Geological Survey of Canada: Guide Book 8, Transcontinental Excursion C1 Toronto to Victoria and Return via Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways
Name/Title
Geological Survey of Canada: Guide Book 8, Transcontinental Excursion C1 Toronto to Victoria and Return via Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern RailwaysEntry/Object ID
2022.818.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Rocks and Minerals, Canadian Northern, Canadian PacificScope and Content
Book, guidebook #8 published by the Canada Department of Mines, Geological Survey, for Transcontinental Excursion C1, from Toronto, Ontario to Victoria, British Columbia and back, via both the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways.Context
The guidebook lists all of the geological features of each area traveled through from Toronto, Ontario and Victoria, British Columbia. It is broken down into sections, they are as follows: Part 1. 1. Toronto to Sudbury 2. Sudbury to Cartier: by A. P. Coleman - Annotated guide 3. Cartier to Coldwell: by A. L. Parsons - Annotated Guide -The Nepheline and Alkali Syenites of the Port Coldwell Area: by A. E. Barlow - Introduction - Location and Size of the Area - History of Investigation - Topography - Geology of the Area: general relationships, petrographic description of chief types, quartz syenite, red hornblende syenite, augite syenite, white feldspathic variety, nepheline syenite, essexite, olivine gabbro, picrite - Relative Ages of Chief Types - Bibliography 4. Coldwell to Port Arthur: by A. L. Parsons - Annotated guide, Coldwell to Loon - Pre-Cambrian geology of Loon Lake District: - Introduction - Description of formations: pleistocene, Keeweenawan, Upper Huronian (Animikie), granite, Lower Huronian and Keewatin - Itinerary - Bibliogtaphy - Annotated Guide (Continued) - Pre-Cambrian Geology of Port Arthur District: - History of Exploration - Geology of the District: Pleistocene, Keweenawan, Animikie - Itinerary - Bibliography 5. Port Arthur to Winnipeg, VIA Canadian Northern Railway: by W. L. Uglow - Introduction - Annotated Bibliography - Geology of the Vicinity of Iron Spur: - General Statement - Keewatin - Seine Series - Algoman - Particular description of points to be visited: Orebody at the Atikokan iron mine, Irruptive contact of the Algoman granite with the Seine Series - Annotated Guide, Iron Spur to Atikokan - Geology of the Vicinity of Steeprock Lake: - General Description - Keewatin - Laurentian - Steeprock Series - Seine Series - Structure of the Area - Progress of Exploration -Particular descriptions of points to be visited: Cross section of the Keewatin and Steeprock series on the south shore of Falls bay, Fossiliferous limestone at Point 1, Fossiliferous limestone at unconformable contact of the Steeprock series with the Laurentian at Point 2, Fossiliferous limestone at Trueman point, Brecciated limestone at Elbow Point. - Annotated Guide, Atikokan to Mine Centre: - Geology of the Vicinity of Mine Centre: - General Description - Keewatin - Anorthosite - Laurentian - Seine Series - Particular description of points to be visited: The Keewatin series seen en route to the mine, Limestone bands in the Keewatin, Unconformable contact of the Seine Series with Keewatin felsite, Irruptive contact of the Laurentian with the Keewatin, Unconformable superposition of the Seine series upon the Laurentian, The anorthosite and its contact with the Keewatin, The Golden Star Mine, - Annotated Guide: Mine Centre to Bear's Pass: - The Coutchiching Series on Rainy Lake: - General Description - Keewatin - Hornblende Gabbro - Algoman - Structure of the Area - Particular description of points to be visited - Annotated Guide: Bear's Pass to Winnipeg - Bibliography 6. Ordovician and Silurian of Stony Mountain and Stonewall: by A. MacLean - Ordovician: Stony Mountain - Silurian: Stonewall - Bibliography 7. Winnipeg to Bankhead: by D. B. Dowling - Introduction - The Great Plains - Rocky Mountains - Historical Geology - Summary Description of Formations: - Ordovician - Silurian - Devonian - Carboniferous - Permian and Triassic - Jurassic - Cretaceous - Tertiary - Annotated Guide Part 2. 