CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
2054 Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) 47.28.00 N -- 053.02.00 W Kelligrews 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): Kelligrews
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Newfoundland and Labrador; Subprovince or locality: Avalon Peninsula; Nearest community: St. John's (35 km SW)
NTS map data: 001N06 (Holyrood)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated
Geologic province: Appalachian
Geologic district: Holyrood Horst
Commodities: Cu
Mineralization styles: disseminations
Geological ages: Early Cambrian (host rocks)
Coincident features: bedding; Coincident feature name: Smith Point formation
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate
Individual lithologies:limestone
Host rock stratigraphy:Smith Point Formation
Mineralogy: (mineralization): chalcocite
References:
O'Brien, S.J., 2002
A note on Neoproterozoic gold, Early Paleozoic copper and basement-cover relationships on the margins of the Hollyrood Horst, southeastern Newfoundland
Current Research - Newfoundland, Volume 02-1, p. 219 - 227


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