of Labrador
Information Circular, Mineral Development Division, Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Publication code 15, 64 p.


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