The Deer Cove deposit, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, a Paleozoic mesothermal lode-gold occurrence in the northern Appalachians

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Patey, Karen S., Wilton, Derek H. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1993
• Subjects: Baie Verte; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e93-131; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e93-131

The Siluro-Devonian Deer Cove deposit, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, is hosted by volcanic cover rocks of the Point Rousse Complex ophiolite. Mineralization consists of quartz vein lodes with gold, pyrite, lesser chalcopyrite, and minor arsenopyrite. Gold occurs as relatively pure gold intergr...