| Title | Preliminary petrography of current and potential carving stone, Gibson Lake-Cross Bay area, Northwest Territories (Kivalliq region, Nunavut) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Hanmer, S; Sandeman, H A; Tella, S; Ryan, J J; Hadlari, T ; Mills, A |
| Source | Canadian Shield/Bouclier canadien; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research no. 1999-C, 1999 p. 77-86, https://doi.org/10.4095/210173  Open Access |
| Year | 1999 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Canadian Shield
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| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 55N/11; 55N/12; 55N/13; 55N/14 |
| Area | Cross Bay; Gibson Lake; Big Lake; Chesterfield Inlet; Rankin Inlet; Baker Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -94.0000 -93.0000 64.0000 63.5000 |
| Subjects | industrial minerals; carving stone, commodity; petrographic analyses; quarries; pyroxenites; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | photomicrographs; sketch maps |
| Program | Western Churchill NATMAP Project |
| Released | 1999 02 01 |
| Abstract | Carving stone, used by artisans in the local hamlets of Rankin Inlet and Baker Lake, is quarried in a small-scale operation on the south side of Cross Bay, Chesterfield Inlet. This report presents a
preliminary petrographic description and comparison of the currently quarried carving stone, and of similar materials from other sites identified in the course of regional bedrock mapping during the 1998 field season in the Gibson Lake-Cross Bay
area. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 210173 |
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