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H. D. Upadhyay and D. F. Strong
Geological Setting of the Betts Cove Copper Deposits, Newfoundland; An Example of Ophiolite Sulfide Mineralization
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (April 1973), 68(2):161-167
Abstract:
Lower Ordovician ophiolite complex, pyrite, chalcopyrite, minor sphalerite, syngenetic and epigenetic features, fault zones, stratigraphy, earliest stage of volcanism, typical Cyprus-type, sea-floor spreading
Index Terms/Descriptors:
affinities; Betts Cove; Canada; copper ores; Eastern Canada; economic geology; epigene processes; exhalative processes; faults; genesis; Lower Ordovician; metal ores; mineral deposits, genesis; mineralogy; Newfoundland; Newfoundland Island; ophiolite; Ordovician; ore deposits; Paleozoic; sea-floor spreading; stratigraphic controls; structural controls; sulfides; syngene processes
Latitude & Longitude:
N46°30'00" -
N51°40'00" and
W59°20'00" -
W52°30'00" (Search for maps and images at Alexandria Digital Library)
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