Tri-territorial database: Bedrock geology

The scientific research and results of this project are available via GEOSCAN.

In order to provide a seamless bedrock geological context for mineral exploration and land-use planning activities in the Canadian North, as well as a geological foundation for GEM field, Remote Predictive Mapping (RPM) and Mineral Resource Assessment initiatives, the Tri-Territorial Database and Geological Map Compilation (Tri-T) Project will provide access to a broad range of onshore and offshore geological data and knowledge for Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. As a bridging project, it will be planned and executed in full partnership with the three territories.

The Tri-T project will focus on the multitude of bedrock field and compilation maps published at 1:100K to 1:5M by the federal and territorial surveys. This information will be digitally captured, organized and integrated to produce a consistent geo-database.  The principal Tri-T project product will be a conceptually integrated, but physically distributed, geological database for the three territories.  It will be populated with source-map information at the variable scales of available source maps and will include measures of reliability of the source-map data utilized. An important derivative product of the project will be a seamless bedrock geological compilation map of the three territories at 1:500K target scale, where feasible, regularly updated as source-map information is integrated and/or becomes available. The map compilation will also include measures of source data reliability.

For more information, please contact:
Marc St-Onge, GSC-Ottawa, mstonge@nrcan.gc.ca
(613) 995- 4935
Christopher Harrison, GSC-Calgary, charriso@nrcan.gc.ca
(403) 292-7137