| Title | Field data, till composition, and ice-flow history, south Rae Craton, Northwest Territories: results from the GEM-2 South Rae project - Surficial Mapping activity |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Campbell, J E; McCurdy, M W ; Lauzon, G; Regis, D; Wygergangs, M |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8714, 2020, 40 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/327218  Open Access |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf; rtf; xls (Microsoft® Excel®); xlsx (Microsoft® Excel®); jpg; docx (Microsoft® Word®) |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 75A; 75B; 75G; 75H |
| Area | Abitau Lake; Coventry Lake; Firedrake Lake; Penylan Lake; Rennie Lake; Scott Lake; Selwyn Lake; Talston River; Wholdaia Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -108.0000 -104.0000 62.0000 60.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; economic geology; geochemistry; mineralogy; geochronology; tectonics; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; glacial deposits; glacial landforms; glacial
features; tills; eskers; strandlines; glacial lakes; glacial striations; till samples; till geochemistry; pebble lithology; sandstones; volcanic rocks; glacial history; glaciation; deglaciation; ice flow; sediment transport; ice transport directions;
sediment dispersal; dispersal patterns; field methods; analytical methods; field work; geochemical analyses; trace element analyses; major element analyses; textural analyses; grain size analyses; sands; colour; mineralogical analyses; mineral
deposits; gold; uranium; nickel; copper; sulphide deposits; kimberlites; mineral occurrences; physiography; topography; drainage; quartz; bedrock geology; tectonic elements; shear zones; radiometric dating; radiocarbon dating; relative ages; sample
preparation; statistical analyses; heavy mineral analyses; scanning electron microscope analyses; Archean; Rae Craton; Western Churchill Province; Porter Domain; Howard Lake Shear Zone; Miller Lake Shear Zone; Penylan Domain; McArthur Lake Shear
Zone; McCann Domain; Black Bay Shear Zone; Firedrake Domain; Zemlak Domain; Wholdaia Lake Shear Zone; Snowbird Domain; Striding Mylonite Zone; Sarita Showing; Hidden Showing; Triple X Showing; Gemelo Showing; Nickel King Showing; Dubawnt Supergroup;
Barrenlands Group; Wharton Group; Pitz Formation; Baker Lake Group; Thelon Basin; Thelon Sandstone; Baker Lake Basin; Nueltin Intrusive Suite; ice-flow directions; platinum group elements; subglacial meltwater corridors; lacustrine littoral
sediments; lacustrine nearshore sediments; station locations, ground observation; station locations, remote observation; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | geoscientific sketch maps; digital elevation models; photographs; location maps; flow diagrams; tables; ternary diagrams; plots |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Rae Province |
| Released | 2020 10 21 |
| Abstract | This report releases new field data and analytical results from regional surficial geological mapping and till sampling surveys completed in 2014 to 2016 in the southeast corner of the Northwest
Territories as part of Natural Resources Canada's South Rae Activity, GEM-2 Rae project. The report also provides a summary of the regional bedrock and surficial geology, a detailed description of the field and analytical methods and a preliminary
discussion of regional glacial transport. In total, Quaternary geological field observations were made at 646 sites; 205 till, 3 esker and 21 geochronology samples were collected over the 3 years. Samples were analyses for matrix geochemistry and
texture, gold grain counts, indicator mineral picking and probing, and pebble lithology counts. Highlights include the 5 phase ice flow chronology, and comments on glacial transport dispersal history and on till geochemical masking due to due to the
dilution effect of SiO2 (sandstone quartz). |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This report releases the field database and laboratory results from a surface glacial sediment survey completed in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in southeast
Northwest Territories. This work provides new geological knowledge on the nature of surficial materials left by the retreat of the last glaciers and presents highlights concerning ice-flow history, glacial dispersal, and implications for mineral
assessment in this region. The findings will support informed decision making for resource exploration and development as well as environmental assessment. The work was conducted under the South Rae project at the Geological Survey of Canada, as part
of Natural Resources Canada's Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM-2) Program. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 327218 |
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