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51° 0 0 51° SURFICIAL GEOLOGY COMPILATION MAP SERIES 5 5 6 6 , , 5 Birch 5 Makinak Ste. Amelie The Surficial Geology Compilation Map Series (SGCMS) addresses an increasing demand for Tp 23 Lake Tp 23 r consistent surficial geology information for applications such as groundwater protection, e Mulvihill
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R 6 Vogar engineering, and environmental assessment. The SGCMS will provide province-wide coverage 68 at scales of 1:500 000, 1:250 000 and a final compilation at 1:1 000 000. Edwards The unit polygons were digitized from paper maps originally published by the Geological 5 Survey of Canada and Manitoba Geological Survey (MGS). In several areas, digital polygons derived from soils mapping were used to fill gaps in the geological mapping. The 1:250 000 Tp 22 L Dog Creek Tp 22 scale maps provide a bibliography for the original geological mapping. 10 Laurier Edge-matching of adjoining 1:250 000 scale map sheets is based on data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM1) as interpreted by the MGS. re Other polygon inconsistencies were modified in a similar manner. Geology (colour) is draped ch O Manitoba House Settlement Eriksdale over a shaded topographic relief map (grey tones) derived from the SRTM DEM. 68 68
1 United States Geological Survey 2002: Shuttle radar topography mission, digital elevation model, Manitoba; United States Geological Survey, URL
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MARGINAL GLACIOLACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS: sand and Waldersee 0 Glenella 0 Ls gravel; 1–20 m thick; beach ridges, spits, bars, littoral sand and 0 0 0 0 Tp 18 , Sandy Bay , Tp 18 0 0 gravel; formed by waves at the margin of glacial Lake Agassiz 0 0 6 6
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Tp 14 16 St. Marks Tp 14 Pre-Quaternary Delta Beach River Woodside ROCK: > 75% bedrock outcrop; Cretaceous shales above the R Manitoba Escarpment, Paleozoic carbonate-dominated rocks in areas west and south of Lake Winnipeg, exposed typically as Hallboro glacially striated, low-relief surfaces; in Precambrian terrane, generally Cordova unweathered intrusive, metasedimentary, and metavolcanic rocks 10 Helston Westbourne having a glacially scoured irregular surface with high local relief 24 Mayfeld r 5 e Tp 13 0 v Oakland 0 Tp 13 Uncoloured legend blocks indicate units that do not appear on this map.
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G 53° Eastward-facing bedrock escarpments culminating in cuestas which form the Manitoba Escarpment provide a foundation for the 53° e 51° 51° The Pas Moraine or M ge present-day landscape of southern Manitoba. To the east, the landscape is dominated by Precambrian rocks and bedrock structure, o Is SURFICIAL GEOLOGY COMPILATION MAP SERIES ra l i an such as faulting, is commonly visible. ne d Dead-ice SG-62J Above the Manitoba Escarpment, the landscape is dominated by hummocky moraine or dead-ice topography, streamlined topography H Streamlined landforms e r topography and glacial spillways. Many areas are covered by thick sequences of glacial till representing numerous glacial episodes m Precambrian a n dating back more than 100,000 years. The most recent glacial advances were from the northwest. Glacial till tends to be clay rich. shield b 52° Dead-ice e 52° a Surficial geology of the Neepawa map sheet topography c The Interlake is dominated by streamlined landforms and in lower areas, glaciolacustrine depositional basins. Quaternary sediments h e tend to be relatively thin and the preservation of older sediments is uncommon, limited to bedrock protected areas such as s Dead-ice B e escarpments. Bedrock outcrops are common. Glacial advance was generally from the northwest, parallel to the streamlined topography d (NTS 62J), Manitoba r o c landforms. Glacial till is typically silt rich. Glacial