Mining Matters for Nova Scotia 2002 - Opportunities for Economic Development

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Mineral Resources Branch
Report ME 2002-2

Edited by D. R. MacDonald

Table of Contents

• Program
• The Remote Sensing Program at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS), Nova Scotia Community College - M. S. Akhavi and T. A. Kearns
• Provenance of Clasts in Conglomerate Units in Northeastern Mainland Nova Scotia and Southwestern Cape Breton Island - P. C. Barker and S. M. Barr
• Evaporite Karst at the Horton - Windsor Group Contact in South-central Cape Breton Island - R. C. Boehner
• Geology and Origin of Gypsum in Nova Scotia: The Evaporite-Salt Karst (Solution-generated Collapse) Connection - R. C. Boehner, G. C. Adams and P. S. Giles
• World Heritage Designation of the Joggins 'Fossil Cliffs': A Progress Report - J. H. Calder
• Mid- to Late-Devonian Organic-rich Terrestrial Deposits in the Early Fill of the Maritimes Basin, Eastern Canada: Composition, Paleobotany and Source Rock Potential - J. H. Calder, P. K. Mukhopadhyay and D. C. McGregor
• RADARSAT-1 and Landsat Contribution for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources - S. Chalifoux, Y. Michaud, C. Rivard, R. Chiasson, C. Deblonde and S. Boudreau
• Handling Outliers for Resource Estimation in Gold Deposits - P. Frempong
• Joggins: Carboniferous River and Forest Landscapes - M. R. Gibling, M. C. Rygel, H. J. Falcon-Lang, J. H. Calder and S. J. Davies
• Carboniferous Stratigraphy of Southwestern Cape Breton Island - P. S. Giles and R. D. Naylor
• Soil and Till Geochemistry of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Nova Scotia - T. A. Goodwin
• Geochemical Metadata Compilation - An Update - T. A. Goodwin and B. E. Fisher
• Stratigraphic and Petrological Features of the Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, Southwestern Nova Scotia - D. J. Kontak
• Mineral Exploration and Development Highlights in Nova Scotia - M. A. MacDonald
• Petrology and Tectonic Setting of the Wedgeport Pluton, Southwestern Nova Scotia - N. J. MacLean, C. E. White and S. M. Barr
• Mineral Exploration Monitoring - P. D. McCulloch
• Current Capacity of Prospector Assistance at the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources - R. F. Mills
• Evolution of the Diamond-drill Hole Database at the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources - R. F. Mills
• Alleghanian Overprinting of the Yarmouth Syncline, Southwest Nova Scotia - D. P. Moynihan, R. A. Jamieson, N. G. Culshaw and C. E. White
• Geological Mapping of Carboniferous Strata Adjacent to the Cobequid Fault - R. D. Naylor and D. C. Brisco
• Ilmenite-pyrophanite and Niobian Rutile in the South Mountain Batholith - K. M. Pelrine, D. B. Clarke and M. A. MacDonald
• The Aggregate Resource in Halifax Regional Municipality - G. Prime
• Hydrogeological Properties of Aquifer Formations of the Maritimes Carboniferous Basin - C. Rivard, Y. Michaud, V. Boisvert, T. Calvert, R. Morin, R. Lefebvre, D. Pupek, A. Rivera, C. Deblonde and H. Julien
• Sedimentology and Fossil Biota of a Pennsylvanian 'Waterhole' Deposit in a Dryland and Alluvial Plain Setting, Joggins, Nova Scotia - M. C. Rygel, H. J. Falcon-Lang, J. H. Calder and M. R. Gibling
• Holocene Climate Change in Nova Scotia: Past Perspectives, Future Predictions - I. Spooner
• Surficial Maps and Stratigraphic Models for Southwest Cape Breton: Blueprints for Sustainable Development - R. R. Stea, M. Feetham and S. E. Pullan
• Stratigraphy, Structure, and⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Geochronology in the Lochaber-Mulgrave Area, Nova Scotia - P. J. Ténière, S. M. Barr, C. E. White and P. H. Reynolds
• High Resolution LIDAR Elevation Mapping of the North Mountain Basalt Flow Units - T. Webster
• Pre-Carboniferous Basement Blocks in the TGI Area (NTS 11F/07, 10, 11 and 14) - C. E. White, S. M. Barr, M. S. King, J. W. F. Ketchum and P. H. Reynolds
• Preliminary Bedrock Geology of the Area between Chebogue Point, Yarmouth County, and Cape Sable Island, Shelburne County (NTS Map Sheets 20O/08, 09 and 20P/05, 12) - C. E. White, N. J. MacLean and M. S. King