Archived Ontario Geological Survey Talks

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OGS Talk Presented at the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium, Dec 2010. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Peter J. Barnett, Kei H. Yeung and Joanne D. McCallum Remote predictive mapping of surficial geology in the far north of Ontario
Staff of the Resident Geologist Program Northwestern Ontario Mineral Exploration and Mining Highlights Northwestern Ontario 2010.
Staff of the Resident Geologist Program Northeastern Ontario Exploration and Mining Developments of Northeastern Ontario 2010.

OGS Talks Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, October 31 to November 3, 2010.

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R.M. Easton The Future of lithodemic units and their role in precambrian stratigraphy

OGS Talks Presented at the 49th Annual Ontario Petroleum Institute Conference and Trade Show, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on October 28, 2010.

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Catherine Béland-Otis Preliminary Results of a Shale Gas Assessment Project in Ontario, Canada
Derek Armstrong Preliminary Results of Hudson Platform Hydrocarbon Resource Potential Study

OGS Talks Presented at the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on September 27, 2010

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Catherine Béland-Otis Preliminary Results of a Shale Gas Assessment Project in Ontario, Canada

Presentations by the Ontario Geological Survey to First Nations in Ontario

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Andy Fyon June 18, 2010: A presentation by Andy Fyon on the role of geoscience in helping to inform land-use planning decisions. The talk was requested for the “Shared Lands” meeting, co-ordinated by Muskrat Dam First Nation as part of their community land use planning initiative and attended by delegates from 14 far north First Nations. The meeting took place in Thunder Bay.
Andy Fyon January 27, 2010: Andy Fyon presented to the Windigo Tribal Council a talk describing the application of geoscience to land-use planning. The meeting took place in Sioux Lookout.

Presentations by the Ontario Geological Survey to Chinese officials from the China Ministry of Land and Resources, as part of the Mining Management Collaborative Training Program coordinated by Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, July 13, 14, and 15, 2010

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Andy Fyon "Ontario at, and beneath, Your Feet" Role of the Ontario Geological Survey Branch Mines and Minerals Division Ministry of Northern Development and Mines by Dr. Andy Fyon, Director, Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines & Forestry;
Marc Leroux A case Study in Creating and Marketing a Positive Business Climate for Ontario’s Minerals Sector by Mr. Marc Leroux, Manager, Information and Marketing Services, Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines & Forestry;
Pam Sangster The relationship between land-use planning and mining particularly in Southern Ontario by Pam Sangster, Regional Resident Geologist, Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines & Forestry;

Talk presented at the Shared Lands – Protected Lands, Land use Planning Conference, Thunder Bay, Ontario, June 18

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Andy Fyon Ontario's Geology Application to Land-use Planning

Talk presented at regular Regional Association (NPA, PPDA, NWOPA, SOPA, SPDA) Meetings during May-June, 2010

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Jack Parker Ontario Geological Survey, Precambrian Geoscience Section, Activites 2010/11
Ross Kelly Ontario Geological Survey, Sedimentary Geoscience Section, Activities 2010
OGS Talks Presented at the Northwestern Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 7th and 8th, 2010, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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Desmond Rainsford Geophysics at the Ontario Geological Survey
Sara Buse Geology and Mineral Potential of the Lumby Lake Greenstone Belt, Wabigoon Subprovince, Northwestern Ontario
OGS Talks Presented at the Northeastern Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 14, 2010, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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R.M. Easton New insights into the geology of the basal Huronian Supergroup, Elliot Lake: Implications for Mineral Exploration
OGS Talk Presented at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada's International Convention, March 9, 2010. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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J.A. Ayer et al. Abitibi Tectonic and Metallogenic Evolution: Improved Understanding based on TGI-3 & Discover Abitibi Research
B. Berger et al. Stratigraphic controls on mineralization of the 2719-2710 Ma volcanic episode southern Abitibi greenstone belt
OGS Talk Presented at the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium, Dec 16th 2009. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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J.A. Ayer, B. Dubé, & N.F. Trowell Stratigraphic & Metallogenic Comparison of the Detour-Burntbush area with the Southern Abitibi
G. Beakhouse Batholiths, Detachments, PlutonsPlutonsand Folds:and Rethinking the Abitibi LayercakeLayercake
B.R. Berger, M.G. Houlé, E. Dinel, W. Bleeker What’s new in the Kidd-Munro assemblage: ›› An update on the TGI project

Groundwater and Geology

Talks Presented at the Groundwater and Geology: Foundation for Watershed Planning Workshop sponsored by the Ontario Geological Survey and Conservation Ontario, November 17, 2009. Nottawasaga Inn, Alliston, Ontario, Canada

A series of talks by OGS and Conservation Authority geoscientists on a range of topics related to the relations between geology and groundwater and implications for managing the resource on a watershed scale. Presentation topics included: Surficial Aquifer Mapping; Bedrock Controls on Groundwater; Karst Influences; Buried Channel/Valley Aquifers; Ambient Groundwater and Investigations; Regional Groundwater Studies; and Data Presentation.

