Yellowknife 2019 Geoscience Forum Abstract Volume © 2019 Northwest Territories Geological Survey Distributed by: Northwest Territories Geological Survey Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment Government of Northwest Territories P.O. Box 1320, 4601-B 52nd Avenue Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Canada X1A 2L9 867-767-9211 www.nwtgeoscience.ca Cover Photograph: Northwest Territories Geological Survey geologist Bernadette Knox with students Valentin Alain and Nancy Ngo studying the Burwash Formation in the Slave Province, Newbigging Lake field area, Northwest Territories. Photo Credit: Viktor Terlaky, Senior Energy Geologist – Northwest Territories Geological Survey Recommended Citation: Gervais, S.D., Irwin, D., and Terlaky, V. (compilers), 2019. 47th Annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts; Northwest Territories Geological Survey, Yellowknife, NT. YKGSF Abstracts Volume 2019. 2019 (Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts) Technical Program i Abstracts - Oral Presentations Presenting author denoted by * BENEFIT AGREEMENTS: DRILLING DOWN ON KEY PROVISIONS ABOUCHAR, J. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 HYDROTHERMAL HISTORY AND METALLOGENY OF THE NONACHO BASIN ADLAKHA*, E., LANDRY, K., TEREKHOVA, A., HANLEY, J., FALCK, H., and MARTEL, E. ................................... 1 NWT MINERAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY - PROGRESS REPORT 2016-2019 ARCHER, L. ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 THE INFLUENCE OF BASIN PHYSIOGRAPHY ON THE CHARACTER OF DEEP-MARINE SEDIMENTATION. LESSONS FROM THE NEOPROTEROZOIC WINDERMERE SUPERGROUP, SOUTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA ARNOTT, R.W.C. .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 VOLCANIC SETTING OF THE SOUTH SUNSET RHYOLITE, BEAULIEU VOLCANIC BELT, SLAVE PROVINCE AUSTIN-FAFARD*, S.B., DEWOLFE, Y.M., PARTIN, C.A., and KNOX, B. .......................................................... 4 CURIOSITY PROJECT – AN UPDATE ON A NEWLY ACQUIRED DIAMONDIFEROUS KIMBERLITE BACHYNSKI*, R., SUCHAN, J., and SUCHAN, D. ...................................................................................................................... 5 PROPERTIES AND ROLES OF BRINES AND HYDROCARBONS DURING SPHALERITE DEPOSITION AT PINE POINT SZMIHELSKY, M., BAIN*, W.M., ADAIR, R., FALCK, H., DUFRANE, A., CORLETT, H.J., CAMPBELL, B., and STEELE- MACINNIS, M. ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 THE MODERNIZED FISHERIES ACT AND THE REVITALIZED FISH AND FISH HABITAT PROTECTION PROGRAM IN A NORTHERN CONTEXT MARTENS, S., BEATTIE*, A., and CURTIS, M. ......................................................................................................................... 6 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN NORTHERN MINE REMEDIATION BELLIVEAU, M. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 DIAVIK TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE PANEL BERRUB, M. ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Technical Program (Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts) 2019 ii CONSTRUCTING A FINE SCALE PHYSIOCHEMICAL DEPOSITIONAL MODEL FOR DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES: A PETROGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE HARE INDIAN AND CANOL FORMATIONS, CENTRAL MACKENZIE VALLEY, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES BIDDLE*, S.K., LAGRANGE, M.T., HARRIS, B.S., FIESS, K.M., TERLAKY, V., and GINGRAS, M.K. .................... 8 INVESTIGATING THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE EXETER LAKE ESKER AND ITS APPLICATION IN MINERAL EXPLORATION; A PRELIMINARY REPORT BILAK*, G.S., CUMMINGS, D., and ELLIOTT, B. ...................................................................................................................... 9 COMPARING FEDERAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BIRCHALL, C.J. .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 NÍ HADI XA UPDATE E.R. BJORNSON ................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 MINERAL EXPLORATION APPLICATIONS FOR LARGE GEOPHYSICAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE PAN-CANADIAN EON-ROSE PROGRAM BOGGS*, K.J.E., DARBYSHIRE, F.A., EATON, D.W., UNSWORTH, M., and BENN, K. ........................................... 