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2017 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstract and Summary Volume Cover photograph Pillow basalts, NWT; Viktor Terlaky, Senior Petroleum Geologist at the Northwest Territories Geological Survey The picture was taken near Sunset Lake and shows Archean pillow basalts in the southern Slave Province, NWT. The basalts are part of the Beaulieu River Volcanic Belt, which overlies the Sleepy Dragon Gneissic Complex. The base of the volcanic belt consists of a thick sequence of basaltic and rhyolitic rocks interfingered with minor interflow sedimentary rock. These supracrustal rocks were intruded by younger mafic Proterozoic dykes, as observed in the foreground of this photo. Compiled by D. Irwin, S.D. Gervais, and V. Terlaky Recommended Citation: Irwin, D., Gervais, S.D., and Terlaky, V. (compilers). 2017. 45th Annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts; Northwest Territories Geological Survey, Yellowknife, NT. YKGSF Abstracts Volume 2017. 2017 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS AND SUMMARIES Contents ordered by first author (presenting author in bold) Abstracts – Oral Presentations Indigenous Engagement in the Mining Sector: Lessons from Ontario. Abouchar, J. ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Evidence for Mafic-Magma Derived Hydrothermal Fluids in Rare Earth Element Signatures and Melt Inclusions of Magmatic and Hydrothermal Apatite from the Cantung W-Cu Skarn Deposit, Northwest Territories. Adlakha, E.E., Hanley, J.J., Falck, H.E., and Boucher, B. ...................................................................... 1 Diavik Diamond Mines - 2016 Socio-economic Monitoring Agreement performance. Alty, R. .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Five years of monitoring test sections along Highway 3 near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Arenson, L.U., Stirling, J.L., Seto, J.T.C., and Abu Bakar, M. ............................................................... 2 Effect of legacy pollution from gold mines on mercury methylation in lakes near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Azdajic, M., Blais, J.M., Poulain, A.J., and Yumvihoze, E. ................................................................... 4 Kelvin and Faraday kimberlite emplacement geometries and implications for subterranean magmatic processes. Barnett, W., Stubley, M., Hrkac, C., Hetman, C.M., and McCandless, T. ............................................. 4 Exploration Assessments Digital Data Formatting – A Proposed National Standard. Belanger, A. ............................................................................................................................................ 5 A New Frontier for the Acasta Gneiss Complex: The Oldest Evolved Crust on Earth. Belosevic, M.B., Chacko, T., and Heaman, L.M. ................................................................................... 6 Cost-Effective Water Baseline Environmental Monitoring of Northern Waterways. Bennett, J., Yue, B., Chamberland, J., and Adlakha, P. ......................................................................... 7 Current Status of Mineral Tenure in the Northwest Territories. Bhuiyan, M. ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Marian Watershed Stewardship Program. Birlea, M. ................................................................................................................................................ 8 An Experimental Study of Permafrost Restoration under the Seismic Line in the Wetland-Dominated Zone of Discontinuous Permafrost, Northwest Territories, Canada. Braverman, M. and Quinton, W.L. ........................................................................................................ 8 The Technical Opportunities and Economic Implications of Permafrost Decay on Public Infrastructure in the Northwest Territories. Brown, S. ................................................................................................................................................ 9 2017 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS AND SUMMARIES i Predicting Liquid Water Content in Permafrost from Temperature Time Series: The Importance of a Structurally Sound Model. Brown, N. and Gruber, S. ..................................................................................................................... 10 Status Report on the GNWT's Petroleum Resources Division's Current and Planned Activities. Butters, T.I. ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Assessing and Monitoring Permafrost along the Dempster Highway, Yukon, Using Borehole Data and ERT Surveys. Calmels, F., Roy, L.-P., and Grandmont, K. ......................................................................................... 11 Integrating Utility Scale Solar and Energy Storage into Canadian Mining Operations Relying on Diesel Backed Micro-Grids. Cameron, D. ......................................................................................................................................... 12 How Might Airborne Particulates Impact Caribou around an Open Pit Mine in the Arctic? Chen, W., Leblanc, S.G., White, H.P., Milakovic, B., Rock, C., Sharam, G., O'Keefe, H., Corey, L., Croft, B., Adamczewski, J., Pellissey, J.S., Tracz, B., Gunn, A., and Boulanger, J. ............ 12 Paleoecotoxicology as a Tool to Assess the Toxicity of Lake Sediments at Giant Mine. Cheney, C.L., Pothier, M.P., Poulain, A.J., Thienpont, J.R., Korosi, J.B., Kimpe, L.E., and Blais, J.M. .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Regional Impact Assessment: A New Strategic Path Forward for the Northwest Territories. Cliffe-Phillips, M.A. ............................................................................................................................. 14 Mining Matters: Raising Awareness through Partnerships. Clinton, L.A. ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Canadian Mineral Exploration HR Outlook. Coffin, L.M. .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Earning and Maintaining Social Licence in an Urban, Recreational and Brownfield Environment with an Unsettled Land Claim. Connelly, D.M. ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Over-Winter Flowpaths through Talik Networks in Discontinuous Permafrost Terrains. Connon, R.F., Braverman, M., and Quinton, W.L. .............................................................................. 16 The Influence of Meadowbank Mine on Caribou Seasonal Habitat Use. Coulton, D., Kim, J., Virgl, J., Stevens, C., De La Mare, C., Quesnel, J., and Vanengen, R. .............. 17 Quantifying Thaw Mechanisms in Discontinuous Permafrost: Is Talik Formation a Tipping Point? Devoie, È., Craig, J.R., Quinton, W.L., and Connon, R.F. .................................................................... 17 Volcanic Setting of the Sunrise VMS Deposit, Cameron-Beaulieu Volcanic Belts, Slave Province. DeWolfe, Y.M., Lilley, S.C., and Knox, B. .......................................................................................... 18 Navigating Environmental Risk: When and How to Apply the Precautionary Principle. Donihee, J. and Birchall, C.J. ............................................................................................................... 19 2017 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS AND SUMMARIES ii Permafrost Engineering at Laval University: Understanding Degrading Permafrost to Develop Engineering Tools for Adapting Canada's Northern Transportation Infrastructure. Dumais, S., Doré, G., Konrad, J.-M., and Lemieux, C. ........................................................................ 20 Evaluation of Major Carving Stone Deposits and Quarries throughout the Qikiqtaaluk Of Nunavut: 2016-17 Results. Elgin, R.A., Steenkamp, H.M., Timlick, L., and Therriault, I. ............................................................. 21 Overview of the Slave Province Geophysical, Surficial Materials and Permafrost Study Update – Revitalizing Mineral Exploration and Facilitating Sustainable Development in a Key Economic Region. Elliott, B. ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Hydrothermal Regime of Stream Channels in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands and Anderson Plain, Northwest Territories, Canada. Ensom, T.P., Marsh, P., and Kokelj, S.V. ............................................................................................. 23 Northwest Territories Mineral Exploration and Mining Overview 2017. Falck, H.E., Cairns, S.R., Robb, M., and Powell, L. ............................................................................ 24 Neoproterozoic Deformation in Eastern Mackenzie Mountains and Mackenzie Plain, Northwest Territories. Fallas, K.M., MacLean, B.C., and MacNaughton, R.B. ....................................................................... 25 Activity Update – Northwest