Napoleon Bay
Occurrence number:
031-00-207
Carbonatite:
No
Narrative:
Napoleon Bay, Baffin Island, Canada hosts a series of NW-SE to W-E trending, ~2 m thick lamproite dykes. These structures are known as the Baffin Dykes, and intrude biotite gneiss, mafic gneiss, and anorthosite likely belonging to the metaplutonics of the Paleoproterozoic Torngat orogeny.