GalenaPolaris Mine, Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada
Photo: Cindy Hasler Latitude: 75°23'N
Longitude: 96°57'W
A lead-zinc mine owned by Cominco. Production was at 100,000 tons/year Zn & 30,000 tons/year Pb in concentrates. This mine is the farthest north in the world!
References
- Rocks & Min.: 64:32
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 308.
- Savard, M.M., Chi, G., Sami, T., Williams-Jones, A.E., and Leigh, K. (2000): Fluid inclusion and carbon, oxygen and strontium isotope study of the Poaris Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb deposit, Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Implications for ore genesis. Mineralium Deposita 35, 495-510.
- Polaris, Bergbau in der Kanadischen Arktis, Lapis 1996 (11), 34-38.
- Dewing, K., Sharp, R.J., Turner, E., 2007, Synopsis of the Polaris Zn-Pb District, Canadian Arctice Islands, Nunavut, in Goodfellow, W.D., ed., Mineral
Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit-Types, District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces, and Exploration Methods: Geological
Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication No. 5, p. 655-672.
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