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December 1st to 3rd, 2014 Open House 2014 Abstract Volume Saskatchewan Geological Survey December 1 to 3, 2014 Open House 2014 Abstract Volume Saskatchewan Geological Survey Printed under the authority of the Government of Saskatchewan Although the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy has exercised all reasonable care in the compilation, interpretation, and production of this report, it is not possible to ensure total accuracy, and all persons who rely on the information contained herein do so at their own risk. The Ministry of the Economy and the Government of Saskatchewan do not accept liability for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies that may be included in, or derived from, this report. Cover: “Lying down on the job”. Saskatchewan Geological Survey junior geological assistant Levi Paradis, examining polygonal cracks of the Athabasca Group on the southwest shore of Johnson Island, Lake Athabasca. Cross-section of the cracks suggests an earlier desiccation event followed by a fluid escape event. Smaller desiccation cracks and sandstone ripples are present within the larger polygonal features. (UTM 613943 m E, 6577875 m N, NAD 83, Zone 12). This volume may be downloaded from: www.economy.gov.sk.ca/previousoh Saskatchewan Geological Survey ii Open House 2014, Abstract Volume Contents page Technical Session 1: Uranium Geoscience A Geophysical Expressions of Ore Systems, Not Deposits – Our Current Understanding ....................................................................................................................... Ken Witherly 2 A Basin Development, Lithogeochemistry and Mineralization of the Athabasca Basin, Canada................................................................................................ Paul Ramaekers 3 * Spectacular Conglomerates of the Northwest Athabasca Basin: An Overview ............... Sean A. Bosman 4 A Fault Architecture, Associated Structures and Uranium Mineralization, Eastern Athabasca Basin: A Provisional Empirical Classification ........................................................... David Thomas, Alex Aubin, Dan Brisbin, Joshua Mukwakwami, Haiming Yang, and Gerard Zaluski 5 A Contemplations Regarding Basement Geology Compilation and Interpretation for the Southeast Athabasca Basin ...................................................................................... Colin D. Card 6 A Why Think About Unique Uranium? Emphasizing Uranium Mineralization Patterns Using Geochemistry and Radiometrics, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan ................... Donald M. Wright 7 A Characterization of Fluids Associated with Uranium Mineralization in the Beaverlodge Area, Northern Saskatchewan: Field, Petrographic, Fluid Inclusion and C-O Isotope Studies ................................................ Rong Liang, Guoxiang Chi, and Kenneth E. Ashton 8 A Geochronological Update on the Shea Creek Uranium Deposits .......................................... David Quirt 9 Technical Session 2: Overviews, Gold, and Rare Earth Elements A Overview of Mineral Exploration and Development Activities in Saskatchewan for 2014 ................................................................................................... Gary Delaney ..................................................................................... and Staff of the Saskatchewan Geological Survey 12 A International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII) Progress Report ................................... Engin Özberk 13 A Unravelling Structural History Through Alteration Mapping ............................. Anna Fonseca, Ivo Vos, Bert De Waele, and Mathieu Lacorde 14 A The MAW REE Zone Revisited: Field, Petrographic and Preliminary Fluid Inclusion Studies ...................................... Morteza Rabiei, Guoxiang Chi, and Charles Normand 15 A Black Gold in Saskatchewan – An Update on the Province’s Oil and Gas Industry ................................................................................................... Melinda Yurkowski 16 * Tantato Domain Metallogenic Studies: Preliminary Data from Auriferous Brittle Structures in the Algold Bay–Pine Channel Area, Lake Athabasca ................. Charles Normand, Ryan Bachynski, and Rong Liang 17 A The Great Commodity Super-Cycle: Through the Eyes of a Saskatchewan-based Junior Gold Company .................................................................. Brian Skanderbeg and Anders Carlson 18 Saskatchewan Geological Survey iii Open House 2014, Abstract Volume page Technical Session 3: Base Metals and Generative Mapping A Comments on the Saskatchewan Mineral Deposit Models with the Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Model as an Example ............................................................................. Murray