| Title | The Auyuittuq carving stone study project, eastern Baffin Island, Northwest Territories: a geological report |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Ermanovics, I |
| Source | Canadian Shield/Bouclier canadien; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research no. 1995-C, 1995 p. 45-51, https://doi.org/10.4095/202904  Open Access |
| Year | 1995 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English; French |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Canadian Shield
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| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 16M; 16L; 26I; 26J; 26K; 26N; 26O; 26P; 27A; 27B |
| Area | Baffin Island; Auyuittuq National Park |
| Lat/Long WENS | -70.0000 -62.0000 69.0000 66.0000 |
| Subjects | industrial minerals; carving stone, commodity; soapstone; marbles; metamorphic rocks |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; photographs |
| Released | 1995 01 01 |
| Abstract | Deposits of potential carving stone in south and eastern Baffin Island include mainly serpentinized ultramafic rocks (soapstone) and marble. A search of the published and unpublished geological
literature revealed no reports of carving stone deposits within Auyuittuq Park or within a few kilometres of its boundary. Assessment of the principally high-grade Proterozoic terrane of the Cumberland batholithic complex, which underlies the park,
indicated a low potential for carving stone within the park compared to other areas of Baffin Island. Fieldwork in 1994 bore out this prediction. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 202904 |
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