The Geological Survey Division carries out impartial, state-of-the-art geoscientific investigations throughout Newfoundland and Labrador in order to interpret and explain the Province’s geological evolution, and to describe, interpret and explain the distribution, nature, quantity and origin of the Province’s mineral resources. Learn more about the Geological Survey and its programs.
Our geoscience data are acquired through geophysical and geochemical surveys, mineral deposit studies, aggregate assessments, and systematic bedrock and surficial mapping.
The Division also collects and maintains a comprehensive on-line and in-house archive of industry data. These files are made available to stakeholders, once they are no longer confidential.
This public- and private-sector geoscience is made readily available, via the internet or over-the-counter, either gratis or at minimal fee, to our clients in a variety of sectors. Learn more about the Geological Survey and its programs.
- GeoScience OnLine – Web-mapping access to maps, reports, claims, land-use information and databases describing the Geoscience Resources of Newfoundland and Labrador.
- GeoFiles OnLine – Exploration assessment reports and other geological documents.
- p-files – A second source of industry data is our collection of historic exploration files donated by companies to the Department. This collection includes non-confidential technical material informally known to current users as “p-files”.
- In-House Databases
- Mineral Occurrence Data System: MODS
- Drill Core Information
- Reports and Maps – Open Files and other Geological Survey publications.
- Mineral Commodity Reports
- Published Authors
GeoFiles
The GeoFiles collection is an extensive repository of documents on the Geoscience of the province, including mineral-exploration assessment reports, published reports and maps, open file reports and maps, university theses, books and book excerpts, and unpublished reports and maps.
The mineral-exploration assessment reports contain company information on exploration activities including geochemical analysis, assays, drill-hole logs, geology, geophysics and mineralization, dating back to 1899.
The GeoFiles database may be searched by bibliographic terms (e.g., author, title, date) geographic terms (e.g., NTS, area, province) geological terms (e.g., rock type, formation name, geological age) and mineral exploration term (e.g., deposit name, survey type).
The GeoFiles collection can be searched online, through the GeoFiles database and GeoScience OnLine, or via various in-house vehicles.
Many documents are available for online viewing and downloading. All new Department Geoscience publications and open files are available online and older Department documents are being added. Over 97% of non-confidential assessment files are available online. Newly-posted assessment files can be found here.
For help with online searches or for more complex in-house searches see pub@gov.nl.ca
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