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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):	47° 44' 16'' North , 58° 5' 11'' West
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

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Copper

ⓘ Gold

Mineral List

38 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Regional Geology

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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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References

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SABINA, A.P. (1976): Rocks & minerals for the collector: The Magdalen Islands, Quebec and the island of Newfoundland. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 75-36, 199p. Reissued in 2003 as Île de la Madeleine, Quebec, the Island of Newfoundland and Labrador. Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 58, 160-161.

Dube, B., Dunning, G. R., & Lauziere, K. (1998). Geology of the Hope Brook Mine, Newfoundland, Canada; a preserved late Proterozoic high-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit and its implications for exploration. Economic Geology, 93(4), 405-436.

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