The Geology Of Ontario Through Its Rocks

There are many ways to define Northern Ontario, however, I believe the most accurate geological definition of Northern Ontario was defined by the Ontario Census Division. Northern Ontario encompasses over a large percentage of provincial landmass, stretching from Parry Sound, north to the shores of Hudson Bay, west to the border of Manitoba and east to the border of Quebec (Map Two). Most of Northern Ontario is situated on the Canadian Shield which is characterized by a vast rocky plateau and lakes. In the video “Nine Rivers”, four men on a canoeing trip heading north to Hudson’s Bay, captured the beauty of Northern Ontario. They described the waterways that ranged from small creeks to massive bodies of moving water as an era of great

Quebec is the providence in Canada, covering nearly 600,000 square miles. The notable landmasses found within Quebec include the Canadian Shield and the Appalachian Mountains. The Encyclopedia of Britannica reveals that the Canadian Shield has ice-smoothed hills, and is the most massive area containing exposed Precambrian rock (Behiels). The Appalachian Mountains are the separating feature distinguishing the Quebec’s borders from Main, Vermont, and New Hampshire (“Quebec Mountains”). The St. Lawrence River flows southwest of Lake Ontario to the northeast. Attractions involving the river include the Québec-Lévis ferry, cruises, and strolls on the Promenade Samuel-De Champlain (Quebec).

This escarpment is considered one of the natural wonders in Canada and a great place for a little family trip. This allows families to spend time together while exploring one of the oldest and the largest geological areas. There are several landforms to visit at Niagara Escarpment.Some of these include, limestone cracks, crevices and Lake Crawford, a rare and unique meromictic lake. A meromictic lake means that the lake has layers of water that do not intermix. This also means that whatever goes into the water stays down due to the lack of oxygen underwater in meromictic lakes. Due to this the lake is not used for water supply.The escarpment is also a great place to learn about its geological history and to see wildlife, landforms and orchids that are not seen anywhere else. Several landforms found here include dried out waterfalls, fossils, steep slopes, limestone and dolostone. Endemic species found in Niagara Escarpment include the Blue Jays, Turkey Vultures and Hooded warblers. Various orchids that can been seen are the Calypso Orchid , Ram's-head Lady-slipper and Alaska Rein Orchid. Its history dates back 430-450 millions years when the area was flooded with a shallow sea. Rivers and bodies of water would carry sand and take it to the ancient seas. They would also carry silt and clay creating sediment. At this time organic material rich with lime was accumulating. During the span of a million years,

The Britannia Mines has played such a major role in the building blocks of British Columbia’s economic development and early history. Behind the unforgotten community that once flourished with 60,000 miners of different races and religions, lies a rich history that captures the hearts of many who pass by one of the most successful copper sites of its time. With that being said, the legend behind the discovery of affluent minerals in Britannia Mines is by a doctor who was searching for gold in the year, 1888. After many failed attempts to set up a mining industry, the Britannia Mine and Smelting Company Ltd. took interest in this discovery and developed operation systems and communities. The Britannia Mines in the 1920s became such a successful

The Slave Structural Province is a unique and distinctive Archean craton in the northwest Canadian Shied, which is indicated by its rock types, deposits and structures (Padgham,1992). The Slave province covers much smaller than (1/10) that of Superior Province, which is about 213 000 km2. The supracrustals (33% of Slave province) consist of 70-80% of greywacke- mudstone and approximately 20% of volcanic rocks, which is high in SiO2 (felsic to intermediate) (Padgham,1992). There are abundant mineral deposits in the Slave Province: gold deposits, rare-element-rich pegmatite and zinc-lead-silver-concentrated volcanogenic massive sulfides (VMS), which differ from the high contents of copper-zinc-gold in the Superior Province (Padgham & Fyson, 1992).

