Diamond exploration-related ElectroMagnetic Activities

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BHP's Ekati diamond mine at Lac de Gras on the Slave craton is North America's first commercial diamond mine.
(Photograph taken by AGJ on 30th July 1998.)

Collaborators.....

• Dr. Alan D. Chave, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Dr. Rob Evans, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Mr. Gary McNeice, Phoenix Geophysics

Financial Sponsors.....

• Geological Survey of Canada
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Lithoprobe)
• U.S. National Science Foundation
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Monopros
• Kennecott
• B.H.P.

Activities.....

• 1996 SNORCLE MT data acquisition
• 1998 Winter road MT acquisition
• 1998-1999 Slave Lakes experiment

Diamond exploration in the Slave Craton.....

Index to companies

• 1: Aquila Energy
• 2: Archon Minerals: airborne mag and EM
• 3, 4, 5: Ashton Mining of Canada Ltd.
• 6: Advance International; Major General
• 7: BHP Diamonds and DiaMet Minerals
• 8: Caledonia Mining Corp.
• 9: Canamera Geological; Cypango Ventures/Intertech Minerals
• 10: Canamera Geological; ITL Capital/Riley Resources/Cypango Ventures
• 11: Canamera Geological; Lytton Minerals; New Dolly Varden Resources
• 12: Canamera Geological; Mountain Province Mining/Glenmore Highlands/Camphor Venture
• 13: Canamera Geological; New Indigo Resources; Lytton Minerals
• 14: Gerle Gold; Monopros
• 15: Kennecott Canada Ltd.
• 16: Kennecott Canada Ltd.; Aber Resources
• 17: Kennecott Canada Ltd.; DHK Resources; SouthernEra Resources
• 18: Kennecott Canada Ltd.; SouthernEra Resources
• 19: Monopros
• 20: SouthernEra Resources Ltd.; Kennecott Canada; Kalahari Resources
• 21: Trade Wind Resources
• 22: Winspear Resources
• 23: Winspear Resources; Aber Resources; Antler Resources

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For further information see:

• Gibbins, W.A., and Atkinson, D., 1993. Diamond Exploration in the Northwest Territories INAC Geology Division Open File EGS 1993-04, 20 p.
• LeCheminant, A.N., Richardson, D.G., DiLabio, R.N.W., Richardson, K.A., in press. Searching for diamonds in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3228
• MacRae, N.D., Armitage, A.E., Jones, A.L., and Miller, A.R. 1995. A diamondiferous lamprophyre dyke, Gibson Lake area, Northwest Territories. International Geology Review, v. 37, p. 212-229.
• Pell, J., 1995. Kimberlites and diamond exploration in the Central Slave Province, NWT, scale 1:500,000. INAC Geology Division Open File EGS 1995-01
• Pell, J., 1995. NWT Kimberlite database; includes pipe locations, preliminary diamond sampling results, diamond mini-bulk sample results, diamond bulk sample results, general geological characteristics, mineralogical features, xenolith information. Available as a spreadsheet in Quattropro for Windows (*.wb1), Lotus 123 (*.wk1) and Excel (*.xls). INAC Geology Division Open File EGS 1995-02.
• Pell, J., 1995 Kimberlites in the Slave Structural Province, Northwest Territories: A preliminary review. INAC Geology Division Open File EGS 1995-12, 20 p.

Links...

• SNORCLE EM Page
• SNORCLE Home Page
• Lithoprobe's SNORCLE Page
• GNWT Geology Division
• BHP's Diamond Page
• DiaMet Minerals
• Kennecott Exploration

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Alan G Jones / 21 April 2006 / alan-at-cp.dias.ie