Gold Thumbnail (Specimen #100304)

Mineral(s):      Gold, Quartz

Location:        Nugget Pond Mine, Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Size:   Thumbnail (perky box)

Description:  A small showing of visible (with a loupe) gold on quartz from an unusual location in Newfoundland. The gold is not large, but it is unique being from Newfoundland.

The Nugget Pond Mine is located near Baie Verte in northeastern Newfoundland. The Nugget Pond property covers an area of 4,870 acres and in 1998, its first full year of production, the mine produced 44,000 ounces of gold. The ore deposit lies in a sedimentary rock sequence called the Nugget Pond Horizon. Nugget Pond has a unique type of visible gold that is rarely found and easily mined.