Sheet Harbour mines, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 44° 55' 33'' North , 62° 32' 42'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 44.92611,-62.54500 |
Köppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate |
Gold mines. Coordinates are for The Bradford shaft.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
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Paleozoic 252.17 - 541 Ma ID: 3187973 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (252.17 - 541 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Ordovician - Cambrian 443.8 - 541 Ma ID: 2683817 | Goldenville Formation Age: Paleozoic (443.8 - 541 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Goldenville Formation Description: Sandstone turbidites and slate: continental rise prism (in places metamorphosed to schist and gneiss), >5600 m (U-Pb concordant zircon and detrital titanite ages near base and top of unit of 566 ± 8 and 552 ± 5 Ma respectively) Reference: Kippie, J.D. (compiler), B.E. Fisher, J.C. Poole. Geological Map of the Province of Nova Scotia, Scale 1:500 000. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources. [118] |
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