Exploration History and Mineral Potential of the Central Arctic Zn-Pb District, Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dewing, Keith, Sharp, Robert J., Muraro, Ted
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Polaris Mine; Cornwallis Island; Little Cornwallis Island; Arctic Islands; zinc; lead; mining; Mississippi-Valley type; mineral potential; discovery curve; mine Polaris; île Cornwallis; Petite île Cornwallis; archipel Arctique; plomb; exploitation minière; type de la vallée du Mississippi; potentiel minier; courbe de découverte; Arctic; Nunavut; Découverte; Cornwallis; archipel arctique; Arctique*; Polaris
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63352

Exploration in the central Arctic Zn-Pb District took place in five phases: 1) an initial exploration period (1960–70), during which most surface showings on Cornwallis and Little Cornwallis islands were found; 2) a discovery period (1971–79), during which the buried Polaris ore body was discovered...