Surficial Geology of the Riding Mountain Map Sheet (NTS 62K)
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YZ10 R 29 W R 28 W R 27 W R 26 W R 25 W R 24 W R 23 W R 22 W R 21 W R 20 W R 19 W 102° Dropmore YZ83 100° 300 000 325 000 ! 350 000 375 000 400 000 425 000 0 0 0 51° 0 51° SURFICIAL GEOLOGY COMPILATION MAP SERIES 5 6 5 Tp 23 The Surficial Geology Compilation Map Series (SGCMS) addresses an increasing demand for Tp 23 0 consistent surficial geology information for applications such as groundwater protection, 0 0 0 industrial mineral management, protected lands, basic research, mineral exploration, 5 6 5 engineering, and environmental assessment. The SGCMS will provide province-wide coverage Inglis at scales of 1:500 000, 1:250 000 and a final compilation at 1:1 000 000. ! Shellmouth ! Edwards The unit polygons were digitized from paper maps originally published by the Geological 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 Tp 22 scale maps provide a bibliography for the original geological mapping. 10 YZ 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. Gunn Other polygon inconsistencies were modified in a similar manner. Geology (colour) is draped Cracknell over a shaded topographic relief map (grey tones) derived from the SRTM DEM. ! Lake 1 United States Geological Survey 2002: Shuttle radar topography mission, digital elevation model, Manitoba; United YZ83 States Geological Survey, URL <ftp://edcsgs9.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/srtm/>, portions of files N48W88W.hgt.zip through N60W102.hgt.zip, 1.5 Mb (variable), 90 m cell, zipped hgt format [Mar 2003]. Tp 21 Tp 21 ek re Whitewater C LEGEND Lake 0 Quaternary Russell 0 ! 0 5 2 6 Silverton Lake DEF16 ! 5 ORGANIC DEPOSITS: peat, muck; <1–5 m thick; very low Harrowby ! Audy O relief wetland deposits; accumulated in fen, bog, swamp, and 0 0 0 marsh settings 45 5 2 YZ Angusville 6 ! Tp 20 5 Tp 20 SHORELINE SEDIMENTS: sand and gravel; 1–2 m thick; Lm beaches; formed by waves at the margins of modern lakes Millwood YZ10 ! DEF16 Clear COLLUVIUM: landslide debris, eroded slopes, sheet flood Clear C deposits associated with steep slopes Lake Waywayseecappo Rossburn ! ! Lake ! Wasagaming EOLIAN: sand and minor silt; dunes, blowouts and undulating E plains; generally overlies deltaic sediments, coarse lacustrine 45 Tp 19 Tp 19 YZ sediments, or glaciofluvial deposits Binscarth Onanole ! Vista ! ! L i t t ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS: sand and gravel, sand, silt, clay, l e A organic detritus; 1–20 m thick; channel and overbank The Corners Gambler !! sediments; reworked by existing rivers and deposited primarily as bars l i a t Oakburn MARGINAL GLACIOLACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS: sand and d ! r i 0 Ls 0 gravel; 1–20 m thick; beach ridges, spits, bars, littoral sand and B Sandy 0 Tp 18 Tp 18 0 gravel; formed by waves at the margin of glacial Lake Agassiz Keeseekoowenin 0 6 ! Rackham 5 ! Menzie Elphinstone ! ! Lake 0 OFFSHORE GLACIOLACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS: clay, silt, minor 0 45 45 0 45 Foxwarren 16 YZ YZ 0 ! DEF YZ Lc sand; 1–20 m thick; very low relief massive and laminated deposits; 0 6 5 deposited from suspension in offshore, deep water of glacial Lake ! Agassiz; commonly scoured and homogenized by icebergs Solsgirth ! 16 Kelloe DISTAL GLACIOFLUVIAL SEDIMENTS: fine sand, minor gravel, DEF! S a Gs thin silt and clay interbeds; 1–75 m thick; subaqueous outwash fans; YZ21 sk Tp 17 Tp 17 at R deposited in glacial Lake Agassiz by meltwater turbidity currents; ch o e l l St-Lazare w i n commonly reshaped by wave erosion and reworked by wind ! a n g 41 YZ Shoal Lake A ! s YZ42 YZ42 PROXIMAL GLACIOFLUVIAL SEDIMENTS: sand and gravel; s Birtle Shoal G in ! 