Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Eccles, D.R.
Originator: Creighton, S.
Publication Date: 2003
Title:
2002 Compilation of Alberta Ultramafic Rock Occurrences: Location, Ground Geophysics, Drillhole Logs and Diamond Content
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document
Series Information:
Series Name: Geo-Note
Issue Identification: GEO 2002-23
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/GEO/ZIP/GEO_2002_23.ZIP
Description:
Abstract:

The objective of this report was to compile selected assessment file report information from ultramafic rock occurrences in Alberta into a single, usable document for government, industry and the public.

Compiled information in this report includes

1) the location of 50 ultramafic rock occurrences in Alberta, which include:

• Buffalo Head Hills field: 33 kimberlites on the southeastern flanks of the Buffalo Head Hills, north-central Alberta (there are actually 38 reported pipes, but 5 locations are still unknown);

• Birch Mountains field: 8 kimberlites in the Birch Mountains, northeastern Alberta;

• Mountain Lake field: 2 alkaline ultrabasic diatremes directly north of Mountain Lake, northwestern Alberta;

• Sweet Grass Instrusives: 7 hypabyssal (dykes, plugs) intrusions in the Milk River area of southeastern Alberta (including 1 hypabyssal diorite porphyry, Black Coulee);

2) a brief overview of the exploration history of each ultramafic rock occurrence field or cluster;

3) diamond content results for 31 diamondiferous kimberlites (29 in Buffalo Head Hills and 2 in the Birch Mountains) and from the Black Butte minette in southern Alberta;

4) 157 drill logs from drillholes completed on 29 diatremes; and

5) 30 ground geophysical maps from surveys over 44 diatremes and the results of 1 aeromagnetic survey flown in the vicinity of the Sweet Grass Intrusives.

Assessment file reports and selected publication references that were used during this compilation on Alberta ultramafic rock occurrences include:

• Buffalo Head Hills: Skelton and Bursey (1998, 1999)

• Birch Mountains: Aravanis (1999)

• Mountain Lake: Wood and Williams (1994), Leckie et al. (1997); Wood et al. (1998)

• Sweet Grass Intrusives: Kjarsgaard (1994), Ash et al. (1995), Ross et al. (1997)

In addition to assessment file reports, information was culled from various news releases, particularly for diamond contents (Ashton Mining of Canada Inc., 1997a, 1997b, 1997c, 1997d, 1998, 1999a, 1999b, 2001).

Purpose:
To compile selected assessment file report information from ultramafic rock occurrences in Alberta into a single, usable document for government, industry and the public.
Supplemental Information: In English
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 2001
Ending Date: 2002
Currentness Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -117.919154
East Bounding Coordinate: -112.942493
North Bounding Coordinate: 57.589603
South Bounding Coordinate: 54.991668
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none
Theme Keyword: diamond
Theme Keyword: geology
Theme Keyword: geophysical study
Theme Keyword: ultramafics
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus:
Place Keyword: 83n
Place Keyword: 83o
Place Keyword: 83p
Place Keyword: 84a
Place Keyword: 84b
Place Keyword: 84c
Place Keyword: 84f
Place Keyword: 84g
Place Keyword: 84h
Place Keyword: alberta
Place Keyword: canada
Access Constraints: Public
Use Constraints:
Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open Government License - Alberta.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: AGS Information Manager
Contact Position: AGS Information Manager
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: AGS Information Manager
Contact Position: AGS Information Manager
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Resource Description: Geo-Note 02-23
Distribution Liability:
The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product.
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 9/16/2003
Metadata Review Date: 12/31/20
Metadata Future Review Date: 12/31/20
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: AGS Information Manager
Contact Position: AGS Information Manager
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
Metadata Access Constraints: none
Metadata Use Constraints: none