Geoscience
Report of Activities 2025
Entire 2025 volume (132 MB)
- Minister's Message / Message du ministre
- Foreword by T. Kennedy / Avant-propos par T. Kennedy
- GS2025 Project Location Map
- Table of Contents
Manitoba Geological Survey and External Publications - December 2024 to November 2025
Available in alternate formats upon request.
Chapters by Areas:
Precambrian
Phanerozoic
Quaternary
Precambrian
GS2025-1
Progress report on the Manitoba Mineral Deposits Database
by M.L. Rinne
GS2025-2
Unveiling high heat production granites in terrane boundary zone between the Bird River and Winnipeg River domains,
southeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 52L3‒6, and 62I8): a Gamma-ray spectrometry approach
by X.M. Yang, D.R. Lentz and T. Martins
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025031 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-3
Preliminary investigations into mica, cesium and quartz mineralization in the Cat Lake–Winnipeg River pegmatite field, southeasten Manitoba (parts of NTS 52L6, 11)
by Z. Rahabi, T. Martins, D.R. Lentz and L. Groat
GS2025-4
Lithogeochemistry and isotopic analyses of rocks from the Halfway Lake area, Thompson nickel belt, central Manitoba (parts of NTS 63O1, 2)
by C.G. Couëslan
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025029 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-5
Geochronology and isotope geochemistry results from Russell Lake, northwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 64C5, 6)
by T. Martins and C.G. Couëslan
GS2025-6
Investigation of volcanic rocks along the eastern margin of the sub-Phanerozoic Thompson nickel belt, central Manitoba (part of NTS 63J3) project update: preliminary lithogeochemistry and metamorphic petrology results
by C.G. Couëslan
GS2025-7
Preliminary observations and whole-rock geochemistry of archived drillcore east of Stephens Lake, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54C, D)
by J. MacDonald
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025024 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-8
Preliminary results of a broadband magnetotelluric survey over the interior Reindeer Zone of the Trans-Hudson Orogen, northern Manitoba (parts of NTS 63O, P, 64B, C, F)
by B. Lee and V. Tschirhart
GS2025-9
Expanded long-period magnetotelluric data coverage over the Trans- Hudson orogen in southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62N, O, J, G, F, K, parts of 63C, B)
by B.F.W. Chase, M.J. Unsworth, K. Moshtaghian, A. Redanz, J. Marks, A. Williamson, Z. Vestrum, S. Palmers
Phanerozoic
GS2025-10
Preliminary investigation into the natural hydrogen generation potential of Precambrian rocks beneath the Williston Basin, southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62G, J, K, O, 63B, C, G, K)
by M.P.B. Nicolas, D. Coutts and O. Ardakani
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025022 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-11
Effects of drill-cutting size and age on the reliability of measuring helium and other volatiles in samples, southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62K6, 7, 11)
by M.P.B. Nicolas, C. Smith, and M.P. Smith
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025021 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-12
Geochemistry of the Carman Sand and lower unit sand of the Winnipeg Formation, southern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62H, P)
by V.L. Markstrom
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025028 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-13
Pilot Study of Lithium concentrations in mudstone intervals from the Potash Corporation core 3-29-20-29W1, southwestern Manitoba (part of NTS 65K1)
by P.E. Fraino
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025023 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-14
Electrofacies-based characterization of heterogeneity in the Wymark Member, Duperow Formation, southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62F, G)
by P.E. Fraino
GS2025-15
Compilation of saline water analysis data from oil and gas wells and a case study of Duperow Formation data, southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62F–K, N, O, 63C)
by E. Enaworu
GS2025-16
Critical minerals in oil and produced water, Manson oil field, southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62F14, 15, K2, 3)
by P.J. Fulton-Regula
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025026 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-17
Preliminary investigations into the rare-earth elements in the Carlile Formation and Pierre Shale across southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62G, K)
by V.L. Markstrom
Quaternary
GS2025-18
Drone photogrammetry acquisition in support of geological field mapping in recently burnt forested terrain, west-central Manitoba (part of NTS 63K13)
by J. Marks
GS2025-19
Till sampling strategies and surficial geology mapping in the Bird River greenstone belt area, southeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 52L5, 6, 11, 12)
by T. Hodder and J. Janssens
GS2025-20
Complex Quaternary geology around Grunthal, south-central Manitoba (parts of NTS 62H7)
by M.S. Gauthier
MGS Data Repository Item DRI2025025 is supplementary to this report. (Microsoft® Excel® file)
GS2025-21
Current mapping and assessment of granular-aggregate deposits in Manitoba
by J.W. Rentz and B. Wheadon
GS2025-22
Exploring the use of geoanalytics to enhance landscape-integrated geochemical interpretations of lake sediments at the regional scale in northern Manitoba (NTS 64F, G, J, K)
by M.M. Bodnar, A. Voinot, M. Leybourne, M. Gauthier, M. Trott
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