Mineral Resources Branch Report of Activities 2009
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Mineral Resources Branch
Report ME 2010-1
Edited by D. R. MacDonald and K. A. Mills
Table of Contents
- Cover and Table of Contents
- Mineral Resources Branch Activities
- Geoheritage in Nova Scotia - J. H. Calder
- Surficial Geology Mapping + Geohazard Identification + Coastal Zone Mapping = Better Land-use Planning in Central Antigonish County - G. J. DeMont, D. J. Utting, P. W. Finck and T. Broughm
- Digital Information Services Activities in 2009 - B. E. Fisher, J. C. Poole, J. S. Saunders, J. S. McKinnon, A. L. Ehler and N. A. Lyttle
- Radon Soil Gas in the Halifax Regional Municipality: Progress Report on the 2009 Sampling Program - T. A. Goodwin, K. E. O'Brien, K. L. Ford and P. W. B. Friske
- Radon Soil Gas Associated With the C2 Zone, Millet Brook Uranium District (NTS 21A/16) - T. A. Goodwin, G. A. O'Reilly, K. L. Ford and P. W. B. Friske
- Toenails, Tap Water and You: the Arsenic Connection - T. A. Goodwin, L. Parker, B. E. Fisher and T. J. B. Dummer
- Activities of the Hydrogeology Program, 2009 - G. W. Kennedy and D. S. Finlayson-Bourque
- A Study of Concurrent Reclamation Practices at the Point Aconi Surface Mine (NTS 11K/08) - D. A. Khan
- Geoscience Editing and Publishing - D. R. MacDonald, B. L. MacDonald, K. A. Mills and J. S. Saunders
- Magmatism, Alteration and Polymetallic Mineralization in Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous Felsic Volcanic and Plutonic Rocks of the Eastern Cobequid Highlands - T. G. MacHattie
- Mineral Exploration Activity in Nova Scotia, 2009 - P. D. McCulloch
- Drill Core Library 2009 - J. M. McMullin
- A GIS-based Approach to Producing a Map Showing the Potential for Radon in Indoor Air in Nova Scotia - G. A. O'Reilly, T. A. Goodwin and B. E. Fisher
- 2009 Progress Report on the Annapolis Valley Region Stone Resource Project - G. Prime
- Bedrock Geology in the Whycocomagh Mountain-Aberdeen Ridge Area (11F/14 and 11K/03), Central Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia - D. A. Swanton, C. E. White and S. M. Barr
- Potential Identification of Mine Openings Using Remote Sensing Topographic LiDAR, Montague Gold District (NTS 11D/12), Halifax Regional Municipality - D. J. Utting, T. A. Goodwin and D. Whalen
- An Interdepartmental Study at Carters Beach (NTS 20P/15), Queens County, to Assess Coastal Stability and Develop a Pilot Coastal Ecosystem Classification - D. J. Utting, S. P. Basquill, G. J. DeMont and L. K. Benjamin
- Pre-Carboniferous Bedrock Geology of the Annapolis Valley Area (NTS 21A/14, 15 and 16; 21H/01 and 02), Southern Nova Scotia - C. E. White
- External Abstracts and Conference Presentations
- Evaluating the Origin of Garnet, Cordierite, and Biotite in Granitic Rocks: a Case Study from the South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia - S. Erdmann, R. A. Jamieson and M. A. MacDonald
- Paleomagnetic Progress in Peri-Gondwanan Terranes of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia - A. M. Grunow, M. D. Thompson, S. M. Barr and C. E. White
- Acritarchs in Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Rocks of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada: New Constraints on Correlations and Paleogeography - T. Palacios, S. Jensen, S. M. Barr, C. E. White and R. F. Miller
- Preliminary Results from an Ongoing Study of Acritarchs in Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Rocks of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - T. Palacios, S. Jensen, S. M. Barr, C. E. White and R. F. Miller
- Uranium Occurrences in the Horton Group of the Windsor Area, Nova Scotia, and the Environmental Implications for the Maritimes Basin - R. J. Ryan and A. M. O'Beirne-Ryan
- Mobility of Uranium and Radon Associated with Uranium Roll Front Occurrences in the Horton Group of the Windsor Area, Nova Scotia, Canada - R. J. Ryan, A. M. O'Beirne-Ryan, D. S. Finlayson and A. Parsons
- U-Pb Ages From Detrital Zircon in Avalonian Sedimentary Rocks: Temporal Changes in Provenance Tied to Terrane Migration? - S. Samson, M. Hamilton, S. M. Barr, C. E. White and A. Satkoski
- Origin of Garnet in the Liscomb Complex, North-central Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia - K.-L. Scallion, R. A. Jamieson, S. M. Barr, C. E. White and S. Erdmann
- Glacial Geomorphology Features Observed on LiDAR Imagery, Halifax, Nova Scotia - D. J. Utting
- Revised Surficial Geology Mapping Based on LiDAR, Halifax, Nova Scotia - D. J. Utting
- The Liscomb Complex, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia: Basement or Urban Legend? - C. E. White, K.-L. Scallion, S. M. Barr, and R. A. Jamieson
- Geology of the Governor Lake Area ('Liscomb Complex'), Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada - C. E. White, K.-L. Scallion, S. M. Barr and R. A. Jamieson
- Lithogeochemistry of the Meguma Supergroup, Nova Scotia, Canada: Petrographic Constraints, Depositional Environments and Alteration Haloes about Sediment Hosted Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits - C. E. White and C. R. Stanley