The character and setting of gold mineralization associated with the Betts Cove complex

• Main Author: Al, Thomas Anthony
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1990
• Subjects: Baie Verte; Baie Verte Peninsula; Betts Cove; Cape St. John; Nippers Harbour; Tilt Cove; Verte; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/6756/; https://research.library.mun.ca/6756/1/TomAl.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/6756/3/TomAl.pdf

The Ordovician Betts Cove ophiolite is located in northeast Newfoundland on the southeast side of the Baie Verte peninsula, between the communities of Tilt Cove and Nippers Harbour. Ultramafic rocks occur at the base of the ophiolite in fault contact with the upper ophiolite stratigraphy (mainly pil...