| Title | Precambrian geology, Leith Peninsula-Rivière Grandin area, Northwest Territories |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Hildebrand, R S |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Geoscience Map 153, 2017, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/297330  Open Access |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Edition | prelim. |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | geological, bedrock geology, 1:125,000 |
| 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 (Adobe® Reader®); rtf; gdb (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) 10.x); shp (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) 10.x); xml (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) 10.x); mxd (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) 10.x) |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 86D/09; 86D/10; 86D/13; 86D/14; 86D/15; 86D/16; 86E/01; 86E/02; 86E/03; 86E/04; 86E/05; 86E/06; 86E/07; 86E/08; 86E/09; 86E/10; 86E/11; 86E/12; 86E/15; 86E/16 |
| Area | Leith Peninsula; Rivière Grandin; Hottah Lake; Great Bear Lake; McTavish Arm; Camsell River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -119.5167 -118.0000 66.0000 64.5833 |
| Subjects | regional geology; structural geology; stratigraphy; tectonics; bedrock geology; basement geology; lithology; igneous rocks; plutonic rocks; diorites; granodiorites; granites; monzonites; gabbros;
monzo-granites; volcanic rocks; rhyolites; basalts; dacites; volcanic ash; tuffs; lavas; mylonites; andesites; metasedimentary rocks; sedimentary rocks; sandstones; conglomerates; arenites; siltstones; metamorphic rocks; stockworks; porphyries;
ignimbrites; structural features; faults; folds; lineations; unconformities; structural interpretations; tectonic elements; tectonic interpretations; deformation; foliation; metamorphism; intrusions; diabase dykes; plutons; sills; brecciation;
silicification; Canadian Shield; Wopmay Orogen; Hottah Terrane; Slave Craton; Calderian Orogeny; Old Fort Island Formation; Conjuror Bay Formation; Beaverlodge Lake Sandstone; Hornby Bay Group; Great Bear Magmatic Zone; MacTavish Supergroup; LaBine
Group; Bell Island Bay Group; Zebulon Formation; Asiak Fold-Thrust Belt; Turmoil Klippe; Muskox Intrusion; Coronation Sill; Gunbarrel Sill; Dismal Lakes Group; Coppermine River Group; Rae Group; Hepburn Batholith; Akaitcho Group; Odjick Formation;
Rocknest Formation; Cleaver Dykes; Longtom Lake Pluton; Richardson Pluton; Tla Pluton; Yen Pluton; Mile Lake Pluton; Balachey Pluton; Rainy Lake Intrusive Complex; Camsell River Formation; Black Bear Caldera Complex; Terra Formation; Animal Andesite;
White Eagle Tuff; Echo Bay Andesite; Moose Bay Tuff; Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Precambrian; Proterozoic |
| Illustrations | location maps; index maps; geoscientific sketch maps; photographs |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals GEM Coordination |
| Released | 2017 12 22 |
| Abstract | The Leith Peninsula map area lies along the western margin of the Canadian Shield (Kidd, 1936a) and is dominated by Paleoproterozoic rocks of Wopmay Orogen (Hoffman, 1980, 1989). The oldest rocks,
termed Hottah terrane (Hildebrand, 1981), constitute the metamorphic basement to volcanic, plutonic, and sedimentary rocks of the 1.875-1.843 Ga Great Bear magmatic zone (McGlynn, 1979; Bowring, 1985). Hottah terrane is interpreted as a
precollisional arc that collided with Slave Craton and its west-facing passive margin during the 1.88 Ga Calderian Orogeny (Hoffman, 1980; Hildebrand, 1981; Bowring and Grotzinger, 1992; Hildebrand et al., 2010a). Rocks of the Great Bear magmatic
zone are interpreted as a postcollisional arc, were folded about northwest to northerly trending axes, and are cut by abundant transcurrent faults (Hoffman and McGlynn, 1977; Hildebrand et al., 1987b, 2010b). A swarm of northwesterly trending diabase
dykes, dated at 1740 Ma, cut the faults (Irving et al., 2004). |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Leith Peninsula map area in the Great Bear region of the Northwest Territories (Canada) lies along the western margin of the Canadian Shield and is
dominated by Paleoproterozoic rocks. The oldest rocks (Hottah terrane) constitute the metamorphic basement to the volcanic, plutonic, and sedimentary rocks of the Great Bear magmatic zone (1.875-1.843 billion year old). These rocks were cut by
abundant transcurrent faults; diabase dykes, dated at 1740 million years, cut the faults. Subsequent extension, in places utilizing pre-existing transcurrent fault zones, led to the deposition of clastic sedimentary rocks (Hornby Bay Group) and the
formation of large quartz stockworks in the fault zones. The gently inclined 780 million years Gunbarrel gabbro cuts rocks of the Hornby Bay Group. Flat lying to gently dipping lower Paleozoic sedimentary rocks sit unconformably upon the Precambrian
rocks. Polymetallic deposits were mined for many years in rocks of the Great Bear magmatic zone. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 297330 |
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