Betts Cove

Canada· NewfoundlandUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
10.00%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1874

Overview

Massive (pyrite-chalcopyrite-sphalerite), dissemination (pyrite), stockwork (quartz-pyrite), stringer (pyrite-chalcopyrite). Some mineralization remobilized into faults. Ophiolite, mid-ocean ridge axis or back-arc rift (arc tholeiitic affinity).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Mafic in primitive oceanic backarc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1875

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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