11 COMMUNITY SCIENCE LIAISON PROGRAM: TRANSFORMING NORTHERN CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH BY CONNECTING K-12 CITIZEN SCIENCE GROUPS WITH EON-ROSE SCIENTISTS BOGGS*, K.J.E., O'CONNOR, K., SHARP, R., CLARK, M., GILBERT, H., DROBOTH, J., and EATON, D.W. .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 A NEW AEROMAGNETIC COMPILATION FOR THE NWT CORDILLERA REGION BOURKE*, L., UGALDE, H., FISCHER, B., and MIRZA, A.M. ............................................................................................ 14 CULTURE DRIVES COMMUNICATION CAUDRON, S.L. .................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 THAIDENE NËNÉ NATIONAL PARK RESERVE - EA PROCESS AND QUESTIONS OF DOUBLE STANDARD CHAMBERLAIN, A.G. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15 SATELLITE OBSERVATION OF DUST ON SNOW AND IMPACT ON SNOWMELT ALONGSIDE UNPAVED MINING HAUL ROADS IN CANADA’S ARCTIC CHEN*, W., HANNA, B., PATENAUDE, A., LEBLANC, S.G., WHITE, H.P., CROFT, B., CLARK, K., PELLISSEY, J.S., JENNINGS, R., GUNN, A., and BOULANGER, J. ................................................................................... 17 CHOCOLATE, G.C. .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 TŁĮCHǪ GOVERNMENT'S TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE GUIDE 2019 (Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts) Technical Program iii GEO-MAPPING FOR ENERGY AND MINERALS: A COORDINATED APPROACH TO ENGAGING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES CLARK, K. .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 A PERSPECTIVE ON THE CURRENT AND FUTURE STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN THE MACKENZIE VALLEY CLIFFE-PHILLIPS, M.A.................................................................................................................................................................... 19 13 YEARS OF WOLVERINE SNOW TRACK MONITORING AT THE DIAVIK MINE: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED COULTON*, D.W., VIRGL, J.A., and SINCLAIR, S. ................................................................................................................. 20 WORKING WITH GWICH'IN COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP A MINERALS & MINING STRATEGY DAITCH, S. ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 UPDATE ON RECENT AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE REGULATOR OF OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS (OROGO) DE JONG*, P. LENNIE-MISGELD*, P. HEPPELLE*, B. MARTIN*, M., and CAMERON*, K. ............................... 21 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VOLCANIC AND ORE-FORMING ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEOARCHEAN SUNRISE VMS DEPOSIT, BEAULIEU BELT: IMPLICATIONS FOR VMS FORMATION IN THE SLAVE CRATON DEWOLFE*, M.Y. and KNOX, B. .................................................................................................................................................. 22 UPDATE ON THE SLAVE GEOLOGICAL PROVINCE EXPLORATION DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE – REVITALIZING MINERAL EXPLORATION AND FACILITATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A KEY ECONOMIC REGION ELLIOTT, B. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 SKARN MINERAL CHEMISTRY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGH-GRADE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA ELONGO*, V., LECUMBERRI-SANCHEZ, P., LEGROS, H., FALCK, H., and ADLAKHA, E. .................................. 24 DEFORMATION ALONG THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE NORTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA ENKELMANN, E.E. ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25 RECENT GEOTECHNICAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN INUVIK AND TUKTOYAKTUK, NWT ENSOM*, T., MORSE, P.D., KOKELJ, S.V., MACDONALD, E., YOUNG, J., TANK, S., GROZIC, E., and CASTAGNER, A. ........................................................................................................................................................................