1–20 m thick; complex deposits, belts with single or multiple esker ib ridges and kames, as well as thin, low-relief deposits; deposited in Strathclair R o Lake ! iv i er contact with glacial ice by meltwater n DEF16 R e iv er Tp 16 TILL: diamicton; 1–75 m thick; low-relief, commonly streamlined deposits; subglacial Tp 16 deposits; largely derived from shale above the Manitoba Escarpment, carbonate rocks Salt in the central lowlands, and crystalline rocks in areas of Precambrian terrane; Raven Newdale Lake ! thicker sequences consist of multiple units of varying texture; commonly scoured by icebergs; Lake covered discontinuously by thin veneers (<1 m) of glaciolacustrine and glaciofluvial sediments 0 0 0 5 7 5 5 Basswood ! Calcareous clay diamicton, predominantly derived from Mesozoic 0 0 Tm 0 shale 5 7 5 16 Tp 15 DEF Tp 15 5 Lavinia Decker ! McConnell Calcareous silt diamicton, predominantly derived from Paleozoic Birdtail Sioux Isabella ! ! McAuley ! ! Tc ! Beulah dolomite and limestone ! R iv Uno e ! Cardale Non-calcareous sand diamicton, predominantly derived from r O ! a Tp Pre-cambrian crystalline rock k 83 YZ 21 Tp 14 YZ Tp 14 Pre-Quaternary Moline Hamiota ! ! ROCK: > 75% bedrock outcrop; Cretaceous shales above the Willen ! R Manitoba Escarpment, Paleozoic carbonate-dominated rocks in areas west and south of Lake Winnipeg, exposed typically as YZ41 Crandall ! glacially striated, low-relief surfaces; in Precambrian terrane, generally Miniota Arrow River ! Manson ! Oak River unweathered intrusive, metasedimentary, and metavolcanic rocks ! Quadra 24 24 10 ! YZ24 YZ ! YZ YZ Rapid City having a glacially scoured irregular surface with high local relief ! YZ24 R Pope i ! v Reeder e 0 Tp 13 0 Uncoloured legend blocks indicate units that do not appear on this map. Tp 13 r ! Pettapiece 0 ! 0 To aid the reader a shadow effect has been added to exaggerate the topographic relief. 5 5 Oakner 5 ! Published by: Manitoba Industry, Economic Development and Mines 0 0 0 Manitoba Geological Survey, 2004 0 5 5 5 Compiled by: G.L.D. Matile and G.R. Keller Rivers Modified from: ! Chimo Resort Tp 12 Tp 12 DEF1Kirkella Two Creeks ! Klassen, R.W. 1978. Surficial geology of Riding Mountain, west of principle meridian Manitoba- ! ! Wheatland 25 25 ! YZ YZ Saskatchewan; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map, Map 1479A, 1 map. Scale 1:250 000. 50° 50° ! Kenton ! Geology polygons in the Riding Mountain National Park area are based on data from the Shuttle 300 000 325 000 350 000 375 000 ! Bradwardine 400 000 425 000 Harding Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model as interpreted by the MGS. 102° Elkhorn YZ83 100° R 29 W R !28 W R 27 W R 26 W R 25 W R 24 W R 23 W R 22 W R 21 W R 20 W ! Scale 1:250 000 ! U p 0 10 20 30 p e r e C Kilometres n i a a m r p o b e M ! ll a b Major landforms: southern Manitoba Major landforms:r NTS 62K ea A brief description of the Quaternary landscape of southern Manitoba u c l h 100° 98° 96° 102° t 100° e P 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-62K Above the Manitoba Escarpment, the landscape is dominated by hummocky moraine or dead-ice topography, streamlined topography Streamlined landforms topography and glacial spillways. Many areas are covered by thick sequences of glacial till representing numerous glacial episodes Dead-ice Precambrian topography dating back more than 100,000 years. The most recent glacial advances were from the northwest. Glacial till tends to be clay rich. shield 52° Dead-ice The Interlake is dominated by streamlined landforms and in lower areas, glaciolacustrine depositional basins. Quaternary sediments 52° topography Surficial geology of the Riding Mountain map sheet tend to be relatively thin and the preservation of older sediments is uncommon, limited to bedrock protected areas such as Dead-ice B e escarpments. Bedrock outcrops are common. Glacial advance was generally from the northwest, parallel to the streamlined topography d (NTS 62K), Manitoba r o c A landforms. Glacial till is typically silt rich. Glacial retreat occurred in a series of steps marked by moraines: the Darlingford Moraine k f s y a u s a l 100° 96° 92° 88° t i w (~11,000 years old); the Sandilands Moraine, which represents the interlobate position of the Rainy lobe from the northeast and the s l n l i i b Red River lobe from the northwest; the Birds Hill–Belair Moraine; the Teulon Moraine; and The Pas Moraine (~9000 years old). p 60° o s U i l p M 51° n i Index Map pe 64N 64O 64P 54M George Island Moraine, contemporaneous with and to the east of The Pas Moraine, is another ice margin of the retreating Rainy 51° r e a C Precambrian Saskatchewan t i a G s n A m la d c shield p r n lobe. s p i a i i e s b l f l d e e o i lu l n l w B l te n s 54L 54K Dead-ice i a 64K 64J 64I 58° i w s a b a s y topography a r M In the Precambrian shield, rock outcrops dominate the landscape.