Geology, Pritzler Harbour, Baffin Island, Nunavut / [authors, M.R. St-Onge … [et al.]].: M183-1/216-2015E-PDF
"This map synthesizes the field observations and initial interpretations for the Pritzler Harbour area following five weeks of regional and targeted bedrock mapping on the eastern Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut. Under the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) Program, this area was targeted in 2014 to upgrade the geoscience knowledge and document the economic potential of the greater Iqaluit area south of Frobisher Bay. Field observations have constrained the distribution of metasedimentary units comprising quartzite, marble, psammite, pelite, and semipelite, all of which can be correlated with the contiguous middle Paleoproterozoic Lake Harbour Group in the type area north of Kimmirut. The spatial distribution of a suite of layered mafic to ultramafic sills intrusive into the sedimentary strata in the western portion of the Pritzler Harbour map area was also documented and will be the focus of further study. Layering in the sills was observed on the centimetre to metres scale, with many bodies containing disseminated sulphide, some associated with ferricrete. The distribution of high-grade felsic and mafic plutonic rocks, tentatively interpreted as part of the middle Paleoproterozoic Cumberland Batholith, were delineated. Four distinct phases of deformation and two metamorphic episodes were recognized. The deformation and metamorphic events can be correlated with similar features and assemblages previously documented both on Baffin Island and on the Ungava Peninsula of northern Quebec, and will be utilized to compare, and improve on, existing regional tectonic models"--Abstract.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Geological Survey of Canada. |
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| Title | Geology, Pritzler Harbour, Baffin Island, Nunavut / [authors, M.R. St-Onge … [et al.]]. |
| Series title | Canadian geoscience map ; 216E Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office open file map ; 2015-03E |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [Inuktitut] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Issued also in Inuktitut. This record only includes the map and the “Map information document” in PDF, the complete data set with all the files in various formats is available for free download at http://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/ Includes bibliographical references. Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Natural Resources Canada, c2015. |
| Author / Contributor | St-Onge, M. R. |
| Description | 1 map : col. + 1 map information document ([21] p.). |
| ISBN | 978-1-100-25547-7 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | 296109 |
| Edition | Preliminary version |
| Cartographic data | Scale 1:100 000 ; Universal Transverse Mercator, zone 19 (W 67°00’--W 68°30'/N 62°00'--N 62°30’) |
| Subject terms | Structural geology Stratigraphy Geological maps |
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