Geoscience

Report of Activities 2008

Table of contents (111 KB)
Opening Pages (309 KB)
Minister's Message (190 KB)
In Memoriam - David McRitchie and Werner Weber (192 KB)
Project Location Map (984 KB)
Annual Review by E.C. Syme (210 KB)
Publications  - Preliminary Maps, Publications Released and External Publications (121 KB)

Chapters by Areas:

Flin Flon–Snow Lake
Kisseynew Domain
Lynn Lake–Leaf Rapids
Superior Boundary Zone, Thompson Nickel Belt
Superior Province
Southeastern Manitoba
Far North
South-central Manitoba
Southwestern Manitoba

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Flin Flon–Snow Lake

GS-1 (11.9 MB)
Structural geology and gold metallogenesis of the New Britannia mine area, Snow Lake, Manitoba (NTS 63K16)
by C.J. Beaumont-Smith and J. Lavigne

GS-2 (1 MB)
Geology and geochemistry of the Schist Lake mine area, Flin Flon, Manitoba (part of NTS 63K12)
by E.M Cole, S.J. Piercey and H.L. Gibson

GS-3 (2 MB)
Detrital zircon provenance of the Saw Lake protoquartzite, east end of the exposed Flin Flon Domain, Manitoba (NTS 63J13NE)
by A.H. Bailes and C.O. Böhm

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Kisseynew Domain

GS-4 (13 MB)
Correlation of lithological assemblages flanking the Kisseynew Domain, Manitoba (parts of NTS 63N, 63O, 64B, 64C): proposal for tectonic/metallogenic subdomains
by H.V. Zwanzig

GS-5 (8 MB)
Update on geological investigations of the Notigi Lake area, Manitoba (parts of NTS 63O14, 64B3)
by L.A. Murphy

GS-6 (1.7 MB)
Geochemistry of an alkaline, ca. 1885 Ma K-feldspar–porphyritic, monzonitic to syenogranitic suite, north eastern Kisseynew Domain, Manitoba (parts of NTS 63O)
by J.B. Whalen, H.V. Zwanzig, J.A. Percival and N. Rayner

GS-7 (934 KB)
Hydrothermal alteration and metamorphism of the Sherridon structure, Sherridon area, Manitoba (part of NTS 63N3)
by D.K. Tinkham and N. Karlapalem
NOTE: This report was reprinted with revisions, 2009.
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2008004 contains the data or other information sources used to compile this report. (Excel file, 720 KB)

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Lynn Lake–Leaf Rapids

GS-8 (19.9 MB)
Geological investigations of the Pukatawagan Bay belt, Southern Indian Lake, Manitoba (part of
NTS 64G2)
by P.D. Kremer

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Superior Boundary Zone, Thompson Nickel Belt

GS-9 (14.7 KB)
Preliminary results from geological mapping of the west-central Paint Lake area, Manitoba
(parts of NTS 63O8, 9, 63P5, 12)
by C.G. Couëslan

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Superior Province

GS-10 (12.3 MB)
Evaluation of the age, extent and composition of the Cinder Lake alkaline intrusive complex,
Knee Lake area, Manitoba (part of NTS 53L15)
by A.R. Chakhmouradian, C.O. Böhm, R.D. Kressall and P.G. Lenton

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Southeastern Manitoba

GS-11 (6.2 MB)
Stratigraphic investigations in the Bird River greenstone belt, Manitoba (part of NTS 52L5, 6)
by H.P. Gilbert

GS-12 (1.1 MB)
Natural revegetation of Gunnar minesite, Manitoba (NTS 52L14)
by J. Markham, S. Renault, I. Young, S. Halwas and S. Kunkel

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Far North

GS-13 (12.7 MB)
Far north mapping initiative: reconnaissance bedrock mapping and sampling of the Great Island Domain, Manitoba (parts of NTS 54L, M, 64I, P)
by S.D. Anderson and C.O. Böhm
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2020029 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft^® Excel^® file)
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2020030 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft^® Excel^® file)

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South-central Manitoba

GS-14 (5.8 MB)
Manitoba Geological Survey contributions to international initiatives: Red River Valley 3-D
Geological Model Project, North American Soil Geochemical Landscapes Project and OneGeology
by G.L.D. Matile, G.R. Keller and H.D. Groom

GS-15 (1.3 MB)
Aggregate resources in the rural municipalities of Dauphin, Ethelbert, Gilbert Plains, Grandview and Mossey River, Manitoba (parts of NTS 62N1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 62O4, 5, 12)
by H.D. Groom

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Southwestern Manitoba

GS-16 (1.3 MB)
Summary report on petroleum and stratigraphic investigations, southwestern Manitoba
by M.P.B. Nicolas

GS-17 (385 KB)
Geochemistry of Upper Cretaceous shale in southwestern Manitoba (NTS 63F, G, H4):
potential reservoir rocks for shallow unconventional shale gas
by J.D. Bamburak
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2008003 contains the data or other information sources used to compile this report. (Excel file, 702 KB)

 

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