Multistage dolomitization in the Society Cliffs Formation, northern Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Ghazban, Fereydoun, Schwarcz, Henry P., Ford, Derek C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1992
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Bay; Baffin Island; Canada; Nanisivik; Northwest Territories; Victor Bay; Arctic bay; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e92-117; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e92-117

Dolostones of the Upper Proterozoic Society Cliffs Formation on northern Baffin Island are host to the Nanisivik lead–zinc sulfide deposits. Two distinct stages of dolomitization have occurred, distinguished by their petrographic, cathodoluminescence, and isotopic characteristics: (1) massive dolomi...