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Originating Geological Province (Site/Habitat/Origin)

Definition:

Observation:

• For better search results in your database, avoid a large variety of terms; draw up an authority list and add names as necessary. For Canadian geological provinces, you may use the following authority list:¹
  
  

  Cordilleran Orogen	Churchill
  Appalachian Orogen	Grenville
  Innuitian Orogen	Bear
  Arctic Continental Shelf	Nain
  Atlantic Continental Shelf	Slave
  Pacific Continental Shelf	Superior
  Hudson Bay Platform	Southern
  Arctic Platform
  Interior Platform
  St. Lawrence Platform

Entry rules:

1. Enter the full name of the originating geological province, without inverting it; do not use abbreviations.
   Example

   A cassiterite specimen from the Appalachian Orogen in New Brunswick

   	Discipline	mineralogy
   	Species	cassiterite
   	Originating Continent	North America
   	Originating Geological Province	Appalachian Orogen
   	Originating Country	Canada
   	Originating Province	New Brunswick

2. This field may contain multiple entries separated by a semicolon followed by a space. If you know the subdivision, enter a semicolon and a space after the name of the province, and then the name of the sub-province.
   Example

   Record for a basalt sample from the sub-province of Pontiac, one of the subdivisions of the Superior Province, in Quebec

   	Discipline	petrology
   	Rock Name	basalt
   	Originating Geological Province	Superior Province; Pontiac
   	Originating Province	Quebec

3. If you are unsure whether your information is correct, include a space and a question mark after the originating geological province.
   Example

   	Originating Geological Province	Bear Province ?