| Title | Magnetotelluric and teleseismic experiments as part of the Walmsley Lake project, Northwest Territories: experimental designs and preliminary results |
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| Author | Jones, A G; Snyder, D ; Spratt, J |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2001-C6, 2001, 16 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/212041  Open Access |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital; CD-ROM |
| Related | This publication is contained in Current Research 2001,
winter release |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 75N |
| Area | Walmsley Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -110.0000 -108.0000 64.0000 63.0000 |
| Subjects | geophysics; economic geology; Archean; magnetotelluric interpretations; seismic interpretations; conductivity surveys; anomalies; geophysical interpretations; geophysical surveys; diamond; gold; mineral
potential; Slave Craton; Thelon-Taltson Magmatic Zone; Precambrian; Phanerozoic |
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| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-1), 2000-2003 |
| Released | 2001 01 01 |
| Abstract | The southeastern part of the Slave craton offers high potential for diamonds as well as possibly for base and pre- cious metals; however, the geology at the surface and geophysical properties at depth
are poorly known compared to other parts of the craton, notably the Lac de Gras region. The Walmsley Lake project addresses this deficiency with collocated bedrock, isotopic, and geophysical data acquisition. This paper describes the initiation of
the deep geophysical component of the project, and presents the preliminary qualitative results of the data from the magnetotelluric component. The main result at this early stage is the discovery of a large conductivity anomaly, likely within the
Thelon-Talston magmatic zone, comparable to the North American Central Plains conductivity anomaly. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 212041 |
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