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Hunt River greenstone belt

Coordinates: 55°38′53.73″N 60°30′58.70″W / 55.6482583°N 60.5163056°W / 55.6482583; -60.5163056
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55°38′53.73″N 60°30′58.70″W / 55.6482583°N 60.5163056°W / 55.6482583; -60.5163056

Map of the Hunt River and Florence Lake greenstone belts

The Hunt River greenstone belt, also called the Hunt River volcanic belt, is a northeast trending Mesoarchean greenstone belt in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, located along the coast of Labrador about 25 km (16 mi) west of the town of Hopedale. It is 70 km (43 mi) long and consists of metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks.[1]

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  1. ^ "Evolution of 3.1 and 3.0 Ga volcanic belts and a new thermotectonic model for the Hopedale Block, North Atlantic craton (Canada)1". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2010-05-30.