Ontario Geological Survey Report 181, Quaternary Geology of the Sudbury Basin Area, District of Sudbury
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Ontario Geological Survey Report 181, Quaternary Geology of the Sudbury Basin Area, District of SudburyEntry/Object ID
2022.146.01Tags
Sudbury, Ontario, District of Sudbury, Mining History, Mining Industry, The Sudbury Basin, Geology, Rocks and MineralsScope and Content
Book, report by the Ontario Geological Survey discussing the quaternary geology of the Sudbury Basin AreaContext
The report was published in 1979 and it focuses on quaternary geology in the Sudbury Basin. It offers both a historical perspective as well as a modern (circa 1979) analysis. The report also included three maps (pictured). It is broken down into sections, they are as follows: 1. Abstract 2. Introduction: - Location - Access - Population - Climate - Physiography and Topography - Drainage - Granular Mineral Production - Present Study - Acknowledgements - Previous Work 3. Precambian Geology 4. Quaternary Geology: - Historical Geology - Drift Thickness and Bedrock Topography - Glacial Deposits and Features: Striae and Associated Features, Till - Glaciofuvial Deposits and Features: Ice Deposits, Outwash Deposits - Glaciolacustrine Deposits and Features: Deltas, Nearshore Sediments, Offshore Sediments - Recent Deposits: Bog and Swamp Deposits, Alluvial Deposits, Soils - Economic Geology: Placer Gold, Clay, Sand and Gravel - Descriptions of Deposits: 1. Skead-Sudbury 2. Capreol 3. Kettle Rapids 4. Sandcherry Creek 5. Dowling 6. Levack-Windy Lake 7. Whitson River 8. Scattered Pits - Development of Township Resources: 1. Balfour 2. Blezard 3. Bowell 4. Capreol 5. Cartier 6. Cascaden 7. Crighton 8. Dowling 9. Dryden 10. Fairbank 11. Falconbridge 12. Foy 13. Garson 14. Hanmer 15. Harty 16. Hess 17. Levack 18. Lumsden 19. Maclennan 20. McKim 21. Morgan 22. Neelon 23. Norman 24. Rayside 25. Snider 26. Trill 27. WisnerCollection
Mining History, Sudbury History, District of Sudbury CollectionCataloged By
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