Black Island silica quarry

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum

F. E. P. PEARSON

Organization:: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Pages:: 2
File Size:: 1655 KB
Publication Date:: Jan 1, 1984

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Sandstone quarried from an island in Lake Winnipeg is barged 130 km to a processing plant at Selkirk on the Red River. The stone is white, poorly consolidated, and consists of rounded quartz grains of high natural purity. It is an important supplier of silica in Western Canada for glass, fiberglass, foundry and other industrial uses.

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APA: F. E. P. PEARSON (1984) Black Island silica quarry

MLA: F. E. P. PEARSON Black Island silica quarry. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 1984.

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