8. Introduction to the Geology of the Cordillera: by Reginald A. Daly - General Topography - Glaciation of the Cordillera - General Stratigraphy: - Columnar Section - Shuswap Terrane: Shuswap series, Orthogneisses and intrusive granites - Beltian System - Cambrian System - Ordovician System - Silurian System - Devonian System - Mississippian System - Pennsylvanian System - Permian System - Triassic System - Jurassic System - Cretaceous System - Eocene System - Oligocene System - Pleistocene System - General Structure - Notes on Igneous Bodies - General history - Specifically noteworthy features - Bibliographic note 9. Rocky Mountains (Bankhead to Golden): by John A. Allan - Stratigraphy: - Columnar Section - Pre-Cambrian: - Corral Creek Formation - Hector Formation - Cambrian: - Lower Cambrian - Fairview Formation - Lake Louise Formation - St. Piran Formation - Mt. Whyte Formation - Middle Cambrian: - Cathedral Formation - Stephen Formation - Elden Formation - Upper Cambrian: - Bosworth Formation - Paget Formation - Sherbrooke Formation - Chancellor Formation - Ottertail Formation - Ordovician: - Goodsir Formation - Graptolite Shales - Silurian: - Haylsites Beds - Devonian: - Intermediate Limestone - Sawback formation - Missisippian: - Lower Banff Limestone - Lower Banff Shale - Pennsylvanian: - Upper Banff - Rocky Mountain Quartzite - Permian: - Upper Banff Shale - Jurassic: - Fernie Shale - Cretaceous: - Lower Ribbonded Sandstone - Kootenay Coal Measures - Post-Createcous: - Igneous Complex - Pleistocene and Recent - Annotated Guide, Bankhead to Golden - Bibliography 10. Western Part of the Belt of Interior Plateaus, Savona to Lytton: by Charles W. Drysdale - Essential Geology: - Introduction - Physiography - Glaciation - Stratigraphy - Summary History - Annotated Guide 11. Coast Range, Lytton to Vancouver: by Charles Camsell - Introduction - Columnar Sections (by Norman L. Bowen) - Canyon of Fraser River: - Physical Features - Geology - Origin and history of the canyon - References - Annotated Guide, Lytton to Agassiz - Fraser Delta: - Topography - Geology - References - Annotated Guide, Agassiz to Vancouver Part 3. 12. Vancouver Island: by Charles H. Clapp - Introduction - General Geology, and physiography - Annotated Guide, Vancouver to Victoria (Excursions C1 and C2, section 1) - Geology of the Region around Victoria: - Physiography - General geology - Particular Descriptions: Excursion C1, Excursion C2 section 1, Excursion C 2 sections 1 and 2 - Annotated Guide, Vancouver to Nanaimo (Excursion C2 section 2) - Geology of the Region around Nanaimo: - Physiography - General Geology - Particular Description - Annotated guide, Nanaimo to Victoria (Excursion C2 section 2) - References 13. Fire Clay Deposits at Clayburn, British Columbia: by Charles Camsell - Introduction - Summary of geological history of Fraser delta - Annotated guide - Geology of the Region about Clayburn: - General description - Particular description - Industrial Notes - Bibliography 14. Victoria, British Columbia to Calgary, Alberta 15. Calgary to Winnipeg Via Canadian Northern Railway: by A. Maclean - Introduction - Annotated guide, Calgary to Munson - The Edmonton Formation to Red Deer river near Munson, Alberta - Annotated guide, Dauphin to Ethelbert and Pine River - Devonian of Snake Island, and South Shore of Lake Winnipegosis - Devonian of Dawson bay, Lake Winnipegosis - Annotated guide, Dauphin to Winnipeg - Bibliography 16. Winnipeg to Port Arthur: by A. L. Parsons - Annotated guide, Winnipeg to Kenora - Pre-Cambrian geology in the northern part of Lake of the Woods - General Geology of the Region: - Keewatin - Laurentian - Later granite - Keweenawan - Gold Mines of the District - Itineary - Bibliography - Annotated guide, Kenora to Port Arthur 17. Port Arthur to TorontoCollection
Mining History, Canadian Northern Railway Collection, Canadian Pacific HistoryCataloged By
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