Digital Capture And Processing Of Granular Resources Information Pertinent To The Mackenzie Valley Project

Author : T. A. M. Zimmer
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Download or read book Data on Sand and Gravel Resource Locations in the Northwest Territories, Canada written by T. A. M. Zimmer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Granular material, specifically sand and gravel suitable for use in construction are a necessary component of nearly all industrial, commercial and public infrastructure activities. In particular, large quantities of granular material are needed for activities in the petroleum exploration and development field (building and maintaining access roads, pipelines, supporting infrastructure sites, etc.). Unfortunately, sizeable deposits of this resource may be scarce in many parts of the Northwest Territories (NWT). Without adequate supplies of granular material commercial, industrial and community development plans in the NWT may be in jeopardy. It is essential, then, that government, community and private industry planners have access to accurate, detailed, comprehensive information about granular material resources in the NWT for planning, environmental assessment, regulatory and management purposes. One such source of granular material information is the Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic (NGRB) database, available online at http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/ngr. The database attempts to provide a comprehensive bibliographic listing of granular material exploration, engineering and geological reports that contain information on granular material resources in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. Electronic copies, in Adobe PDF format, are available for many of the reports listed in the database. The NGRB database is maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America (University of Calgary, Alberta), for the Land and Water Management Directorate of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), and is accessible free of charge to the public at the above internet address. In November of 2004 J.D. Mollard and Associates Limited (JDMA) was contracted by INAC to provide information on all granular material resource exploration and related engineering or geological projects carried out by JDMA within the Northwest Territories, for inclusion in the NGRB database. InAugust of 2005 JDMA submitted a final report to INAC entitled "Name and Status of Reports Prepared by J.D. Mollard and Associates Limited between 1956 and 2005 - Data on Sand and Gravel Locations lying within the 2005 Boundaries of the Northwest Territories, Canada." The report listed fifty-four (54) JDMA consulting reports that had been located in company archives and which pertained to granular material in the NWT. Eleven (11) of these reports, at that time, were already listed in the NGR database. In addition, the JDMA report listed eighty-nine (89) more consulting projects that were known to have been completed by JDMA but for which, at that time, no copy of a final project report could be found in company archives. One of the recommendations of the 2005 JDMA report was for INAC to fund an additional study for JDMA to, among other tasks, conduct further searches of its company storage areas in an attempt to locate many of the 89 additional granular material reports believed to be in existence. In March, 2006, INAC contracted JDMA to carry out this and other tasks in a second study. This report details the results of this second study, conducted by JDMA staff during 2006. Because many of the tasks of this second project were, in essence, continuations of tasks begun in the 2005 JDMA report, this report is regarded as 'Phase II.' The original 2005 JDMA report is now regarded as 'Phase I' of this project. OBJECTIVES: As detailed in the Scope of Work document sent to JDMA by INAC representative Robert Gowan, P.Geol., in March 2006, this project had six (6) main objectives: 1) to review lists of granular resource studies undertaken by J.D. Mollard and Associates Limited in the NWT and records currently shown in the Northern Granular Resources bibliographic database; 2) to conduct physical searches of all company archives / storage areas and retrieve all available reports not processed in the previous (i.e., 2005) study, and summarize as per the previous work; 3) to continue to seek approval for any reports prepared for private clients to release to the public domain all reports retrieved in the above physical search, which pertain to granular materials on or along the Mackenzie Valley Highway or Mackenzie Valley Pipeline; 4) to, where the report is already in the public domain or where approval for its release has been obtained, prepare black and white, greyscale or colour scans (as appropriate) to produce a digital version of the original report; 5) to examine digital copies of any digital versions of reports already included in the NGRB for completeness, accuracy and quality of images, and replace or correct any inadequacies noted; and 6) to prepare a brief final report summarizing the work completed, results obtained, and recommendations" -- leaf 1.