Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Harrison, J.C. Originator: de Freitas, T.A. Publication_Date: 2007 Title: Agassiz Ice Cap Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: A Series Issue_Identification: 2104 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Ottawa, Ontario Publisher: Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada Other_Citation_Details: Recommended citation: Harrison, J.C. and de Freitas, T.A. 2007: Geology, Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut; Geological Survey of Canada, Map 2104A, scale 1:125 000. Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: Regional-scale bedrock geological mapping was conducted on northeastern Ellesmere Island from 1998 to 2000 by the Geological Survey of Canada and the Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) of Hannover, Germany. Results are here compiled on five map sheets and four structural cross-sections at 1:125,000 scale: NTS 39G (Sawyer Bay); 39H and 29G (Dobbin Bay); 120B (Kennedy Channel); 120C and D south half (Lady Franklin Bay) and; 340A east half (Agassiz Ice Cap). Sedimentary rocks of mostly Phanerozoic age are exposed above Paleoproterozoic crystalline basement from Bache Peninsula and the head of Canon Fiord in the southwest, to the north end of Judge Daly Promontory in the northeast, and from Kane Basin and Kennedy Channel in the southeast, to Agassiz Ice Cap and Lady Franklin Bay in the northwest. The geology of this area sheds new light on the structure and depositional history of the Arctic Platform, central Ellesmere Fold Belt, Hazen Fold Belt, and Eurekan Orogeny. Relevant detail is provided concerning the former plate-tectonic relationship between Greenland and Arctic North America. Commodities of potential economic interest include zinc, lead and copper sulphides, and sulphosalts additionally containing antimony, arsenic, silver and gold. There is some limited potential for undiscovered liquid hydrocarbons. Purpose: Supplemental_Information: Data set is in English. Magnetic declination stated in degrees and minutes. Annual change stated in minutes. Magnetic declination at NW corner of map: 68°0'W, changing 82.5'E annually. Magnetic declination at SW corner of map: 65°59'W, changing 81.1'E annually. Magnetic declination at NE corner of map: 65°32'W, changing 75.3'E annually. Magnetic declination at SE corner of map: 63°47'W, changing 73.7'E annually. Magnetic declination at center of map: 65°54'W, changing 78.1'E annually. Proximity of the North Magnetic Pole causes the compass to be erratic in this area. 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Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Christopher Harrison Contact_Organization: Natural Resources Canada Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical Address: 3303-33 Street North West City: Calgary State_or_Province: Alberta Postal_Code: T2L 2A7 Country: Canada Contact_Voice_Telephone: 403-292-7137 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 403-292-4961 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: CHarriso@NRCan.gc.ca Data_Set_Credit: Additional geology by Mayr, U. and Piepjohn, K. Affiliated with Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover, Germany. Digital cartography by Coulthart, M.J. 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