Eddies Cove Chert










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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Eddies Cove Chert is black.  Orthoquartzite also occurs in this formation.

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Eddies Cove Chert is associated with the Eddies Cove Formation of the Labrador Group of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Primarily occurs as nodules with exposures occurring at Eddies Cove on the south shore of Strait of Belle Isle.  Other exposures occur in a belt running from Brig Bay and Eddies Cove, a discontinuous belt between Round Lake and Canada Bay and in the Canada Bay area.
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