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Summary of Field Work and Other Activities

Summary of Field Work and Other Activities presents highlights of, and key new information from, mapping and geoscientific research conducted during the year. Publications are listed by year. You can read more about the articles in the publications and download the associated Open File Report (OFR) directly from the download link.


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Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2024

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Summary of Field Work Location Map 2024

Office of the Director, Ontario Geological Survey

  1. Ontario Geological Survey: Update of Strategic Perspective for 2024–2025 J.H. Hechler
  2. Ontario Geological Survey: Measuring Success K.J.J. Kalmo
  3. Activities of the Indigenous Geoscience Liaisons in 2023–2024 M.D. Levesque

Earth Resources and Geoscience Mapping Section

  1. Earth Resources and Geoscience Mapping Section: 2024–2025 Program and Projects Overview L. Robichaud, R.M. Easton, S. Préfontaine, M. Duguet, C.A. Gordon, R. Cormier and K.J.J. Kalmo

Precambrian Geology – Northeastern Ontario

  1. Project NE-24-002. Geology of Strathcona Township, Temagami Greenstone Belt, Northeastern Ontario P.J. MacDonald
  2. Project NE-24-003. An Introduction to the Timmins–Kirkland Lake Compilation Mapping Project E.C.G. Hastie and P.J. MacDonald
  3. Projects NE-23-004 and NE-22-002. Preliminary Structural Mapping of Deformation Zones in the Northeastern Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Northeastern Ontario L.E.D. Vice and S. Perrouty
  4. Project NE-24-005. Precambrian Geology and Mineral Potential of Totten Township, Superior Province, Sudbury District, Northeastern Ontario N.T. Carter and R.M. Easton

Precambrian Geology – Northwestern Ontario

  1. Project NW-19-001. Mapping Regional Fractionation Patterns in S-type Peraluminous Granite and Pegmatite Intrusions in the Southern Quetico Subprovince G. Launay and R.T. Metsaranta

Precambrian Geology – Proterozoic

  1. Newly Identified Magmatic and Metamorphic Events in the Southern Province near Walford, Ontario R.M. Easton, E.C.G. Hastie, S.L. Kamo and M. Duguet
  2. Projects SO-22-003, NE-24-005 and AS-19-002. Geoscience Studies in the Sudbury Area, Northeastern Ontario R.M. Easton and S.L. Kamo

Geophysics

  1. Summary of Geophysical Projects and Activities S. Biswas and J. Evangelatos

Surficial Mapping and Sampling

  1. Project FN-24-002. Far North Terrain Mapping, the Northern Opasquia Lake Area, Northern Ontario C. Gao, N. Szumylo and K.H. Yeung
  2. Project FN-24-001. Riverbank Mapping for Quaternary Stratigraphy Along the Attawapiskat River, James Bay Lowland, Far North of Ontario C. Gao, N. Szumylo and K.H. Yeung
  3. Project ON-23-004. Determination of Indicator Minerals in Archived Fine-Fraction Nonmagnetic Heavy Mineral Concentrate Samples Using Scanning Electron Microscope Energy Dispersive Spectrometry: An Update C. Gao, G.W. Hagedorn, D.C. Crabtree, S.A. Clarke, E.C.G Hastie, G. Launay, C.E. Beckett‑Brown and T.E. Gore
  4. Project NW-23-002. Till Sampling and Surficial Mapping South of the Georgia Lake Area, Northwestern Ontario G.W. Hagedorn
  5. Project NW-24-003. Surficial Geochemistry of the Marathon Deposit, Northwestern Ontario G.W. Hagedorn, C.E. Beckett‑Brown and J.R.B. Jonsson

Surficial Geochemistry Studies

  1. Project NW-24-004. Top-To-Bottom Surficial Geochemical Characterization of the Great Bear Gold Project, Red Lake, Northwestern Ontario C.E. Beckett‑Brown, P.M. Malegus and P.J. MacDonald
  2. Project NE-24-006. Restarting the Lake Sediment and Water Geochemistry Program: Batchawana Greenstone Belt, Northeastern Ontario C.E. Beckett‑Brown and L.A. Handley

Paleozoic Geology and Energy Studies

  1. Project SO-22-001. Paleozoic Geology of Eastern South-Central Ontario: Tichborne–Sydenham and Bath–Yorkshire Island Areas K.E. Hahn

Groundwater Studies

  1. Project ON-21-005. Proposed Nomenclature for New Water Well Records: Internal Test Results J.M. Galvao and A.K. Burt
  2. Project SO-24-001. Groundwater Geochemistry Mapping Across the Ottawa Valley L.M. Colgrove
  3. Project NW-24-001. The Ambient Groundwater Geochemistry Project: Thunder Bay Area K.M. Dell
  4. Project SO-22-005. Glimpsing Gorgeous Glacial Geology in Guelph L.E. Brunton and A.K. Burt

Aggregate Studies

  1. Project NE-23-006. Update on the Aggregate Resources of the North Bay Area, Central Nipissing District, Northeastern Ontario L.A. Handley

Geoscience Laboratories

  1. Determination of Ferrous Iron in Geological Samples by Automated Potentiometric Titration: Verifying Method Capabilities on New Instrumentation O.M. Burnham and V.L. Hingst
  2. Production and Characterization of an Alkali-Carbonate Reactive Reference Material: MTO RM ACR XRF O.M. Burnham and C.A. MacDonald
  3. Summary of Quality Control Data for the Geoscience Laboratories Methods FEO‑ION, IAW‑200, IRC‑100, IRW‑H2O and TOC‑100 J.C. Hargreaves

Resident Geologist Program

  1. Characterizing the Geochemistry and Nickel-Copper-Platinum Group Element Potential of Mafic and Ultramafic Intrusions in Northwestern Ontario: An Update J.R.B. Jonsson, P.M. Malegus, S.V. Churchley and R.L. Price
  2. Identification of Fertile Parent Granitoid Units in the Superior Province of Ontario: Project Update R.L. Price, J.R.B. Jonsson, S.V. Churchley, E.G. Amyotte, P.M. Malegus, G.F. Paju, P.J. Chadwick and V. D’Angelo

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