METADATA

Title: A GIS dataset of geological features for the
Chinkeh Creek map area (95C/9), Northwest Territories
and Yukon Territory.
Originator: L.S. Lane and K.M. Fallas
Publication_Date: 2003
Presentation_Form: CD-ROM
Series_Name: Digital Open File
Issue_Identification: 1828
Publication_Place: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Geological Survey of Canada
Citation_Details: Lane, L.S. and Fallas, K.M. 2003: 
A GIS dataset of geological features for the Chinkeh 
Creek map area (95C/9), Northwest Territories and 
Yukon Territory; Geological Survey of Canada, Open 
File 1828.
Abstract: The geological map and database are derived 
from regional mapping in the Chinkeh Creek (NTS 95C/9) 
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 Chinkeh Creek map area is located along the 
border between southwestern Northwest Territories and 
southeastern Yukon near the southern termination of 
the Franklin Mountains.  The Kotaneelee and La Biche 
Ranges dominate the area and are underlain by folded 
Devonian to Permian age strata.  The intervening 
valleys are occupied by synclines that preserve 
Cretaceous strata.  The box-type Kotaneelee and La 
Biche anticlines are both west-verging structures 
with steep-to-overturned western limbs.  The La Biche 
anticline is further modified by a northeast verging 
thrust fault exposed in the core of the structure.  
Diverging structural trends can be seen between the 
north-trending Kotaneelee anticline and the northwest-
trending La Biche structure, reflecting a broader 
interference pattern in the La Biche River (NTS 95C) 
map area.  The map pattern is also modified by the 
sub-Cretaceous unconformity that cuts out Permian 
strata towards the north end of the map area.    
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 map 95C/9 (1:50 000 scale) in
southeastern Yukon Territory and southwestern 
Northwest Territories, Canada. 
In English
Beginning_Date: 2000
Ending_Date: 2003
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.50   
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.00
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.75
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.50
Theme_Keyword: GIS bedrock geology
Theme_Keyword Thesaurus: bedrock geology, geological 
map, geology,GIS, map, NATMAP, Central Foreland, 
Chinkeh Creek, Liard, Sully Formation, Sikanni 
Formation, Lepine Formation, Scatter Formation, 
Garbutt Formation, Chinkeh Formation, Fantasque 
Formation, Mattson Formation, Besa River Formation, 
Dunvegan Formation, Tika map unit.
Place_Keyword: Chinkeh Creek
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Canada, Liard, Yukon Territory, 
Northwest Territories, Canadian Cordillera, Franklin 
Mountains, Kotaneelee River, Murky Creek, Kotaneelee 
Range, La Biche Range.
Use_Constraints: İHer Majesty the Queen in Right of
Canada, 2003
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: nts95c9.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