About the DVD
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Publication Information
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Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5006; Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 
Open File 2007-12 
Digital geoscience database, EXTECH IV Athabasca Uranium Multidisciplinary Study, 
Saskatchewan and Alberta 
W. Slimmon and J. Waters

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2007

This DVD is an archive of the primary and processed data collected by the EXTECH IV project from 2000 to 2004. Support was provided by a broad partnership including the Saskatchewan Geological Survey (Northern), Alberta Geological Survey, Cameco Corporation, AREVA Resources Canada Inc., the universities of Alberta, Regina, Saskatchewan and Laurentian, the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Geological Survey of Canada under the Earth Sciences Sector Project Approval System (PAS) enhanced by the first Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI). The Digital Topographic Data on this DVD were provided by Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan.

NOTE 1: Open files are products that have not gone through the
GSC formal publication process.

NOTE 2: This DVD is equipped with an autorun feature. To start the web browser without 
the autorun feature, browse to and run \Doc\HTML\gettingstarted.html.

Directory Structure
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This DVD is divided into the following folders:
 
\                       - Contains this readme file (readme.txt), a file containing 
                          disclaimers (disclaimer.txt), an end-user agreement for 
                          digital data (licence.txt), and a file containing the 
                          recommended citation (citation.txt).
\Apps
  \ArcReader            - Contains ESRI® ArcReader™ v. 9.1 software 
\Data                   
  \EXTECH IV Raw Data Archive - Contains original data not conducive to GIS display. 
                                Sub-folders indicate sub-project number and principal 
                                investigator. (Note: Most drill hole and other point 
                                location related data are in sub-folders beneath the 
                                \GIS folder.)
    \_01_White                - Contains data description, seismic survey line shot 
                                point locations and seismic data
    \_02_Mwenifumbo           - Contains description of files and parameters logged for
                                each borehole logged
       \_PDFs                 - Contains PDF files of plots for the suite of parameters 
                                logged in that borehole
       \ALX1-01               - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \ERC-05                - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \MAC-21-08             - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \MAC-218               - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \MAC-239               - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \MAC-265               - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \MAC-266               - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \RL-63                 - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \RL-68                 - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \RL-88                 - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \RL-92                 - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \RL-103                - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \SHE101-4              - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
       \SHE105-4              - Contains raw and processed borehole geophysical data
    \_03_Stasiuk              - Contains sub-folders indicating drill hole or area with
                                C-isotope, flourescence, reflectance, and rockeval data,
                                and photomicrographs, core photographs and assorted images 
       \ALL SAMPLES           - Contains sub-folders with data descriptions and sample 
                                location files
       \CanOxyPetClu9_79      - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Carr114               - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Carr181               - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Carr181 Micrographs   - Contains photomicrograph images
       \Claude Waste Pile     - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \CogemaCigarLake       - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \CogemaCloseLake       - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \CogemaSheaCreek       - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \DawnLake              - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \DGS4                  - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Domanique Janine Pile - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Erica 3               - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Erica 4               - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \HookLake              - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \KeyLake               - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Maybelle River Area   - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \McArthur River Area   - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \MidwestLake           - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \NE-BC_Muskwa Assemblage - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \RangerOilVirginLake   - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \RumpleLake            - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Shea Creek 94_1       - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Shea Creek 95_2       - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Shea Creek 95_3       - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Shea Creek 96_3       - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Shea Creek 100        - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Sue C Pit             - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \SWAthabasca           - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \Vlad Ruzicka_Archive Info - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
       \VR16                  - Contains sub-folders with data and image files
    \_04_Bernier              - Contains 2003 M.Sc. thesis PDF file
    \_04_Collier              - Contains 2001 B.Sc. thesis and related PDF files and 
                                2003 M.Sc. thesis PDF file
    \_04_Gaze                 - Contains 2001 B.Sc. thesis DOC file
    \_04_Kupsch               - Contains 2001 B.Sc. thesis DOC file and 2003 M.Sc. 
                                thesis DOC file
        \Geochemistry         - Contains geochemistry description files and sub-folers 
                                with lithogeochemical and PIMA analytical data
        \Photos
            \Core             - Contains sub-folders indicating drillhole name with 
                                core images
            \ThinSection      - Contains core photomicrograph images
    \_04_Williamson           - Contains B.Sc. thesis PDF file
    \_04_Yeo                  - Contains 2001 and 2002 sample lists
        \Photos               - Contains sub-folders indicating drillhole name with 
                                core images
    \_04a_Long                - Contains 2001 Long, et.al. DOC file and associated CDR 
                                and PDF figure files
    \_05_Pana                 - Contains geochemical analyses data and analytical 
                                procedures DOC file
    \_06_Shives               - Contains sub-folders with data
        \NEA_IAEA area        - Contains radiometric grid files for surview 
        \Regional             - Contains radiometric grid files for surview
    \_06a_Campbell            - Contains geochemical analytical data, procedure 
                                description and sample site files
    \_07_Percival             - Contains description of sample material left over from 
                                XRD and infrared analyses
    \_09_Craven               - Contains a data description DOC file, data standards 
                                PDF file and compressed data files

