Download or read book New Bedrock Mapping and Preliminary U/Pb Geochronology in the Walmsley Lake Area, Southeastern Slave Province, Northwest Territories written by Kate MacLachlan and published by Natural Resources Canada. This book was released on 2002 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents results from the second year of a project aimed at improving understanding of the crustal & lithospheric architecture & evolution of the Slave Province and their relationship to the formation, preservation, & distribution of diamonds. The paper describes the area mapped in 2001, revises structural nomenclature established in 2000, and presents preliminary uranium-lead ages from samples collected in 2000. It discusses the geology of the supracrustal & granitoid rocks of the Walmsley Lake area, the four phases of folding & petrological fabric development that are interpreted for the area, the Proterozoic & other mafic dikes found in the area, and the area's economic potential.