HYDROGEOLOGY 50°0' Central Newfoundland
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55°15' 55°0' 54°45' 54°30' 54°15' 54°0' 53°45' 53°30' 53°15' 50°15' Department of Environment and Conservation Department of Natural Resources Map No. 3b HYDROGEOLOGY 50°0' Central Newfoundland Well Yield Well Depth 50°0' Characteristics Characteristics (m) Number (L/min) Hydrostratigraphic Unit Lithology of Wells Average Median Average Median Unit 1 schist, gneiss, Low to Moderate Yield 73 20 6 51 48 quartzite, slate Metamorphic Strata siltstone, Unit 2 conglomerate, argillite, Low to Moderate Yield 1403 20 7 51 46 greywacke, with Sedimentary Strata minor volcanic 49°45' flows and tuff Unit 3 basic pillow Low to Moderate Yield lava, flows, 723 22 9 50 46 Barr'D Islands Volcanic Strata breccia and tuff 49°45' Fogo Joe Batt's Arm Tilting Unit 4 mafic and ultramafic Shoal Bay Pike's Arm Low Yield intrusions of ophiolite 13 9 7 58 61 Herring Neck Change Islands complexes FogoC oIsolkasn Pdond Ophiolite Complexes Durrell Deep Bay Fogo Island Region Unit 5 granite, granodiorite, Salt Harbour N o r t h Twillingate Island Harbour diabase, and diorite 688 22 9 44 37 Little Harbour Cobbs Arm A t l a n t i c Low to Moderate Yield Too Good Arm Seldom intrusions Notre Dame Bay O c e a n Plutonic Strata Gilliards Cove F Jenkins Cove rid Keattyle Cove Black Duck Cove Little Seldom Tizzard's Harbour B Rogers Cove ay Indian Cove Surficial deposits - Unconsolidated sediments Stag Harbour Newville Valley Pond Moreton's Harbour Surficial Hydrostratigraphic Units Fairbanks-Hillgrade Unit A - Till Deposits Hillgrade Port Albert Well yields range from 2 litres per minute (L/min) to 136 L/min and averaged 29 L/min Bridgeport 49°30' Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove with a median value of 18 L/min. Well depths range from 9 metres (m) to 50 m and averaged 17 m. The available data indicate that on average, wells drilled within Unit A Cottles Island have moderate potential yield. Fortune Harbour Dog Bay Cottlesville Cull Island Summerford Unit B - Sand and Gravel Deposits Moore's Cove Ladle Cove 49°30' Leading Tickles Cottrell's Cove Well yields range from 4 L/min to 683 L/min and averaged 102 L/min with a median Village Cove Strong's Island Aspen Cove Musgrave Harbour Stoneville value of 50 L/min. Well depths range from 9 m to 49 m and averaged 23 m. Horwood The available data indicates that wells drilled within Unit B have a moderate to high Boyd's Cove potential yield. Glover's Harbour Frederickton Number of Wells Listed Per Community Shoal Bay Noggin Cove 1 - 10 Lawrence Harbour Carmanville Comfort Cove-Newstead 11 - 20 21 - 30 Winter Tickle Deadman's Bay Gander Bay Victoria Cove Deadman's Bay 31 - 60 Birchy Bay Main Point Loon Bay Pleasantview Davidsville Little Burnt Bay Baytona 61 - 106 Bulleys Cove Wings Point Lumsden Point Leamington Clarke's Head Note: See Appendix II for well descriptions Birchy Point Rodgers Cove Embree Campbellton Gander Bay Elevation in feet above mean sea level. Contour interval approximately 100 feet. Cape Freels North 49°15' Stanhope y a REFERENCE: B t Michaels Loon Bay n r Harbour Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Environment, Water Resources Division, Water Resources u Point of Bay B Y Pond Management Division, Water Well Data for Newfoundland and Labrador, unpublished, 2005. Porterville Brown's Arm Lewisporte Colman-Sadd, S. P., and Crisby-Whittle, L. V. J. (compilers) 2005: Partial bedrock geology dataset for the Island of Newfoundland 49°15' (NTS 02E, 02F, 02L, 02M, 11O, 11P, 12A, 12B, 12G, 12H, 12I, 12P and parts of 01M, 02D). Newfoundland and Labrador Department Phillip's Head of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File NFLD/2616 version 6.0. Ten Mile Pond Laurenceton Burnt Arm Wesleyville 0 5 10 15 20 25 Northern Arm Brookfield Kilometres Exploits River Botwood Peters Arm Big Bear Cave Pond Notre Dame Junction Norris Arm North Greenspond Indian Arm Pond Norris Arm AMEC Earth & Environmental Wooddale A Division of AMEC Americas Ltd. Map to Accompany AMEC Report TF8312718 Map Publication Date 2012 Indian Bay 49°0' Centreville-Wareham-Trinity Botwood Highway d on 60°W 58°W 56°W 54°W 52°W P g in Bishop's Falls W Trinity Bay Glenwood Gander Bay Road 49°0' Appleton St. Anthony 51°N 51°N Gander Gull Pond ond Soulis P 12I 02L Lockers Bay Gander Lake 50°N 50°N Bentonok ro s B uli So 02F 12H 02E Gander Lake Hare Bay Grand Falls- 49°N R 49°N Corner Brook a Hare Bay Windsor Gander t t l Bonavista Bay i n g B Sunday Lake r o o Stephenville k NEWFOUNDLAND 12B 02C 12A 02D ay B Rodney Pond ter 48°N a 48°N hw es Fr Square Channel- Pond Gambo Port aux Basques St. John's 48°45' 11O 11P 01M First Burnt Pond 47°N 47°N 100 50 0 100 r e Kilometers iv 48°45' R r e d n a G 60°W 58°W 56°W 54°W 52°W st North Pond e 55°15' w 55°0' 54°45' 54°30' 54°15' 54°0' 53°45' 53°30' 53°15' h rt o N.