INTRODUCTION

The Drill Core database is a digital catalogue of all core samples stored in the six regional Department core libraries. Core samples from over 9,000 drill holes are presently being stored in the core libraries. Most of these core samples are the product of drilling programs conducted by mineral exploration companies in the province.

The Drill Core layer, in the Geoscience Atlas, presents location data and other pertinent information on only those drill holes which have core samples stored in the core libraries.  This information is taken from assessment reports submitted to the Department by the mineral exploration companies that conducted the drilling. The attribute data includes information on the company, property and year of drilling, a link to the assessment report (Geofile), the number of boxes of core and which core library houses that core (see Table 1).  For information about drill holes with no core samples in storage please refer to the original assessment reports linked through Map Staked Claims or Historical Claims layers in the Mineral Lands group.

Further information about the core storage program can be obtained from the Drill Core Information website, or by contacting the project geologist in charge of the program (see Contact information below).

HYPERSPECTRAL SCANNING OF CORE

Information about the Hyperspectral Scanning Project is available at the College of the North Atlantic's Hyperspectral Scanning Unit website. The nCore Hyperspectral Scanning Unit has scanned hundreds of drill hole cores stored in various core storage libraries around the province. The HS-Availbl field in the Drill Core attribute table (see Table 1) indicates whether hyperspectral data is available through the college website.  Other hyperspectral data products may be available upon request. For more information, please contact  the project geologist in charge of the program (see Contact information below).

CORE STORAGE LIBRARIES

Newfoundland:
Baie Verte Core Library:
-located on Route 410, main road through town of Baie Verte
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Buchans Core Library:
-located west of Forebay Road in the town of Buchans
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Pasadena Core Library:
1A 10th Avenue, Pasadena, NL, A0L 1K0
-between Main St. and Bonnell Dr.
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St. John's Core Library:
-RCAF Road / Conception Drive, on the Torbay Road side of St. John's Airport
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Springdale Core Library: -located on Route 390, approx. 1km west of Springdale
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Labrador:
Goose Bay Core Library:
-located off Winnipeg Street, on the Canadian side of the old airbase
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Drill hole data and information on the drill core samples in storage at the departmental core storage libraries is made available for public use. Much of the data and information provided is from third party sources and the accuracy of some of this information has not been verified and is not guaranteed by the Department. The user agrees not to provide a digital reproduction or copy of the drill hole data to a third party. Derivative products should acknowledge the source of the data.

The Mineral Lands Division (the "authors and publishers"), retains the sole right to the original data and information found in any product produced. The authors and publishers assume no legal liability or responsibility for any alterations, changes or misrepresentations made by third parties with respect to these products or the original data. Furthermore, the Mineral Lands Division assumes no liability with respect to digital reproductions or copies of original products or for derivative products made by third parties.

Newfoundland and Labrador Mineral Lands Division. "Drill Core Database." Newfoundland and Labrador GeoScience Atlas OnLine. Last update: (enter most recent update date from the What's New file). [fill in date downloaded].

The original source should be referenced wherever possible. Please refer to the assessment report (see Geofile link through the Drill Core Database) or search the Geofiles for the pertinent reports.

Harris, A., and Cochrane, S.
2010: Core-strorage program, 2009. Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Report 10-1, pages 385-388. (pdf - 188kb)

Glen Penney
Project Geologist-Core Storage
Mineral Lands Division
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
P.O. Box 8700, St. John's NL
Canada A1B 4J6

(Help file updated: April 2023)
(Database updated: check the What's New file)