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'8<br />

Coye Jnd Bellburns localities smhtone in the American TICkle formation is CoafSC't<br />

overall and COMinJles a higher proponion (SOS) of the whole. 5andslonc is medium­<br />

10 miclt-bedded. medium· to COIl'5e-gnlined. amalgamated. and beds vary considerably<br />

in lhickness .lion, strike. Sedimentary structures consist of partial or complete Bouma<br />

(1962) sequences. Finer grained material is interbedded with the sandstone and<br />

resembles W sitcyargitlilc which iscllposed in the rypearea.<br />

South from Bellbums to Bonne Bay (appendix I, location map 3), the American<br />

Tickle Formation consislS mostly of silty banded argillite with only minor sandstone<br />

beds. The Daniel's Harbour member is present at several sections in this region, but the<br />

Howe Harbour member is .Ibsen!. South of Bonne 8;ly (appendix l. location map 3),<br />

nodetailed descriplions orlbe American Tickle formatkln are available. however workers<br />

in the area (e.,. Cawood and Williams. 1986) have given brief descriptions which<br />

suggest WI lithologies are similu to me American Tickle (onmoon farther nonh.<br />

Northeast of the Pon au Port Peninsula the most imporuru loc.aliry is U1a1 al Black<br />

Cove.<br />

HoweYff, a number of localities hnc aJso been ~orded inland by Schillereff<br />

(1980) which he usigned 10 !he Black Cove Fonnalion. bul whose dcscriplion clearly<br />

places lhem in !he sandslone pan of !he Goose Tickle group. AI !he above localilies rhe<br />

lithologies have some of rhe characleristics of both !he American Tickle arxl Mainland<br />

fonnalions. 1lley bolh consisl of !hin· 10 medium-bedded medium· grained sandslone<br />

inlerbedded wi!h friablc recessive inlervals which arc: sillier lhan the Iypical American<br />

Tickle fonnalion.<br />

In places the sandSlone beds conllin rill mark.ings on the upper<br />

surface. Currenl-aligned graprolile5 are also presen!. 11le Daniel's Harbour Member is

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