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Cam Baker Groundwater and Geology Foundation Planning for Watershed
Abigail Burt 3-D Surficial Aquifer Modelling
Andy Bajc A Geological Investigation of the Dundas Buried Bedrock Valley, Southern Ontario, Canada
Don Goodyear Geological Investigation and Source Water Protection
Frank Brunton Karst Mapping and Groundwaters of Southern Ontario
Stewart Hamilton Ontario’s Ambient Groundwater Geochemistry Project
Steve Holysh Dirt, Rock and Water: Mixing them up in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area
Cam Baker Southern Ontario Stream Sediment Sampling Project

OGS Far North

As part of the Ontario Government’s Far North Planning Initiative, these talks are designed to provide a context for:

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Andy Fyon OGS Aboriginal Engagement
Far North Mineral Potential
Geology of the Far North

OGS Talk Presented at the MNR workshop, April 23rd 2009, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Andy Fyon OGS Aboriginal Engagement

OGS Talk Presented for the Sprucedale & District Horticultural Society, April 20th 2009, Emsdale, Ontario, Canada

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Andy Fyon Life on the Rocks: Geology and Flowering Plants

OGS Talks Presented at the Northeast Mines and Minerals Symposium: TGI Workshop, April 16th 2009. Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada

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J.A. Ayer, B. Dubé & N.T. Trowell Stratigraphic & Metallogenic Comparison of the Detour-Burntbush area with the Southern Abitibi
B.R. Berger,
M.G. Houlé, E. Dinel & W. Bleeker
What’s new in the Kidd-Munro assemblage: An update on the TGI project
M.G. Houlé Physical Volcanology of Komatiites in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and Implications for Fe-Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposits

OGS Talk Presented at the Northeast Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 08th 2009, Thunder Bay , Ontario, Canada

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Andy Fyon Geoscience for Public Good: OGS Strategic Direction

OGS Talk Presented for the Ministry of Natural Resources, April 1st 2009, Kempenfelt, Ontario, Canada

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Andy Fyon Far North Earth (Mineral) Resource Potential

OGS Talk Presented at the New Zealand Info Session, March 06th 2009, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Andy Fyon Ontario Geological Survey Branch Overview

OGS Talk Presented at the Mineral Exploration Research Centre, February 7th 2009, Sudbury , Ontario, Canada

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Andy Fyon Two Sides of the Coin

OGS Talk Presented for the Boreal Prospectors Association, February 24-25 2009, Sioux Lookout , Ontario, Canada

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Andy Fyon Geology of the Far North

OGS Talk Presented at the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium, Dec9th 2008. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Greg Stott Superior Province: Terranes,Domains and Autochthons

OGS Talk Presented at the Southern Ontario Prospectors association meeting, May 28, 2008, Tweed, Ontario, Canada

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R.M. Easton
An Overview of the Cavendish Township Mapping Project

OGS Talk Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Institute on Lake Superior Geology, May 8-9, 2008, Marquette, Michigan, USA

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R.M. Easton and L.M. Heaman
Detrital zircon geochronology of Huronian Supergroup sandstones located within the Vernon structure, north of Espanola, Ontario

OGS Talk Presented at the ESRI Regional User Conference, April 29, 2008, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Sara Jane McIlraith
GIS in the OGS: Enhanced Mapping of Ontario`s Precambrian Geology with and Intergrated Approach to GIS

OGS Talk Presented at the Northeast Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 14-16, 2008. Timmins, Ontario, Canada

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B.R. Berger, J. A. Ayer, V. McNicoll, W. Bleeker

OGS Talk Presented at the Northwest Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 7-9, 2008. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

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Greg Stott Exploration Opportunities in the Vicinity of the Lowlands in Ontario
Desmond Rainsford
Far North Geological Mapping Initiative: An update on Airborne Geophysical Surveys
OGS Talk Presented at the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium Dec. 11-12, 2007. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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J.A. Ayer, B. Dube Update on the Abitibi Targeted Geoscience Initiative in Ontario including new geochronological insights on the stratigraphy and mineral potential of the Detour and Burntbush belts
B.R. Berger, J. A. Ayer, V. McNicoll, W. Bleeker Stratigraphy and Metallogeny of the Kidd-Munro Assemblage: New Evidence from East of the Kidd Creek Deposit
OGS Talk Presented at the Northeast Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 17-18 2007, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, Canada
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Easton, Mike Geology and Mineral Potential of Southern Province Rocks North of Espanola, Ontario
OGS talk presented at the Boreal Prospectors’ Symposium, February 27-28, 2007. Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
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Fyon, Andy Far North Geological Mapping Initiative
OGS talks presented at the Northeast Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 12-14, 2005. Timmins Ontario Canada
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Berger, Ben Geology and Mineralization In the Highway 66 area
OGS talks presented at the Northwest Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 5-6, 2005. Thunder Bay Ontario Canada
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Easton, Mike and MacDonald, Carole Anne Lake Nipigon Region Geoscience Initiative: West Central Nipigon Embayment Bedrock Mapping Project
Hart, Tom Lake Nipigon Region Geoscience Initiative: Precambrian Geology and Mineral Potential of the Southern Black Sturgeon River area; Nipigon Embayment
Stone, Denver Geology of the Northern Superior Area
OGS talk presented at the Mineral Exploration Technology Workshop February 9 and 10, 2005, Sudbury Ontario Canada
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Sara Jane McIlraith Geology Mapping in the 21st Century
OGS talks presented at the GAC-Mac annual meeting May 10, 2004. St. Catharines Ontario Canada
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Breaks, Fred Fertile and Peraluminous Granites and Related Rare-element Pegmatites, Superior Subprovince of Ontario
OGS talks presented at the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium Dec14-15, 2004. Toronto Ontario Canada
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Easton, Mike Controls on Gold Mineralization in the Western Grimsthorpe domain, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province, Ontario
Hart, Tom Lake Nipigon Region Geoscience Initiative: Precambrian Geology and Mineral Potential of the Southern Black Sturgeon River Area - Nipigon Embayment
MacDonald, Carole Anne Lake Nipigon Region Geoscience Initiative: Preliminary results of mapping in the west-central Nipigon Embayment
Rainsford, Desmond Geophysics to Go: Public Domain Geophysics and its applications
Stone, Denver Geology of the Northern Superior Area