Hope Brook (Chetwynd) Mine, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 47° 44' 16'' North , 58° 5' 11'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 47.73778,-58.08639 |
GeoHash: | G#: f8qxw4qu9 |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | Dfc : Subarctic climate |
Gold and copper deposit discovered in 1983. Underground mine commenced operation in 1989. A high-sulfidation epithermal hydrothermal deposit.
Commodity List
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38 valid minerals.
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Devonian - Silurian 358.9 - 443.8 Ma ID: 3185948 | Paleozoic intrusive rocks Age: Paleozoic (358.9 - 443.8 Ma) Lithology: Intrusive igneous 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] |
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