C. Rogers 20 * The Mullock Lake Assemblage: Remnants of an 1846 to 1837 Ma Forearc Basin? .............................................................. Ralf O. Maxeiner and Ryan M. Morelli 21 A Context of VMS Mineralization and Other Mineral Potential in the Brabant Lake Area ......................................................................................................... Ryan M. Morelli 22 * A New Look at Nickel-Copper Mineralization in the Tantato Domain, Rae Province: Can Correlations be Made Along a 150 km Portion of the Snowbird Tectonic Zone? .............................................................. Bernadette Knox and Jaida Lamming 23 * Quaternary Investigations in the South Tantato Domain and Adjacent Athabasca Basin ............................................................................................................ Michelle Hanson 24 A A Lithogeochemical Comparison of Rock Types, Stratigraphy, and Hydrothermal Alteration in Two Drill Cores Through the McIlvenna Bay Massive Sulphide Deposit and the Target A Prospect, Hanson Lake, Saskatchewan .............. Cliff Stanley, David Fleming, Roger March, and Ryan M. Morelli 25 * Lithogeochemistry of the Hanson Lake Assemblage, Flin Flon Domain, Saskatchewan ............................................................. Steven Kramar, Cliff Stanley, and Ryan M. Morelli 26 A McIlvenna Bay: Setting a Course for Mine Development and VMS Discovery in the Western Flin Flon Domain ......................................... Roger March, David Fleming, and Fiona Childe 27 Technical Session 4: Emerging Projects, Exploration Techniques and Economics A Key Results from NRCan’s Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4 that Supports Innovative Approaches to Mineral Exploration ..................................... Mike Villeneuve and Eric Potter 30 A Revisiting the Economics of Deep High-grade Uranium Unconformity Deposits of Non-Giant Size; Are They a Worthwhile Exploration Target? ........... William Kerr and Roger Wallis 31 A Chargeability from Airborne TDEM Data: Model Studies and Field Examples ...................................................................................... Greg Hodges and Tianyou Chen 32 A Successful Experience of Ground Electroprospecting Application for Mining Exploration................................................................................................................ Igor Ingerov 33 A Arrow: A New High-grade Uranium Discovery in an Emerging District ............................ James Sykes, Andrew Browne, Garrett Ainsworth, Jennifer Kocay, and Shayne Rozdilsky 34 A The Discovery of the Gryphon Zone, New High Grade Basement Hosted Uranium Mineralization: Evolving Exploration Models in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin .......................................... Chad Sorba, Clark Gamelin, Dale Verran, Larry Petrie, Lawson Forand, and Steve Blower 35 Abstracts for Other Saskatchewan Geological Survey Geoscience Investigations * Highlights of a Brief Visit to the Beaverlodge Uranium District ................................. Kenneth E. Ashton 38 Saskatchewan Geological Survey iv Open House 2014, Abstract Volume page * New Sm-Nd and U-Pb Ages from the Zemlak and South-central Beaverlodge Domains: A Case for Amalgamation of the Taltson Basement Complex and Proto-Rae Craton during the Arrowsmith Orogeny ................................................... Kenneth E. Ashton, Nicole M. Rayner, Larry M. Heaman, and Rob. A. Creaser 39 La Ronge ‘Horseshoe’ Project: Geological Context of the Bassett Lake Gabbro and the Surrounding Volcanoplutonic Complex (Parts of NTS 73P/10, /11), La Ronge Domain .......................................................................................................... Ralf O. Maxeiner 40 La Ronge ‘Horseshoe’ Project: Bedrock Geology of the Clam Lake Area, Southern Rottenstone Domain and Trout Lake Area, Western Glennie Domain (Parts of NTS 73P/10, /11) ............................................................................................ Ralf O. Maxeiner 41 * U-Pb SHRIMP and Sm-Nd Isotopic Results from the La Ronge ‘Horseshoe’ Project: Evidence for a New Archean Inlier and a 1.84 Ga Arc Complex Related to Subduction Under the Flin Flon–Glennie Complex ........................ Ralf O. Maxeiner, Nicole M. Rayner, and Rob A. Creaser 42 * U-Pb Geochronology and Sm-Nd Isotopic Tracing Results from the Saskatchewan Sub-Phanerozoic Project .......................................... Ryan M. Morelli, Nicole M. Rayner, and Rob A. Creaser 43 ** Rare Earths in Saskatchewan: Mineralization Types, Settings, and Distrubution ........ Charles Normand 44 A Indicates an Open House 2014 talk abstract only. * Indicates a paper found in the Summary of Investigations 2014, Volume 2. These papers are found at: www.economy.gov.sk.ca/soi. ** Indicates a report, which may