| Title | Resource potential for industrial limestone on Southampton Island, Nunavut: summary of fieldwork and geochemical data |
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| Author | Zhang, S; Prosh, E C; Mate, D J |
| Source | Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, Summary of Activities 2013, 2013 p. 201-211  Open Access |
| Links | Online - En ligne[PDF,5.18MB]
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| Year | 2013 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20130262 |
| Publisher | Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 45M; 45N; 45O; 45P; 46A; 46B; 46C; 46D; 46E; 46F |
| Area | Southampton Island; Coral Harbour |
| Lat/Long WENS | -88.0000 -80.0000 66.0000 63.0000 |
| Subjects | industrial minerals; geochemistry; limestones; whole rock analyses; whole rock geochemistry; major element analyses; major element geochemistry; minor element geochemistry; Ekwan River Formation;
Attawapiskat Formation; Paleozoic; Ordovician; Silurian |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; histograms; tables |
| Program | Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, Funding Program |
| Released | 2013 01 01 |
| Abstract | In 2009, an assessment of the resource potential for industrial limestone in the Upper Ordovician strata near the community of Coral Harbour on Southampton Island was completed. These strata contained
only medium- to low-purity limestone. In 2013, new fieldwork focused on the resource potential of the Lower Silurian Ekwan River and Attawapiskat formations on western Southampton Island. Three major areas underlain by these formations were explored,
and 49 samples, each weighing >3 kg, were collected for whole-rock major- and minor-element analysis. In order to quantitatively grade the resource potential of the Ekwan River and Attawapiskat limestone formations, all samples were analyzed by X-ray
fluorescence (XRF). The preliminary data suggest that high-calcium limestone occurs in the Ekwan River Formation on western Southampton Island. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
In 2009, an assessment of the resource potential for industrial limestone in the Upper Ordovician strata near the community of Coral Harbour on
Southampton Island was completed. These strata contained only medium to low purity limestone. In 2013, new field work has been conducted that focuses on the resource potential of the Lower Silurian Ekwan River and Attawapiskat formations on western
Southampton Island. Three major areas of Lower Silurian Ekwan River and Attawapiskat formations were explored, and a total of 49 over 3-kg samples were collected for whole rock major and minor element analysis. In order to quantitatively grade the
resource potential of the Ekwan River and Attawapiskat limestone formations, all the samples were analyzed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The preliminary data suggest that high-calcium limestone exist in the Ekwan River Formation on western Southampton
Island. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 293109 |
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