Sommaire des travaux sur le terrain et autres activités de la CGO

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BUREAU DU DIRECTEUR, COMMISION GÉOLOGIQUE DE L'ONTARIO

1. The Ontario Geological Survey Branch J.A. Fyon

SECTION DE LA GÉOLOGIE DU PRÉCAMBRIEN

Location of Precambrian Geoscience Section project areas

2. Precambrian Geoscience Section: Program and Project Overview J.R. Parker et T. Brown

SOUS-PROVINCE DE L'ABITIBI

3. Project Unit 11-001. Geological Investigations South of Gogama B.R. Berger

4. Project Unit 06-002. Geology and Mineral Potential of Midlothian Township, Halliday Dome, Abitibi Greenstone Belt S. Préfontaine

PROTÉROZOÏQUE ET PROVINCE DE GRENVILLE

5. Project Units 11-003, 11-004 and 11-005. Geology and Mineral Potential of the Northeastern Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province R.M. Easton, M. Duguet et S.J. Magnus

6. Project Unit 11-013. Characterization of Syntectonic to Posttectonic Intrusions of Circa 1090 to 1065 Ma Age in the Southeastern Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province J. Cutts, S.D. Carr et R.M. Easton

7. Project Unit 11-007. Mesoproterozoic Midcontinent Rift–Related Mafic Magmatism: Project Update and Field Observations R.M. Cundari, P. Hollings, M.C. Smyk, J.F. Scott et D.A. Campbell

NORD-OUEST DE L'ONTARIO

8. Project Unit 11-012. Geochemistry and Petrology of the Dog Lake Granite Chain, Quetico Subprovince, Thunder Bay B. Kuzmich, P. Hollings, J.F. Scott et D.A. Campbell

9. Project Unit 09-006. Western Wabigoon Subprovince Synthesis Project G.P. Beakhouse

10. Project Unit 11-002. Structural Controls and Alteration Patterns of Gold Mineralization at Rowan Lake, Northwest Ontario D. Lewis et S. Woolgar

11. Project Unit 10-010. A Progress Report on the Volcanology, Stratigraphy and Geodynamic Setting of Greenstone Belts of Age 2720 Ma near the Wawa–Quetico Subprovincial Boundary R.W.D. Lodge

GRAND NORD

12. Project Unit 10-004. McFaulds Lake Area Regional Compilation and Bedrock Mapping Project Update R.T. Metsaranta et M.G. Houlé

13. Project Unit 10-002. Preliminary Results from the Eastern Uchi Bedrock Geology Mapping Project in the Miminiska Lake Area, Fort Hope Greenstone Belt, Uchi Subprovince S. Buse

14. Project Unit 09-008. Geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic Gabbro Sills of the Sutton Inliers and Neoarchean Granitoid Rocks in the Hudson Bay Lowland S. Buse et G.M. Stott

GÉOPHYSIQUE

15. Summary of Geophysical Projects and Activities D.R.B. Rainsford et T.L. Muir

SECTION DE LA GÉOLOGIE SÉDIMENTAIRE

Location of Sedimentary Geoscience Section project areas

16. Sedimentary Geoscience Section: Program and Projects Overview R.I. Kelly

CARTOGRAPHIE DES RESSOURCES EN AGRÉGATS

17. Project Unit 11-020. Aggregate Resources Inventory of the County of Bruce, Southern Ontario D.J. Rowell

18. Project Unit 11-021. Aggregate Resources Inventory of the City of Ottawa, Southeastern Ontario V.L. Lee

CARTOGRAPHIE DES DÉPÔTS SUPERFICIELS

19. Project Unit 10-024. Regional Till Sampling Survey, Mowe Lake, Northwestern Ontario: An Update A.S. Marich

20. Project Unit 11-028. Surficial Geology Mapping and Till Sampling in the Chapleau Area, Northern Ontario C. Gao

21. Project Unit 11-034. Surficial Geology of the Alliston Area, Southern Ontario R.P.M. Mulligan

22. Project Unit 08-008. Far North Terrain Mapping Project—“Ring of Fire” and the Severn River Area P.J. Barnett et K.H. Yeung

