Project Metadata
Dyck, W.
1975-1980
Uranium groundwater and stream sediment project, Maritimes and Saskatchewan, 1975-1976
Project Description
Sampling of well waters was carried out in 1975 over parts of the Carboniferous Basin in southeastern New Brunswick, western Nova Scotia and on Prince Edward Island. Stream sediments were also collected on Prince Edward Island. The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open Files 340 (well water), 689 (digital version of OF 340) and 680 (stream sediments).
In 1976, well waters were collected in the Cypress Hills area, Saskatchewan. The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 678.
The purpose of the project was to test the effectiveness of groundwater geochemistry in delineating uranium occurrences and to evaluate the hydrogeochemical character of the regions. Stream sediments were collected to determine the general usefulness of such surveys for uranium prospecting and to evaluate the geochemical character of Prince Edward Island.
Survey History
| Index | Survey |
|---|---|
| 1 | Groundwater sampling survey, NTS 11E, L and 21H, I, eastern Canada, 1975. ( more) |
| 2 | Stream sediment sampling, NTS 11E, L and 21H, I, eastern Canada, 1975. ( more) |
| 3 | Groundwater, lake and stream water, stream sediment survey, NTS 72F, 72K/1, 2, Cypress Hills, southwestern Saskatchewan, 1976. ( more) |
Project Funding
In December 1974, there was a meeting of the Federal and Provincial Ministers of Mines in Ottawa to discuss various aspects of Canadian mineral policy. At the conclusion of that meeting a communiqué was issued which announced that "The Ministers agreed in principle with the establishment of a Uranium Reconnaissance Program as proposed by the Federal Government, provided agreements are negotiated with each province on an individual basis..”
The overall objectives of the Federal-Provincial Uranium Reconnaissance Program are to provide industry with high quality reconnaissance exploration data to indicate those areas of the country where there is the greatest probability of finding new uranium deposits, and to provide government with nationally systematic data to serve as a base for uranium resource appraisal.
The program will involve high sensitivity airborne gamma-ray spectrometry over areas of low relief and some outcrop, required geochemistry in mountainous terrain and in areas with extensive overburden, and special emphasis on hydrogeochemistry in flat-lying sedimentary basins.
[taken from Darnley et al., Geological Survey of Canada paper 75-26, p. 49-71]
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