CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
800 Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) 54.18.11 N -- 061.36.02 W Brandy Lake Prospect - A Zone 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): Brandy Lake Prospect - A Zone
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; dissem in shale/ veinlets in qtzite and diabase
Geologic province: Grenville
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Neohelikian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone
Individual lithologies:shale
Host rock stratigraphy:Adeline Island Formation, Seal Lake Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem in shale/ veinlets in qtzite & diabase
References:
Brummer, J. J., 1960
A Reconnaissance Geochemical Survey in the Seal Lake Area, Labrador
Bulletin of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Volume 53, p. 260 - 267

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.

Mann, E. L., 1959
Geology of the Seal Lake Area, Central Labrador
Ph.D. Thesis, Mcgill University


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