Multiple Metals: Shefferville and Ungava Bay
The scientific research and results of this project are available via GEOSCAN.
The Multiple Metals: Shefferville and Ungava Bay project, part of the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) program, aims to improve the geoscience knowledge base of the Schefferville region
straddling the Quebec-Labrador border, in order to provide new targeting tools for base metals, rare earths and uranium.
Project leader – Warner Miles
Hypothesis:
Can modern tools reveal the mineral potential of the heavily drift covered southern Labrador Trough?
Research objectives include:
- “seeing through” drift cover through high-resolution airborne geophysical surveys;
- understanding the regional geoscience framework and metallogenic environments through targeted ground-based geological mapping; and
- evaluating regional mineral potential through lake sediment geochemical surveys and re-analysis, as well as mineral deposit studies.
Scientific Highlights
- The Strange Lake- Misery Lake “trend” of alkaline intrusions hosting rare earth mineralization continues south; new bodies are under further scientific and exploration investigation.
Information about other GEM mineral projects is available on the Geo-mapping for minerals web page.