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2016 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstract and Summary Volume Cover photograph Mackenzie Mountains foothills, NWT; Viktor Terlaky, Senior Petroleum Geologist at the Northwest Territories Geological Survey The picture was taken near the Arctic Red River and shows river cuts and thaw slumps in the Peel Plateau area. Old meets new: the river cuts expose Devonian and Cretaceous strata, some of which are the target of investigation as potential unconventional hydrocarbon plays; thaw slumps are caused by permafrost melting and are interpreted to be the consequence of climate change. Compiled by D. Irwin, S.D. Gervais, and V. Terlaky Recommended Citation: Irwin, D., Gervais, S.D., and Terlaky, V. (compilers). 2016. 44th Annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts; Northwest Territories Geological Survey, Yellowknife, NT. YKGSF Abstracts Volume 2016. - TECHNICAL PROGRAM - 2016 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS AND SUMMARIES Contents ordered by first author (presenting author in bold) Abstracts - Oral Presentations Qilalugaq Diamond Project, Nunavut – A Unique Locality for Rare ‘Canary’ Yellow Diamonds. Armstrong, K.A. ................................................................................................................................ 1 Insights into Gold Mineralization at the Yellowknife City Gold Project using Synchrotron X-Ray Spectroscopy. Banerjee, N.R., Van Loon, L.L., Gordon, S., Lu, L., Bajwa, C., Flynn, T., Sexton, A., Setterfield, T., Campbell, J., and Carpenter, R. ..................................................................................................... 2 Socio-Economic Agreements in the Northwest Territories. Beck, D. .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Northern Models of Consultation and Accommodation Practice. Bertelsen, C.B. ................................................................................................................................... 3 Preliminary Geology of the Kelvin-Faraday Kimberlite Cluster. Bezzola, M., Vivian, G., and Hrkac, C. .............................................................................................. 3 Marian Watershed Community-Based Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program. Birlea, M.B. ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Ekati Automated UG Dewatering. Blacklock, S. ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Developing a Hydrothermal Model for Polymetallic Ni-Co-Bi-Ag-Sb-As-U Veins at Blanchet Island and Copper Pass, East Arm Basin and Southern Slave Province. Burke, J., Hanley, J., and Ootes, L. .................................................................................................... 6 2016 NWT Mineral Exploration and Mining Overview. Cairns, S., Elliott, B., Falck, H., and Powell, L. ................................................................................ 6 Northwest Territories Geological Survey – Mineral Deposits and Bedrock Mapping 2016 Activities. Cairns, S. ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Into the Unknown Part 2: Surficial Geological Investigations in the South Rae, Northwest Territories. Campbell, J.E., Lauzon, G., Dyke, A.S., and Haiblen, A.M. ............................................................. 8 Direct Detection of Drift-Concealed Kimberlites using Surface Geochemistry and Landscape Evolution Models in the NWT, Canada. Cayer, E.M., Winterburn, P.A., and Elliott, B. .................................................................................. 9 The Yellowknife Bay Aquatic Ecosystem 75 Years after Gold Production began: Arsenic, Antimony and Metals in Water, Sediment and Fish. Chételat, J., Black, J., Cott, P., Amyot, M., Muir, D., Richardson, M., and Evans, M. ................... 10 Areas of Operation: Improving Clarity and Consistency in Land and Water Board Practices and Procedures. Chouinard, R., Fequet, R., DeBastien, L., Dixon, P., and Plautz, A. .............................................. 12 - TECHNICAL PROGRAM - 2016 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS AND SUMMARIES i Technical Sessions on Cultural Impacts - A New Environmental Assessment Tool. Cliffe-Phillips, M.A. ......................................................................................................................... 12 Innovative Approaches to Community Engagement in an Indigenous and Urban Environment. Connelly, D....................................................................................................................................... 13 Coordination and Completion of Multi-Year Geotechnical Investigation in the Canadian Arctic: Challenges and Lessons Learned. Cormier, Y., Piraux, O., and McLeod, W. ....................................................................................... 13 Effects of Fire and Development on Bathurst Caribou Winter Range Habitat Selection. Coulton, D., Dawe, K., Virgl, J., and Karras, A. .............................................................................. 14 Kennady North Property: 2015 Field Season Update. Cox, D. and White, D. ....................................................................................................................... 14 Environment and Climate Change Canada's Environmental Emergency Regulations – A Summary of Important Characteristics and Current Regulatory Requirements. Cox, T. .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Diamond Breakage and Grade Prediction. Danoczi, J. ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Talmora Diamond Inc. - Horton River Project Update. Davies, A.W. and Davies, R. ............................................................................................................ 16 Interrelationships between Permafrost and Subsurface Water: 3 Case Studies along a Latitudinal Gradient in the Canadian North. De Grandpré, I., Fortier, D., Godin, E., Paquette, M., and Sliger, M.............................................. 17 What Does the Minister Do with the Board's Report? Donihee, J. and Paille, J. ................................................................................................................... 19 The Grays Bay Road and Port Project – Arctic Gateway Connecting Nunavut to the World. Anablaks, S., Duxbury, P., Northey, S., Evalik, C., and Stevens, J. ................................................ 19 Slave Province Surficial Materials and Permafrost Study Preliminary Results - Revitalizing Multi- Commodity Mineral Exploration and Facilitating Sustainable Development in a Key Economic Region. Elliott, B. .......................................................................................................................................... 20 Mactung: An Introduction to the Tungsten Deposit and its Geological Setting. Falck, H., Fischer, B.J., Martel, E., and Kirkham, G........................................................................ 21 Northwest Territories Geological Survey: Petroleum Geosciences 2016-17 Activity Overview. Fiess, K.M. ........................................................................................................................................ 22 Geological Drilling Results for the Central Mackenzie Valley Canol Shale Play. Fiess, K.M. ........................................................................................................................................ 23 2015 NWT Environmental Audit: Review of Results Relevant to Mining and Oil and Gas Development. Fitzgerald, J. and Kanigan, J. ........................................................................................................... 24 - TECHNICAL PROGRAM - 2016 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS AND SUMMARIES ii Update on Recent and Planned Activities of the NWT Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations (OROGO). Fulford, J., de Jong, P., Heppelle, B., and Cameron, K. .................................................................. 24 Project Summary of “Geoscience Tools for Supporting Environmental Risk Assessment of Metal Mining” with a Focus on the Distribution of Arsenic in Sediments of Lakes of the Yellowknife Region. Galloway, J.M. and Patterson, R.T. .................................................................................................. 25 Geochronologic Constraints and Geochemical Characteristics of Granitoids and Associated Mineralization at the Mactung Tungsten Skarn Deposit, Yukon-NWT. Gebru, A.L. and Lentz, D.R. ............................................................................................................ 26 An Early Cambrian Radiation into Characteristic Ethological Niches. Gingras, M.K.................................................................................................................................... 27 Fortune Minerals' Nico Cobalt-Gold-Bismuth-Copper Project, NWT, Canada. Goad, R. ............................................................................................................................................ 27 Integrated ITRAX-XRF and Freeze Coring as a Method for High Quality, Rapid, and Cost Effective