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Aid for mapping project.


FedNor has announced it will contribute nearly $400,000 to the Lake Nipigon Lake Nipigon (French : lac Nipigon) is the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of the Canadian province of Ontario and is sometimes described as the sixth Great Lake.  Heritage Authority for its work on the Phoenix Bedrock Bedrock - A C++ class library for Macintosh user interface portability.  Mapping Project.

The project will result in the creation of bedrock geological ge·ol·o·gy  
n. pl. ge·ol·o·gies
1. The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.

2. The structure of a specific region of the earth's crust.

3. A book on geology.
 maps and reports for the townships of Sandra, Dorothea, Eva, Summer and Kitto, north and south of Beardmore, at the western end of the Beardmore-Geraldton Greenstone belt Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies. .

The proposed map area has high mineral resource development potential for gold, base metals, platinum-palladium, and high-technology rare metals.

A 1999 forest fire improved access to the area and exposed bedrock which is expected to produce higher-quality maps and improve the likelihood of exploration success.
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Publication:Northern Ontario Business
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Date:Jun 1, 2001
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