| Title | Integrated geoscience of the Northwest Passage, Nunavut; GEM-2 Boothia Peninsula-Somerset Island project, report of activities 2018 |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Sanborn-Barrie, M ; Regis, D; Ford, A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8557, 2019, 17 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/314501  Open Access |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to the following
publications |
| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®) |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 57C/09; 57C/10; 57C/11; 57C/12; 57C/13; 57C/14; 57C/15; 57C/16; 57E/04; 57E/05; 57F; 57G; 58B/03; 58B/04; 58B/05; 58B/06; 58B/07; 58B/10; 58B/11; 58B/12; 58B/13; 58B/14; 58B/15; 58C/02; 58C/03; 58C/04;
58C/05; 58C/06; 58C/07; 58C/10; 58C/11; 58C/12; 58C/13; 58C/14; 58C/15; 67D/16; 67E/01; 67E/08; 67E/09; 67E/16; 67H/01; 67H/08 |
| Area | Boothia Peninsula; Somerset Island |
| Lat/Long WENS | -97.0000 -91.0000 74.0000 69.5000 |
| Subjects | regional geology; stratigraphy; structural geology; tectonics; geophysics; economic geology; field work; stratigraphic correlations; geophysical interpretations; magnetic interpretations; magnetic
anomalies; basement geology; lithology; granitic rocks; metamorphic rocks; marbles; quartzites; gneisses; metasedimentary rocks; clastics; semipelites; psammites; diatexites; igneous rocks; intrusive rocks; diorites; tonalites; leucogranites;
monzonites; granodiorites; granites; monzo-granites; syenites; leucotonalites; gabbros; leucogabbros; anorthosites; trondhjemites; porphyries; gossans; structural features; folds; structural trends; bedding planes; tectonic history; deformation;
foliation; intrusions; dykes; mineral deposits; mineral potential; sulphide deposits; base metals; precious metals; mineral occurrences; sapphirine; Archean; Rae Craton; M'Clure Granite; Sanagak Lake Shear Zone; Paleoproterozoic;
Precambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; photographs |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Rae Province, Boothia-Somerset |
| Released | 2019 04 05 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
In 2018 the GEM-2 activity 'Integrated Geoscience of the Northwest Passage' accomplished 6-weeks of bedrock mapping of Precambrian rocks exposed
throughout Somerset Island and northern Boothia Peninsula. Mapping was supported by new high-resolution aeromagnetic data. The area is an under-explored frontier region where knowledge stems from 1962 and 1986 mapping, without benefit of
aeromagnetic constraints and only limited U-Pb geochronology. New mapping and value-added datasets will significantly upgrade the outdated geoscience framework of this area, expand the impact of the GEM-2 Rae-Thelon and South Rae activity findings,
and provide relevant data and knowledge to an isolated region of Nunavut that, due to global warming and the resulting increased shipping, will increasingly be exposed to issues related to resource assessment and economic development. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 314501 |
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