| Title | GEM 2 Mackenzie Project: Colville Hills bedrock mapping, stratigraphy, and related studies |
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| Author | Fallas, K M; MacNaughton, R B; Turner, E C; Sommers, M J |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7963, 2015, 19 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/297301 (Open Access) |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 96K; 96L; 96M; 96N |
| Area | Mackenzie River; Colville Hills |
| Lat/Long WENS | -128.0000 -124.0000 68.0000 66.0000 |
| Subjects | stratigraphy; structural geology; economic geology; fossil fuels; bedrock geology; sedimentary rocks; petroleum resources; hydrocarbons; hydrocarbon potential; mineral potential; base metals; base metal
deposits; Franklin Mountain Formation; Mount Kindle Formation; Bear Rock Formation; Arnica Formation; Landry Formation; Hume Formation; Hare Indian Formation; Ramparts Formation; Mount Clark Formation; Paleozoic; Ordovician; Devonian;
Cambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; tables |
| Program | Mackenzie Corridor, Shield to Selwyn, GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals |
| Released | 2015 11 20 |
| Abstract | (Summary)
Colville Hills bedrock mapping and stratigraphic studies is a component of the Shield to Selwyn geo-transect: studying the evolution of sedimentary rocks of the northern mainland NWT
to improve exploration success for petroleum resources and base metal deposits (Figure 1). This activity will initiate the first regional integrated effort to place Proterozoic to Cenozoic strata of Mackenzie Platform, Selwyn Basin, and adjacent
regions into a fully modern tectono-stratigraphic and metallogenic framework, and will better enable industry and Northerners to responsibly find and develop energy and mineral natural resources, maximizing their economic and societal impact.
The
present report provides a brief account of field activities in the Colville Hills region of the NWT during late July and early August, 2015. Preliminary results are presented that touch upon bedrock geological mapping, structural geology,
stratigraphy (with particular focus on Cambrian-Ordovician, Ordovician-Silurian, and Cretaceous units), and oil seeps. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Colville Hills bedrock mapping and stratigraphic studies is part of the "Shield to Selwyn geo-transect: studying the evolution of sedimentary rocks of
the northern mainland NWT to improve exploration success for petroleum resources and base metal deposits". This activity will initiate the first regional integrated effort to place Proterozoic to Cenozoic strata of Mackenzie Platform, Selwyn Basin,
and adjacent regions into a fully modern tectono-stratigraphic and metallogenic framework, and will better enable industry and Northerners to responsibly find and develop energy and mineral natural resources, maximizing their economic and societal
impact. The report provides anaccount of field activities in the Colville Hills region of NWT during late July and early August, 2015. Preliminary results are presented that touch upon bedrock geological mapping, structural geology, stratigraphy
(with particular focus on Cambrian-Ordovician, Ordovician-Silurian, and Cretaceous units), and oil seeps. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 297301 |
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