Ontario Geological Survey - 2010 Update

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and ForestryMines and Minerals DivisionOntario Geological Survey BranchOverviewDecember 8, 2010“Ontario at, and beneath, Your Feet” : 

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and ForestryMines and Minerals DivisionOntario Geological Survey BranchOverviewDecember 8, 2010“Ontario at, and beneath, Your Feet” Andy Fyon (Director, OGS)

Outline : 

Outline Review role of Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) Enhanced geoscience mandate Program examples Key results Enhanced mandate strategy

2008: OGS Enhanced Geoscience Mandate : 

2008: OGS Enhanced Geoscience Mandate Continuation: mineral geoscience groundwater geoscience Enhance: Energy geoscience New: Environment + health: geochemistry and people Climate change Spring 2008: 10 new staff and $5 Million Apply OGS geoscience to broader range of societal / Government priorities.

OGS Enhanced Geoscience Program Strategy: Diversify to Meet Societal Policy Needs : 

OGS Enhanced Geoscience Program Strategy: Diversify to Meet Societal Policy Needs

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OGS Mandate Groundwater Resource Landforms, Aggregate Resource Mineral Resource Glacial deposits Rocks Non-conventional Energy Resource Geology of Ontario (rocks, glacial deposits, processes) Earth resources (mineral, energy, groundwater) Implications for people Conventional Energy

Examples and Some Key Results : 

Examples and Some Key Results

Bedrock Mapping : 

Bedrock Mapping

Precambrian Map Coverage<30 Years; Generation 2 Mapping; 100,000K or more detailed : 

Precambrian Map Coverage<30 Years; Generation 2 Mapping; 100,000K or more detailed

Key Result - Bedrock MappingFar North Precambrian Basement : 

Key Result - Bedrock MappingFar North Precambrian Basement Far North bedrock + terranes Beneath Hudson and James Bay lowlands Greg Stott

Key Result - Bedrock MappingAbitibi Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-3), Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) : 

Key Result - Bedrock MappingAbitibi Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-3), Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) GEM: Hudson Platform energy TGI-3: Abitibi Initiative: Ontario, Quebec, Geological Survey of Canada Ross Kelly - Derek Armstrong Jack Parker, John Ayer

Key Result - Bedrock MappingTargeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI - 4) : 

Key Result - Bedrock MappingTargeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI - 4) Geological Survey of Canada + OGS planning underway. See Jack Parker (OGS), Al Galley (GSC)

Geophysical Surveying : 

Geophysical Surveying Applied Geophysics Groundwater aquifer – seismic / gravity Gravity – McFaulds Lake pilot 2011 Bedrock mineral development: mag - EM Desmond Rainsford / Tom Muir

High Resolution Mag + EM Coverage : 

High Resolution Mag + EM Coverage Historic Focus: Greenstone belts

Key Result - Geophysical surveyingCall For DataPurchased Data2000-2010 : 

Key Result - Geophysical surveyingCall For DataPurchased Data2000-2010 Desmond Rainsford / Tom Muir

2010 Airborne Gravity – Magnetic SurveyMcFaulds Lake : 

2010 Airborne Gravity – Magnetic SurveyMcFaulds Lake Targeted Geoscience Initiative - 4 (Federal) – OGS – GSC Desmond Rainsford / Tom Muir

Surficial Geology MappingTerrain Mapping : 

Surficial Geology MappingTerrain Mapping Mapping glacial deposits and landforms Feet-on-ground and remote predictive landform classification Ross Kelly

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Surficial Geology Map Coverage Near North + South

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Surficial Geology Landform Analysis Far North – Remote Predictive Mapping 2010 2011 2009 2009 Peter Barnett

Key Result - Surficial Geology + Remote Predictive Landform Classification : 

Key Result - Surficial Geology + Remote Predictive Landform Classification Winisk / Webequie area Moosonee area Peter Barnett Mineral potential, habitat, climate change, hazard, planning

Surficial Geochemistry : 

Surficial Geochemistry Surficial materials- geochemical analysis Lake and river sediments, Quaternary, soil, peat, water Geochemical patterns

Surficial Geochemistry – Key Result Example : 

Surficial Geochemistry – Key Result Example 2004 Data release

Key Result: Mineral Deposit Inventory 2010 : 

Key Result: Mineral Deposit Inventory 2010 Deposit name(s), location, status, commodities, classification, structure, lithology, minerals, alteration, geochemistry, exploration history, production and reserve data Formats: 1) Access relational database; 2) GIS format 1 CD-ROM: $20.00

Aggregate Resource Assessments : 

Aggregate Resource Assessments Aggregate Inventories Aggregate Maps Dave Rowell, Victoria Lee

Key result: Aggregate Resource Planning Maps : 

Key result: Aggregate Resource Planning Maps Critical for building and development Surficial mapping outlines areas of sand & gravel Dave Rowell, Victoria Lee

Southern Ontario Groundwater Aquifer Mapping : 

Southern Ontario Groundwater Aquifer Mapping Southern Ontario Groundwater Environment + Health: Southern Ontario stream geochemistry Ambient groundwater geochemistry Bedrock – Karst aquifer 3D Models Surficial aquifer 3D Models

Bedrock and surficial3D Groundwater Aquifer Models : 

Bedrock and surficial3D Groundwater Aquifer Models Groundwater Geological Model Andy Bajc, Frank Brunton, Abigail Burt Land-use, water-use, and source water protection, planning Climate change / recharge rates / residence age

Groundwater Geochemistry : 

Groundwater Geochemistry Stewart Hamilton / Richard Dyer Ambient Groundwater: Groundwater quality related to rock-surficial type and chemistry Environment + Health: Southern Ontario stream geochemistry Organic + inorganic

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Key Result – Groundwater Buried Valley Aquifer: Hamilton - Dundas Aquifer vulnerability: Red = close to surface Karst location and influence Watershed scale aquifers. Groundwater geochemical patterns. Quality. Environment, natural and introduced hazards (metals, natural gas, bacteria). Climate change, recharge, consumption.

Energy / Climate Change-related Geoscience : 

Energy / Climate Change-related Geoscience Gas Hydrate – Climate Change? Black shale gas Forest Ring methane gas Geothermal heat Catherine Beland-Otis, Derek Armstrong, Stew Hamilton, Terry Carter (MNR)

OGS Enhanced Geoscience Program Strategy: Diversify to Meet Societal Policy Needs : 

OGS Enhanced Geoscience Program Strategy: Diversify to Meet Societal Policy Needs

Ontario Geological SurveyKey Contacts : 

Ontario Geological SurveyKey Contacts OGS Director Andy Fyon (705-670-5924, andy.fyon@ontario.ca) Manager, Sedimentary Geoscience Section Ross Kelly (705-670-5908, ross.kelly@ontario.ca) Manager, Precambrian Geoscience Section Jack Parker (705-70-5976, jack.parker@ontario.ca) Manager, Geoscience Laboratories Ed Debicki (705-670-5643, ed.debicki@ontario.ca) Manager, Information and Marketing Services Marc Leroux (705-670-5869, marc.leroux@ontario.ca) Manager, Resident Geologist Program Jim Ireland (705-670-5955, jim.ireland@ontario.ca)