Scientific data near [49.95000,-56.06000]

Search area extends approximately 4.5 km east-west and 6.9 km north-south.

Geographic context

Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Baie Verte	1:50,000 scale quadrangle
Sandy Lake	1:250,000 scale quadrangle
Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Newfoundland	province
Canada	country
North America	continent
Land	continent

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Ganderia	Passive margin	Southeastern Laurentia and Appalachians

An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases (web-accessible database)

A compendium of references to previously published databases and database records that describe PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. These data show where to obtain more detailed information about each deposit or occurrence.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Kidney Pond	Occurrence	Newfoundland, Canada

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Pacific Margin	porphyry copper	Cretaceous through middle Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks representing a series of continental- and island-arc systems accreted and superimposed onto the paleomargin of northeast Asia.
Maritimes Basin	sediment-hosted stratabound copper	Carboniferous sedimentary rocks of the Maritimes Basin