Geology and genesis of zinc-lead deposits within a late proterozoic dolomite, Northern Baffin Island, N. W. T.

• Main Author: Olson, Reginald Arthur
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Lead ores > Nunavut > Baffin Island; Zinc ores > Nunavut > Baffin Island; Arctic; Arctic Bay; Baffin Island; Canada; Flint; Flint Ridge; Nunavut; Strathcona; Strathcona Sound; Victor Bay; Arctic bay; Baffin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/20910

Economically important Mississippi Valley type zinc-lead deposits exist in a late Proterozoic dolomite, the Society Cliffs Formation, at north Baffin Island, District of Franklin, N.W.T., Canada. The Society Cliffs Formation ranges from 1,000 to 2,000 feet in thickness and is underlain by up to 2,00...