CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
178 Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) 49.35.52 N -- 055.56.20 W Little Bay Cu; Au
 
Database name: World Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits
Custodial agency: Society of Economic Geologists & Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: J. M. Franklin, H. L. Gibson, I. R. Jonasson, and A. G. Galley
Release date: 2015-03-23
   
Deposit name(s): Little Bay (deposit name)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Newfoundland and Labrador
NTS map data: 002E12 (Little Bay Island)
Deposit clan (type): Volcanogenic massive sulphide
Deposit (sub) types: Mafic backarc ophiolite; 2
Geologic province: Appalachian
Geologic subprovince: Lush's Bight
Commodities: Cu; Au
Geological ages: Middle Ordovician (host rocks)
Radiometric ages: Age - Ma: 470; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix
References:
Evans, D. T. W.; Swinden, H. S.; Kean, B. S.; Hogan, A., 1992
Metallogeny of the Vestiges of Iapetus, Island of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, 92-19, Scale 1:500000

Swinden, H. S.; Kean, B. F., 1988
The volcanogenic sulphide districts of Central Newfoundland
Guidebook, Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada, 250 p.

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

2.93446 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.1 percent
Reference: Franklin, J. M.; Gibson, H. L.; Jonasson, I. R.; Galley, A. G., 2005: Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits; Appendices on CD-ROM, Section [Franklin] Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits, in Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Special Volume, Society of Economic Geology, 1146 p., 1 disks
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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