Discover Abitibi releases geological airbone survey results.On Sept. 8, Discover Abitibi is releasing the results of its Airborne Gravity Evaluation Survey. The report and its maps can be found by following the links at www.discoverabitibi.com. Hard copies will be available for viewing at the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM MNDM Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (Ontario) ) resident geologist's offices in Timmins, Kirkland Lake Kirkland Lake, mining town, E Ont., Canada. An important gold-mining center, gold was discovered there in 1911 and again in the 1980s at Harker. The mining of iron ore and tourism are two other important industries. and Sudbury and at the Toronto Mines and Minerals Information Centre. The Discover Abitibi Initiative is an initiative underway to coordinate and direct an integrated geoscientific investigation of the Abitibi Greenstone belt The Abitibi greenstone belt is a 2,800-2,600 million year old greenstone belt that spans across the Ontario-Quebec border in Canada. It is mostly made of volcanic rocks, but also includes ultramafic rocks, mafic intrusions, granitoid rocks, and early and middle Precambrian of Northeastern Ontario Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Superior and Huron. Northeastern Ontario consists of Algoma District, Sudbury District, Cochrane District, Timiskaming District, Nipissing District, Manitoulin . |
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