Jason White's Photo Gallery
6LK-7THGalena PbS , Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl
La Manche, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaDimensions: 80 mm x 100 mm x 120 mm
Field of View: 120 mm
Weight: 5000 g
This galena crystal was discovered on November 25th, 2015 at the top of a weathered calcite vein which was under 5 m of overburden. The galena has begun to to oxidize to pyromrphite. The newly discovered deposit is 200 m from and parallel to the historic La Manche mine.
Gold bearing low sulfidization vein system
Bergs Gold Prospect, Conception Bay South, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaGold bearing low sulfidization vein system.
QAV-FXTQuartz SiO2 , Hematite Fe2O3
Bergs Gold Prospect, Conception Bay South, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaBergs Gold Prospect, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Report on Bonanza grade gold:
http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/publications/openfiles/of1n1obergs.pdf
Calcite Tailings from Lamanche mine
La Manche, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaThe La Manche Vein is located to the right of the calicte tailings, left of the forest. The open workings on the vein were backfilled 8 years before the photo was taken.