There are almost 40 identified rock layers form the Grand Canyon. Some rocks found in the Grand Canyon Include Quartz, Calcite, Clay, Gypsum, Dolomite, Hematite, Feldspar, Augite, and Biotite. Some of the most conspicuous rocks and formations are in the Colorado Plateau Province, which is a large area that is represented by horizontal sedimentary rocks. Lava from volcanic activity and sediments that went through metamorphasis created crystalline rocks that formed Three " Granite Gorges". This happened because the magma flowed into the rocks

This project focuses on preparing samples for major and trace element analyses of the Cat Hills volcanic field. Fourteen rock samples were collected from different locations from the Cat Hills volcanic field. Whole rock samples were crushed with a Chipmunk jaw crusher to obtain gravel-sized particles. Samples were separated using sieves with a mesh spacing of 0.0037 inches and 0.0195 inches. Gravel-sized samples collected from the 0.0195 sieve fraction were leached in 5% nitric acid for 25 minutes, rinsed in distilled water, and allowed to dry. After drying, gravels were powdered using a tungsten carbide

According to the Geological Association of Canada, volcanology is the study of volcanoes and in particular the way in which volcanoes erupt. Volcanologists investigate the processes that go on inside the Earth that lead to volcanic eruptions. Their work involves the study of the movement of magma and the surfaces of volcanoes, particularly their gas content. Volcanologists also study the interior of volcanoes because it reflects the importance on how the Earth work.

The third rock I chose is Gypsum. Gypsum is a flexible rock, but if flexed too much it will break. Gypsum sometimes forms in sandy areas. Gypsum’s chemical formula is CaSO4 * 2H2O, and its composition is Hydrous calcium sulfate. It can be many different colors such as white, gray, brown, orange, pink, yellow, green, or even colorless. Gypsum is very similar to another mineral, Anhydrite (CaSO4). Gypsum is used for manufacture of wallboard, plaster of Paris, cement, and many other uses. There are also some varieties of gypsum known as “satin spar” and ”alabaster” which are used for ornamental purposes.

If you're interested in adding rocks to your landscaping design, then you should visit a landscaping center that sells a wide variety of rocks so you have the most options to choose from. While river rocks and gravel are common, you can choose from many kinds of rocks such as stone blocks, polished black pebbles, multi-colored exotic rocks, lava rock, and fire glass so you can let your artistic side shine

Use your notes, textbook, and the web to answer the following questions. All answers must be typed and in your own words and submitted on “turnitin” by the deadline. Make sure that you do your best, this is a challenging assignment.

Northern. Ontario is an area richly endowed with metallic mineral resources. It is one of the most important mineral resource regions in Canada if not in the world. One only needs to look at the volume of mineral production to support this view. The region produces nearly half of the world’s nickel and a substantial portion of the nation’s gold, silver, copper, zinc, uranium, cobalt and platinum metals. For a hundred years the federal and Provincial governments have mismanaged these non renewable mineral resources and our renewable forestry resources and in doing

Minerals are a natural resource that is very important to Canada and its industries development. Canada is one of the leading countries when it comes to minerals due to the mining industries. Mines that provide us minerals in Canada include the Diamond Production in the far North, Voiseys Bay in Labradors, the Sudbury region, Arctic and Taiga region, and the boreal shield region. Miners play an effective role when it comes to minerals since they are really the ones providing us with these minerals. As well as the workers in industries who make oil and different things out of them. There have been many recent developments in Canada in the mineral industry, such as; Diamond production in the far north that is Canada’s latest mining success stories.

The main objective of this ‘Adopt-A-Rock” project is to analyze and categorize thin section #86 as well as educate the reader about kyanite quartzite and its role on Earth. To identify the #86 thin section: First, using individual mineral characteristics and descriptions under a petrologic microscope, followed by hand sample diagnostics. Metamorphic rocks are significant pieces in the Earth’s geochronology. As they develop from the transformation of existing rock types, in a process called metamorphism, which means, "change in form". Metamorphic rocks are important since they make up a large part of the Earth’s crust. Among these rocks is kyanite quartzite. A perfect example of a contact metamorphic

The province, itself covers between 50,000 and 70,000 square miles, and just throughout the southern region of the basin, contains sedimentary rocks that most likely exceed 40,000 feet deep. More than half of the strata within, ages from Cambrian to Permian, being a part of the gas fields that are said to be the largest producers of hydrocarbons in the basin. The Anadarko is one of the most prolific hydrocarbon producers in the continental United States (Hugman and Vidas, 1987; Johnson, 1988). There are only minor occurrences of Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata in the northwest part of the province (Henry). Rocks aging older than Mississippian are predominately carbonates, while younger rocks consist of mainly shales and some sandstones - why are these important? Well, while the only make up only a small part of the basin, they account for the large mass of petroleum production (Henry).