23. Project Unit 11-023. Surficial Geology Mapping and Drift Sediment Sampling in the McFaulds Lake (“Ring of Fire”) Area, Northern Ontario C. Gao

GÉOCHIMIE DES DÉPÔTS SUPERFICIELS

24. Project Unit 11-027. Greenstone Area High-Density Lake Sediment and Water Survey, Northwestern Ontario R.D. Dyer

25. Project Unit 11-024. McFaulds Lake Area Lake Sediment and Water Pilot Study, Northern Ontario R.D. Dyer

GÉOLOGIE DU PALÉOZOÏQUE ET ÉTUDES SUR L’ÉNERGIE

26. Project Unit 09-024. Preliminary Results: Shale Gas Assessment of the Devonian Kettle Point Formation and the Ordovician Shale Units, Southern Ontario C. Béland Otis

27. Project Unit 10-028. Re-Evaluating the Hydrocarbon Resource Potential of the Hudson Platform: Interim Results from Northern Ontario D.K. Armstrong

ÉTUDES SUR LES EAUX SOUTERRAINES

28. Project Unit 08-003. The Orangeville Moraine Project: Preliminary Results of Drilling and Section Work A.K. Burt

29. Project Unit 10-026. Three-Dimensional Mapping of Quaternary Deposits in the Southern Part of the County of Simcoe, Southern Ontario: A Progress Report A.F. Bajc et D.R.B. Rainsford

30. Project Unit 08-004. Final Update of Early Silurian Stratigraphy of the Niagara Escarpment and Correlation with Subsurface Units Across Southwestern Ontario and the Great Lakes Basin F.R. Brunton et C. Brintnell

31. Project Unit 11-032. Bedrock Aquifer Mapping of Niagara Escarpment Cuesta: Installation and Sampling of Multi-Level Monitoring Wells V.L. Lee, E.H. Priebe, F.R. Brunton, J. Piersol, M. Monier-Williams, B. Pendleton , M. Bingham, C. Keller et I. Sharp

32. Project Unit 07-025. Ambient Groundwater Geochemistry Program: The 2011 Aurora–Orillia Study Area and Selected Results for the Bruce and Niagara Peninsulas S.M. Hamilton, E.J. Matheson, C.N. Freckelton et H. Burke

LABORATORIES GÉOSCIENTIFIQUES

33. Sample Preparation: Pulverization Time and Particle Size Reduction O.M. Burnham et E. Stairs

34. Analysis of Anions in Water by Ion Chromatography at the Geoscience Laboratories L. Pamer

35. Analysis of Garnets by Electron Probe Micro-Analyzer: Optimizing Analytical Conditions to Meet the Needs of the Diamond Exploration Community D.C. Crabtree

INITIATIVE GÉOSCIENTIFIQUE CIBLÉE 4 (TGI-4)

36. An Overview of Natural Resources Canada’s Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Deep Exploration M.E. Villeneuve

37. Overview of the Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4 Nickel-Copper-Platinum Group Elements-Chromium Project (2010–2015)—Mafic to Ultramafic Ore Systems: Footprint, Fertility and Vectors D.E. Ames et M.G. Houlé

38. Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4. Lode Gold Deposits in Ancient, Deformed and Metamorphosed Terranes—Footprints and Exploration Implications: A Preliminary Overview of Themes, Objectives and Targeted Areas B. Dubé, P. Mercier-Langevin, S. Castonguay, V.J. McNicoll, S.J. Pehrsson, W. Bleeker, E.M. Schetselaar et S. Jackson

39. Project Unit 10-005. An Overview of the McFaulds Lake Airborne Gravity Gradiometer and Magnetic Survey, Northwestern Ontario D.R.B. Rainsford, M.G. Houlé, R.T. Metsaranta, P. Keating et M. Pilkington