| Title | Geology, Uqpilik, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Bédard, J H; Rainbird, R H ; Currie, L D; Turner, E C |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Geoscience Map 188, 2015, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/297277  Open Access |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Edition | prelim. |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | geological, bedrock and structural geology, 1:50,000 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, UTM zone 11 (NAD83) |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | NRCan photo(s) in this
publication |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf; shp; xml; rtf; xls |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 87F/15; 87F/16SW; 87F/16NW |
| Area | Victoria Island; Uqpilik; Niviktuuyuq; Tahiqpaaluk; Iqqakharviak |
| Lat/Long WENS | -117.8500 -116.7000 71.0000 70.7500 |
| Subjects | stratigraphy; structural geology; bedrock geology; sedimentary rocks; marine deposits; sandstones; dolostones; limestones; siltstones; shales; evaporites; carbonates; igneous rocks; volcanic rocks;
dykes; sills; faults; intrusive rocks; structural features; Franklin Intrusions; Shaler Supergroup; Kilian Formation; Kuujjua Foramtion; Precambrian; Proterozoic |
| Program | GEM: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals PGE/Base Metals - Victoria Island (NWT and Nunavut) |
| Released | 2015 12 14 |
| Abstract | NTS 87-F/15 is underlain by the Kilian and Kuujjua formations of the Neoproterozoic Shaler Supergroup. The shallowly dipping strata define the nose and northern flank of the Holman Island Syncline.
Carbonate, shale, and evaporitic rocks of the Kilian Formation are well exposed as cliff sections beneath capping sills, but also form a plateau in the west-central part of the map area, where a small, circular, gabbroic body is interpreted to be a
laccolithic offshoot of an unexposed sill. The sharp, conformable contact between the Kilian Formation and overlying-Kuujjua Formation is exposed in the eastern part of the map area. Up to 6 Type 2 (diabasic) sills outcrop as stepped cuestas that
strike north to northeast across the entire map area. Some of the sills appear to branch towards the southwest. Some sills appear to cut across the sedimentary strata at a shallow angle. Several steep, northeast and north striking lineaments
(possible normal faults) occur in the western part of the map area. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
A map of the southern block of the Minto Inlier, sheet 87F15, showing the distribution of bedrock units. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 297277 |
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