| Title | Geoscience tools for supporting environmental assessment of metal mining |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Galloway, J |
| Source | Public presentations, Environmental Geoscience Program (EGP), current status of research projects; by Jacob, N; Craven, J A; White, D; Savard, M M; Rivard, C; Kao, H; Parsons, M B; Galloway, J M; Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 49, 2017 p. 93-114, https://doi.org/10.4095/299736  Open Access |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Public presentations,
Environmental Geoscience Program (EGP), current status of research projects |
| File format | pptx; pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories; Nunavut |
| NTS | 75D; 75E; 75F; 75G; 75H; 75I; 75J; 75K; 75L; 75M; 75N; 75O; 75P; 76; 77A; 77B; 85; 86; 87A; 87B |
| Area | Yellowknife; Courageous Lake; Hope Bay; Great Slave Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -117.0000 -105.0000 69.0000 60.0000 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; economic geology; geochemistry; hydrogeology; surficial geology/geomorphology; geochronology; paleontology; mineralogy; Nature and Environment; environmental studies;
environmental impacts; ecosystems; mining; mineral processing; tailings; gold; pollutants; arsenic; climate effects; temperature; snow; ice; precipitation; modelling; bedrock geology; lithology; greenstone belts; hydrothermal systems; hydrothermal
alteration; surface waters; hydrologic environment; rivers; lakes; lake sediments; limnology; peat; permafrost; soils; paleoclimates; paleotemperatures; paleoecology; paleoenvironment; radiometric dating; vegetation; palynology; pollen; diatoms;
water table; fossils; fossil plants; mass spectrometer analysis; spectrometric analyses; x-ray diffraction analyses; mineralogical analyses; grain size analyses; pyrolysis; core samples; health hazards; Slave Geological Province; Giant Mine; Tundra
Mine; Salmita Mine; Bulldog Mine; TMAC Hope Bay Gold Project; Testate Amoebae; Climate change; Forest fires; paleolimnology; Métis; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | photographs; location maps; geological sketch maps; time series; screen captures; photomicrographs; flow diagrams |
| Program | Environmental Geoscience |
| Released | 2017 02 15 |
| Abstract | The goal of this activity is to test the hypothesis that climate variability controls metal(loid) cycling in the environment. We initiated research in 2015-16 to provide missing baseline geochemical
data and model the cumulative impacts of geogenic and anthropogenic processes, with a focus on climate variability, on the transport and fate of metal(loids) in the vicinity of the City of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Due to the complex
geology of the Slave Geological Province and in particular, mineralized greenstone belts and hydrothermal alteration zones, geochemical background can be highly variable even on small spatial scales. In addition, the Yellowknife region has
experienced ~75 years of gold ore mining and processing that resulted in release of substantial quantities of arsenic to the surrounding environment. The larger POLAR Knowledge Canada S&T funded activity will also focus on the Courageous Lake area
that is thought to have been impacted by free-milling gold mining and processing at Tundra, Salmita, and Bulldog mines in the 1960s and 1980s, and the yet to be developed Hope Bay area (TMAC Resources Ltd.) in the central and northern Slave
Geological Province, respectively. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The environmental geoscience program is a federal research program that aims to provide Canadians with advanced scientific information to differentiate
the effects of the development of natural resources on the environment of those of natural processes. Following this mandate, the development of new geoscientific approaches is used to support the developement and responsible use of Canada's natural
resources by making informed decisions while protecting Canadians and their environment. Advancing scientific understanding about natural resources development will inform policy makers and have direct implications on future decisions. To increase
the program visibility, a public session was offered in May 2016 to the Earth Science Sector and other key partners from Natural Resources Canada. All the information presented during the public session is included in this Open File. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 299736 |
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