Cornwallis Lead–Zinc District; Mississippi Valley-type deposits controlled by stratigraphy and tectonics

Cornwallis Lead-Zinc District in the central Canadian Arctic includes occurrences of galena and sphalerite with similar geological settings and controls on mineralization. It includes the Polaris deposit, with 25 million tons of about 19% grade ore, representing 4.7 million tons of metal.The distric...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Kerr, J. Wm.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Arctic
Thumb
Cornwallis
Cape Phillips
The Thumb
Thumb Mountain
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e77-124
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e77-124

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