retreat occurred in a series of steps marked by moraines: the Darlingford Moraine k f a u l 100° 96° 92° 88° (~11,000 years old); the Sandilands Moraine, which represents the interlobate position of the Rainy lobe from the northeast and the ts Spill Red River lobe from the northwest; the Birds Hill–Belair Moraine; the Teulon Moraine; and The Pas Moraine (~9000 years old). w 60° a U M p y p 51° Index Map George Island Moraine, contemporaneous with and to the east of The Pas Moraine, is another ice margin of the retreating Rainy 51° e i 64N 64O 64P 54M r C Precambrian n a NTS 62J G n A m l ac shield e lobe. s p ia do s b l f
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As the glaciers retreated, glacial lakes Souris and Hind formed and drained, and glacial Lake Agassiz expanded northward, s g t a l l 50° y l rd a 50° Portage la Prairie i c w 56° B ia 53O progressively covering the entire area below the Manitoba Escarpment. Major Lake Agassiz landforms include the Assiniboine alluvial fan l a d 53N e v 63O 53M Assiniboine Delta b e 63N 63P Delta, which formed as glacial meltwater flowed from the Assiniboine spillway, and clay plains composed of tens of metres of clay ri - Glacial s c Glacial Lake Agassiz u and silt. The Herman beaches indicate the highest level attained by Lake Agassiz in southern Manitoba. The Upper Campbell beach Lake Hind Sand dunes t P clay plain 53K em s 63K 63J 63I 53L b d M H c 54° is the best developed of the Lake Agassiz beaches and is evident along the base of the Manitoba Escarpment. in r o e a a o r r Alluvial fans S Bogs and fens sp f a m a r 54° i g i n p ll lin n a M d w r e n o il a a a Holocene modifications to the landscape include eolian activity (sand dunes) primarily in the Assiniboine Delta and the Sandilands y D b ra n Portage la Prairie 63F 63G 63H 53E e in d a e s Glacial c alluvial fan Moraine; the Portage la Prairie alluvial fan, from which fluctuating Assiniboine River flow directions over the last 7000 years have Dead-ice h Assiniboine Delta (underflow fan) Lake Souris e Alluvial fans 49° 49° topography s 50° 50° U 63C 53D been documented; smaller alluvial fans that have developed along the Manitoba Escarpment; large landslide areas (colluvium) that p Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie 63B 63A 52° pe 100° 98° 96° 100° r 98° alluvial fan 52° are active along the northern part of the Manitoba Escarpment; and organic accumulations (bogs and fens) with basal radiocarbon Ca alluvial fan Scale 1:4 000 000 landforms indicating Scale 1:1 000 00m0p landforms indicating dates of approximately 6000 years, that occur in the northeast and extend westward into the northern and eastern Interlake and be 62N 62O 62P 52M 800 500 200 0 20 40 80 120 160 direction of ice flow 0 5 10 20 30 ll w 40 direction of ice flow Legend av southward into southeastern Manitoba. striations indicating e- Kilometres Kilometres cu m asl direction of ice flow t 62K 62I 52L Map extent s 62J 50° ca rp 50° 0 90 180 62F 62G 62H 52E Kilometres North American Datum 1983 Copies of this map can be obtained from: Phone: (204) 945-4154 Suggested reference: Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, Zone 14 Manitoba Industry, Economic Development and Mines Toll free: 1-800-223-5215 Matile, G.L.D. and Keller, G.R. 2004: Surficial geology of the Neepawa map sheet (NTS 62J), Manitoba; Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data provided by NASA (2003) Manitoba Geological Survey, Publication Sales E-mail: [email protected] 100° 96° 92° 100X Vertical Exaggeration 360-1395 Ellice Ave This map is available to download Manitoba Industry, Economic Development and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Approximate mean declination (2004) for centre of map is 6°25' E, decreasing 6.9' annually. Winnipeg, MB, R3G 3P2 free of charge at Surficial Geology Compilation Map Series, SG-62J, scale 1:250 000. Canada www.gov.mb.ca/itm/mrd