| Title | New airborne geophysical surveys in the Creighton-Flin Flon area |
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| Author | Mahmoodi, O; Maxeiner, R O; Morelli, R; Boulanger, O |
| Source | Summary of investigations 2018, volume 2, Saskatchewan Geological Survey; Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, Miscellaneous Report 2018-4.2, Paper A-7, 2018 p. 1-15  Open Access |
| Links | Online - En ligne (PDF, 3.64 MB)
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| Year | 2018 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20200018 |
| Publisher | Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to the
following publications |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Saskatchewan; Manitoba |
| NTS | 63K/04; 63K/05; 63K/12; 63K/13; 63L/01; 63L/02; 63L/07; 63L/08; 63L/09; 63L/10; 63L/11; 63L/14; 63L/15; 63L/16; 63M/01; 63M/02; 63M/03; 63M/06; 63M/07; 63M/08; 63M/09; 63M/10; 63M/11; 63N/04; 63N/05;
63N/12 |
| Area | Creighton; Flin Flon; Deschambault Lake; Amisk Lake; Tobin Lake; Bigstone Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -103.5000 -101.7500 55.7500 54.0000 |
| Subjects | geophysics; economic geology; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; geophysical surveys; e m surveys, airborne; magnetic surveys, airborne; aeromagnetic surveys; gravity surveys, airborne;
gradiometer surveys; basement geology; lithology; igneous rocks; volcanic rocks; felsic volcanic rocks; mafic volcanic rocks; intrusive rocks; felsic intrusive rocks; metamorphic rocks; gneisses; sedimentary rocks; iron formations; mineral potential;
mineralization; volcanogenic deposits; sulphide deposits; base metals; gold; boreholes; core samples; geophysical logging; specific gravities; magnetic susceptibility; conductivity; core analysis; intrusions; dykes, mafic; porphyries; Archean; Flin
Flon Domain; Flin Flon Belt; Reindeer Zone; Sask Craton; Glennie Domain; Hearne Craton; Superior Craton; Trans-Hudson Orogen; Bigstone Deposit; Precambrian; Proterozoic |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; 3-D diagrams; schematic representations; profiles; plots; geophysical logs; lithologic sections; photographs; histograms |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) TGI-4 Program Coordination |
| Released | 2018 01 01 |
| Abstract | The Saskatchewan Geological Survey initiated a multiyear geoscience project in the Creighton-Flin Flon area, near the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, as part of the Government of Saskatchewan's Mineral
Development Strategy, a program aimed at supporting diversification of the province's mineral industry. This project, launched in 2018, is focused on understanding the economic potential of the sub-Phanerozoic basement rocks in the western Flin Flon
Domain, and is centred on an area of new airborne geophysical surveys completed in areas between Deschambault, Amisk and Tobin lakes. These surveys comprised helicopter-borne electromagnetic/magnetic surveys funded as part of the Mineral Development
Strategy, and fixed-wing gravity gradiometer surveys funded by Natural Resources Canada. The surveys were designed to help understand the basement geology, in particular, the distribution of volcanic sequences that might host volcanogenic massive
sulfide deposits and the expressions of ore-forming systems to depth, as well as to provide guidance for exploration. The locations of the airborne surveys were selected to cover areas lacking geophysical data or to provide higher-quality data for
areas covered by previous surveys. In this first year of the project, three surveys were conducted using CGG's (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique) HeliTEM EM/magnetic system, and two surveys were conducted using CGG's Falcon gravity gradiometer
system. Each survey used a line spacing of 200 m with 1200 m tie-lines. In order to provide value-added products to the new surveys, physical rock properties, including specific gravity, magnetic susceptibility and conductivity, were measured during
the summer of 2018 on core samples from drillholes collared in the survey areas. In total, core from 18 boreholes was examined and more than 3000 measurements were collected, to better understand the link between geological and geophysical features
in the area. Conductivity measurements clearly defined sulfide mineralization zones in drillcore. Specific gravity and magnetic susceptibility measurements could not only indicate the mineralized zones, but could also differentiate between some
lithological units, based on their physical characteristics. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 326096 |
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