The price for multi-day field trips includes lunches and shared accommodation (at the Red Coach Inn) starting the evening prior to the field trip. For example, for a field trip running from the 20th to 22nd of May, accommodation will be provided the 19th, 20th and 21st of May. Delegates are responsible for their own accommodation for the conference itself.
FT-A1 - TRANSECT THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN SLAVE CRATON
Lead: Wouter Bleeker (Geological Survey of Canada)
This Field Trip is FULL
3 day field trip (May 20 - 22)
$500/person
Minimum 33, Maximum 45 participants
A road-based transect across the southwestern Slave craton, from the edge of the Phanerozoic platform to the center of the Yellowknife structural basin, highlighting Archean geology as well as short-lived magmatic events through time.
FT-B4 - PINE POINT AND HAY RIVER AREA: MIDDLE AND UPPER DEVONIAN CARBONATES
Leads: Len Gal (NTGO) and Alexis Anastas (Nexen Petroleum International Co.)
This Field Trip is FULL
3 day field trip (May 26 - 28)
$500/person
Minimum 10, Maximum 20 participants
Examine the Upper Devonian Alexandra Formation from back reef to reef crest facies. Look at several examples of hydrothermal dolomitization including Middle Devonian carbonates at the past producing Pine Point MVT mine.
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Open pits at Pine Point provided an excellent exposure of dolostones, karst features, and lead-zinc mineralization. (NTGO)
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View from the top of Alexandra Falls, Hay River Gorge. (NTGO)
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FT-B2 - YELLOWKNIFE GEOHERITAGE, EMPHASIZING SUBMARINE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, UNIQUE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS, AND CONTINENTAL GLACIATION
Lead: Allan Donaldson (Carleton University)
This Field Trip is FULL
Half day field trip (May 26)
This half day field trip includes dinner
$50/person
Maximum number of participants: 10
Explore the impressive evolution of Canadian Shield landscapes as revealed by the Giant Section, on the shore of Great Slave Lake. This excursion is part of the workshop titled Towards an Integrated Future in Geoscience Education and Outreach.
FT-A2 - REMEDIATION OF TWO PAST PRODUCING GOLD MINES: GIANT AND COLOMAC WITHIN THE SLAVE GEOLOGICAL PROVINCE
Leads: J. Edwards, H. Jamieson and K. Gochnauer (INAC)
2 day field trip (May 21 - 22)
$400/person
Minimum 9, Maximum 15 participants
This road accessible and fly-in tour will look at two past producing gold mine sites in various stages of remediation. Discussions at each site will take into account the unique mining, mineral deposit and remediation histories.
FT-B3 - KIMBERLITE MINES OF THE SLAVE PROVINCE, NWT
Contacts: Hamish Sandeman (NTGO) and Thomas Stachel (University of Alberta)
Trip Leaders: Diavik Geology staff, BHP-Billiton Ekati Geology staff
This Field Trip is FULL
Dates: Post-conference trip: Saturday May 26th (Ekati) and Sunday May 27th, 2007 (Diavik).
Cost: CAN $500.00 (subject to change).
Maximum 35 participants
The costs include plane return charter transport to the 2 mine sites. The cost of this field trip is high because of the relative remoteness of the planned localities and the high costs of unscheduled air travel and the lack of alternative access.
Number of participants: The maximum number of participants on the field trips is 35 persons. A minimum number of persons are required to run the field trip.
| Sponsored by Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. and BHP Billiton |
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General Description: This field trip will visit the first two Canadian Diamond Mines at Ekati and Diavik. This is a 2 day field trip that will depart and return to Yellowknife Airport each day. The mine tours will include an overview of the mine facilities including open pits, processing plants, mine infrastructure and perhaps underground mine site visits. The distinctions between the two operations will be emphasized, in particular the contrasts in the character and internal variablility of the kimberlites.
Other comments: This field trip will be run post conference. The provisional itineraries given above are entirely dependant on weather conditions. The start and finish dates will not change. Transport to Yellowknife airport will be arranged as will charter plane transport to the Mine sites. Participants should be prepared for cool days, but strong sun and possible rain may be expected. Durable trousers and warm, waterproof clothes are recommended. Participants must arrange their own travel and medical insurance. Please note: Steel-toed boots are mandatory for the trips.
FT-B1 - THE THOR LAKE RARE EARTH/RARE METAL DEPOSITS
Leads: Jens C. Pedersen, David L. Trueman, Ph.D., and Anthony N. Mariano, Ph.D. (all from Avalon Ventures Ltd.)
This Field Trip is FULL
1 day field trip (May 26)
$400/person ( includes airfare from Yellowknife, and lunch. Access to Thor Lake will be by float equipped aircraft)
Minimum 11, Maximum 12 participants
| Sponsored by Avalon Ventures Ltd. |
This field trip will examine the R, S, and T-Zone rare-metal deposits at Thor Lake, NWT. Currently being evaluated by Avalon Ventures Ltd. for their rare-earth element potential, the deposits contain in excess of 83 mineral species and host significant rare-earth, yttrium, tantalum, and beryllium mineralization. Field trip participants will examine outcrop features of the deposits and underground mine stockpiles from the T-Zone.
A GEOLOGICAL TRANSECT OF TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN FROM THE SUPERIOR CRATON TO THE RAE CRATON: GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN QUEBEC, BAFFIN ISLAND, AND WESTERN GREENLAND
Leads: Marc R. St-Onge and Dave J. Scott (GSC)
This Field Trip is FULL
13 day field trip (August 6 - 18), departs Ottawa
GAC-MAC members only: $5,300/person at triple occupancy (maximum 12 people)
GAC-MAC members only: $6,300/person at double occupancy (maximum 12 people)
Additional berths would also be available at higher prices.
Register with Adventure Canada; the deadline for registration is January 15, 2007. A deposit of $1,000 is required.
An unprecedented geological field trip through the Quebec-Baffin-Greenlandic segment of Trans-Hudson Orogen, a 1.8 Ga Himalayan-scale collisional orogenic belt. The 13-day trip will feature extended stops in the Superior craton, Labrador Trough, and Cape Smith Belt of northern Quebec; the Lake Harbour and Hoare Bay groups of Baffin Island; and the Karrat Group, Nagssugtoqidian Orogen and North Atlantic craton of Greenland.
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