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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 7951

Geological and geochemical data from Mackenzie Corridor.  Part III:  New data on lithofacies, micropaleontology, lithogeochemistry, and Rock-Eval™ pyrolysis from the Devonian Horn River Group in the Mackenzie Plain and Norman Range, Northwest Territories

P. Kabanov, S. Gouwy, P.A. Lawrence, D.J. Weleschuk, and W.C. Chan

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Kabanov, P., Gouwy, S., Lawrence, P.A., Weleschuk, D.J., and Chan, W.C., 2016.  Geological and geochemical data from Mackenzie Corridor.  Part III:  New data on lithofacies, micropaleontology, lithogeochemistry, and Rock-Eval™ pyrolysis from the Devonian Horn River Group in the Mackenzie Plain and Norman Range, Northwest Territories; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7951, 1 .zip file. doi:10.4095/297832

Contents

This report compiles new data from six wells from the Canol Shale Play exploration area and two adjacent outcrop sections.  New fossil identifications and conodont data from studied cores improve biostratigraphic constraints of the Kee Scarp/Canol and Canol/Imperial contacts.  Lithofacies descriptions and core face photoplates are provided.  Cored sections of Loon Creek O-06, Little Bear N-09, East McKay I-78, and Mirror Lake N-20 exploration wells (all drilled in 2013) intersect the upper Hume, Hare Indian, Canol formations, and the base of the Imperial Formation.  Cores from two older wells Mackenzie River #4 (E-27) and Canyon Creek # 1 (G-51) are revisited to better understand the Kee Scarp / Canol contact and the Canol-Imperial transitional interval.  The core from Loon Creek O-06 well has been sampled (380 samples) and analyzed for major oxides, trace elements, and total C and S (ICP-MS/ES and Leco methods).  Same samples were run for Rock-Eval™ 6 pyrolysis.  Selected rock structures were surveyed for chemical composition with ED-XRF.  The measured outcrop sections are Prohibition Creek (upper Bluefish – upper Canol interval) and Francis Creek (Hume – Hare Indian interval).  Spectral gamma log with 0.5 m vertical step allows for correlation of these outcrops with subsurface sections as exemplified by two cross sections.  New data allow for improvement in local lithostratigraphic subdivision of the Horn River Group.

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readme_of7951.rtf (English version of this file)
\appendix\ (data files in csv, xls/xlsx, and pdf format)

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Author contact information

Pavel Kabanov (pavel.kabanov@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
3303 – 33rd Street N.W.,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada  T2L 2A7
Phone: (403) 292-7164

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