METADATA

Title: A GIS dataset of geological features for the Babiche 
Mountain map area (95C/8), Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories.
Originator: Fallas, K.M., and Lane, L.S.
Publication_Date: 2003
Presentation_Form: CD-ROM
Series_Name: Digital Open File
Issue_Identification: 1747
Publication_Place: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Geological Survey of Canada
Citation_Details: Fallas, K.M., and Lane, L.S., 
2003: A GIS dataset of the geological features for the
Babiche Mountain map area (95C/8), Yukon Territory and Northwest 
Territories; Geological Survey of Canada, 
Open File map 1747.
Abstract: The geological map and database are derived from 
regional mapping in the Babiche Mountain (NTS 95C/8) 1:50 000 
scale map area, as part of the Geological Survey of Canada's 
Central Foreland NATMAP project.  Geological features represented 
by attributed points, lines, and polygons have been compiled into a
GIS dataset suitable for stand-alone use, or integration with 
other data sets.  User-defined attributes provide traditional 
geological map information with greater detail and enhancements 
such as explicit orientation data, and lithologies at visited outcrops.  
     The Babiche Mountain map area is situated at the southern end 
of the Franklin Mountains in a foothills physiographic setting.  The 
geology of the area is characterised by sedimentary strata, of 
Late Devonian to Early Cretaceous age, exposed in a series of 
asymmetrical box or kink folds whose geometry is controlled 
largely by the competence of the Carboniferous Mattson Formation.
Structure in the area is dominated by the La Biche and Kotaneelee
anticlines trending approximately north. Minor faults with less than 
a few hundred metres of displacement are also reflected in the map
pattern. En echelon folds at the southern end of the Kotaneelee 
Range link the Kotaneelee anticline with the Mount Martin anticline
to the south.  Stratigraphic improvements include the recognition 
of Permian strata above the Mattson Formation informally known 
as the Tika map unit, the assignment of Triassic strata to the Toad 
Formation, and the recognition of the Lower Cretaceous Chinkeh 
Formation.
Purpose: Provided as part of a National Mapping (NATMAP) 
commitment to compile Geographic Information System products.
Supplemental_Information: Points, lines, polygons, and attribute
data representing the geology of the area covered by NTS maps 
95C/8 (1:50 000 scale) in southeastern Yukon Territory and 
southwestern Northwest Territories, Canada.
In English
Beginning_Date: 2002
Ending_Date: 2003
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.50  
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.00
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.50
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.25
Theme_Keyword: GIS bedrock geology
Theme_Keyword Thesaurus: bedrock geology, geological map, geology,
GIS, map, NATMAP, Central Foreland, Babiche Mountain, 
Liard, Scatter Formation, Garbutt Formation, Lepine Formation,
Chinkeh Formation, Fantasque Formation, Mattson Formation, 
Besa River Formation, Tika map unit, Sully Formation, 
Sikanni Formation, Toad Formation.
Place_Keyword: Babiche Mountain
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Liard, La Biche, Yukon
Territory, Canadian Cordillera, La Biche River, La Biche Range,
Kotaneelee River, Kotaneelee Range, Franklin Mountains.
Use_Constraints: İHer Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2003
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: nts95c8.pdf
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: A traditional 'paper map' style
image of the GIS map
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: "PDF" Portable Document File
Point_of_Contact: Larry MacDonald
Contact_Organization: Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary 
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 3303-33 Street N.W.
City: Calgary
Province: Alberta
Postal_Code: T2L 2A7
Voice_Telephone: (403)292-7000
Facsimile_Telephone: (403)292-4961
E-mail: GSCC_datainfo@NRCan.gc.ca
Distributor_Contact: Bookstore
Contact_Organization: Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary 
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 3303-33 Street N.W.
City: Calgary
Province: Alberta
Postal_Code: T2L 2A7
Voice_Telephone: (403)292-7030
Facsimile_Telephone: (403)292-3542
E-mail: gsc_calgary@NRCan.gc.ca
Metadata_Contact: Graham Lai
Contact_Organization: Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary 
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 3303-33 Street N.W.
City: Calgary
Province: Alberta
Postal_Code: T2L 2A7
Voice_Telephone: (403)292-7000
Facsimile_Telephone: (403)292-4961
E-mail: GSCC_datainfo@NRCan.gc.ca
Metadata_Future_Review_Date: As the open file is updated
Metadata_Date: February 2003