Report of activities on the structural geology of southern Peel Plateau and Peel Plain region, Northwest Territories and Yukon

Abstract

Peel Plateau and Peel Plain have widespread hydrocarbon potential and have been identified by industry stakeholders as a high-priority exploration region, yet the area is underexplored and its geological history remains poorly understood. The Northwest Territories Geoscience Office and collaborators initiated a multidisciplinary study in 2005, "Regional Geoscience Studies and Petroleum Potential, Peel Plateau and Plain, Northwest Territories and Yukon", the focus of which is to expand geoscience knowledge in the Peel Plateau and Peel Plain. As part of this project, fieldwork reported here was conducted in 2006 in the southern Peel Plateau and Peel Plain and northern Mackenzie and Franklin mountains. Detailed structural mapping was carried out along major structures, such as the Tabasco, Deadend, and Southbound faults, as well as across the Imperial anticline.

Mackenzie Inuit Lithic Raw Material Procurement in the Lower Mackenzie Valley: The Importance of Social Factors

“…Bedrock geology maps indicate that the Upper Devonian Canol Formation outcrops in this area (Pilon, 1990). The Canol Formation consists of organic-rich, resistant, black siliceous cherty shale that weathers sulfur-yellow and bluish dark grey (Lemieux et al, 2007). As shown in Figure 2, Vihtr'ii Tshik is located along the Mackenzie River between Fort Good Hope and Tsiigehtchic within the northernmost exposure of the Canol Formation.…”