Fluorite from Princess Royal Islands: Historic and Possible Economic Significance

Authors

  • Walter Gibbins
  • Donald Boucher
  • Wolfgang Skublak

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2053

Keywords:

Economic geology, Exploration, Fluorite, Garnet, Minerals, Prince of Wales Strait, N.W.T., Princess Royal Islands, Nunavut

Abstract

Armstrong, physician and naturalist assigned to McClure's 'Investigator' (1949-52), reported garnet, a typically metamorphic mineral, in unmetamorphosed rocks of Princess Royal Islands. During recent visits to these islands a few crystals of purple fluorite were found near the northeast tip of the smaller, northernmost island. However, no garnet was found on either island.

Key words: Princess Royal Islands, blue Fiord Formation, Fluorite

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Published

1986-01-01

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (1986): March: 1–107

Section

Articles