CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
2059 Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) 47.34.00 N -- 055.10.00 W Fortune Bay Property 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): Fortune Bay Property
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Newfoundland and Labrador; Subprovince or locality: Avalon Peninsula; Nearest community: northern Fortune Bay area
NTS map data: 001M11 (Belleoram)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated
Deposit status: Status comments: significant mineralization in redbeds and grey-green beds in Long Harbour Group
Geologic province: Appalachian
Geologic district: Avalon Zone
Commodities: Cu
Mineralization styles: disseminations
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone (redbed)
Host rock stratigraphy:Long Harbour Group
Mineralogy: (mineralization): chalcocite
References:
O'Brien, S.J.; King, A.F., 2002
Neoproterozoic stratigraphy of the Bonavista Peninsula: preliminary results, regional correlations and implications for sediment-hosted stratiform copper exploration in the Newfoundland Avalon Zone
Current Research - Newfoundland, Volume 02-1, p. 229 - 244


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