Badgeley Island quartzite deposit
- Organization:
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Pages:
- 3
- File Size:
- 2998 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1984
Abstract
The Badgeley Island quartzite deposir in Georgian Bay is
worked by lndusmin Limired and was developed in 1969 to
produce a high-qualiry silica for use in rhe ferrosilicon and
glass industries. The quartzire is part of the Precambrian Bar
River Formarion, and is a generally whire, fine-grained rock
containing rhin sericire seams. Primary sedimenrary features
wirhin the deposit are bedding and ripple marks. Amphibolite
and diabase dykes cur the quarr zire body.
Citation
APA: (1984) Badgeley Island quartzite deposit
MLA: Badgeley Island quartzite deposit. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 1984.