  \GIS                        - Contains sub-folders with digital data in shape file, 
                                spreadsheet and image formats that are used in the GIS 
                                project, as well as files in .pmf and .mxd formats for 
                                quick viewing with ArcReader™ and ArcMap™, respectively
    \1Mbases                  - Contains 1:1 million scale lakes
    \1Mgeology                - Contains 1:1 million scale bedrock geology for Alberta 
                                and Saskatchewan; surficial geology for Saskatchewan; 
                                and lithostructural domains for Saskatchewan
    \50Kbases                 - Contains 1:50,000 scale NTS grid; NEA-IAEA area base 
                                map layers
    \250Kbases                - Contains 1:250,000 scale base map layers for 
                                Saskatchewan north of 57°
    \250Kgeology              - Contains 1:250,000 scale bedrock geology and faults 
                                layers for Saskatchewan north of 57°
    \Athabasca_geology        - Contains Athabasca Basin geology
    \Images_Geophysics        - Contains gravity and aeromagnetic images for 
                                Saskatchewan north of 57°
    \Images_SRTM              - Contains SRTM DEM images from different sun angles for 
                                Saskatchewan north of 57°
    \Ramaekers_Archive        - Contains paleocurrent and other outcrop data digitized 
                                from in-house and published material by Paul Ramaekers 
                                culminating in SIR Report 195
    \Regional Data            - Contains DDH compilations, lake sediment geochemical 
                                data, historical geochronology, lithogeochemical data, 
                                LITHOPROBE line location, Mackenzie dykes, SIR map 
                                index, DDH core collections, mine locations, mineral 
                                deposits index
    \SP1_Data                 - Contains seismic shot point locations for Sub-project 1
    \SP2_Data                 - Contains DDH locations, parameters and log plot link files
        \Log_Plots            - Contains log plot PDF files
    \SP3_Data                 - Contains DDH locations and flourescence, reflectance, 
                                rockeval and sample info links
        \C_Isotopes           - Contains C isotope data
        \Flourescence         - Contains flourescence data
        \Reflectance_%Ro      - Contains reflectance data
        \Rockeval             - Contains rockeval data
        \Sample_Information   - Contains sample information data
    \SP4_Data     
        \Bernier              - Contains DDH locations and log data and log plot links
            \Log_Data         - Contains log data
            \Log_Plots        - Contains log plot image files
                \RL-046_detail  - Contains detail data
        \Collier              - Contains DDH locations and log data and log plot links
            \Log_Data         - Contains log data
            \Log_Plots        - Contains log plot image files
        \Jefferson            - Contains DDH locations and log data and log plot links
            \Log_Data         - Contains sub-folders with data from indicated area
                \Alberta      - Contains log data
                \Cigar Lake   - Contains log data
                \Close Lake   - Contains log data
                \Dawn Lake    - Contains log data
                \Hawkrock Lake - Contains log data
                \Key Lake     - Contains log data
                \McArthur River - Contains log data
                \McClean Lake   - Contains log data
                \Wheeler-MooreLakes - Contains log data
            \Log_Plots        - Contains sub-folders with images from indicated area
                \Cigar Lake   - Contains log plot image files
                \Close Lake   - Contains log plot image files
                \Dawn Lake    - Contains log plot image files
                \Key Lake     - Contains log plot image files
                \McArthur River - Contains log plot image files
                \Wheeler-MooreLakes - Contains log plot image files
        \Kupsch_Post          - Contains DDH locations and log data, log plot, log plot 
                                alteration, log plot hydrocarbons, log plot PIMA, and 
                                log plot PSS links
            \Log_Data         - Contains log data
            \Log_Plots        - Contains log plot image files
                \Alteration_Replacement  - Contains alteration log plot image files
                \Hydrocarbons - Contains hydrocarbon log plot image files
                \PIMA         - Contains PIMA log plot image files
                \PSS          - Contains PSS log plot image files
        \Long                 - Contains DDH locations and log plot links
            \Log_Plots        - Contains log plot image files
        \Yeo                  - Contains DDH locations and log data and log plot links
            \Log_Data         - Contains log data
            \Log_Plots        - Contains log plot image files
    \SP5_Data     
        \Geochemistry         - Contains wholerock, Sm/Nd, and O isotope data
        \OF2006-45            - Contains sub-Athabasca geology, DDH data, lineaments
                                and faults from SIR Open File 2006-45
    \SP6_Data     
        \NEA-IAEA_area        - Contains gamma ray geophysics image files
        \Regional             - Contains gamma ray geophysics image files
    \SP6a_Data
        \NEA-IAEA             - Contains surficial geology related data 
            \layer files      - Contains layers files for use in ArcMap™
            \styles           - Contains styles and fonts for use in ArcMap™
    \SP7_Data                 - Contains DDH locations and PIMA data
    \SP9_Data                 - Contains site locations
    \SP10_Data                - Contains survey line locations
    \SP11_Data                - Contains basement and Athabasca Basin geochonology 
                                results
    \SP_common                - Contains DDH locations for all sub-projects and 
                                indicates in which sub-project they were studied
\Doc                   
  \HTML                       - Contains HTML pages used to access programs and data 
                                from the user interface (NOTE: open gettingstarted.html 
                                to begin)
  \Miscellaneous              - Contains East Athabasca cross section pdf file
  \SOI_papers                 - Contains sub-folders with EXTECH IV related SIR Summary 
                                of Investigations papers from years 2000, 2001, 2002, 
                                and 2003
  \Styles_fonts               - Contains styles and fonts used to symbolize spatial data 
                                in GIS viewers (ArcReader™, ArcMap™).
\Meta                         - Contains metadata in 'FGDC classic' format for regional 
                                geology.
  \Sub-Projects               - Contains metadata in 'FGDC classic' format for 
                                sub-projects. (NOTE: SP above = sub-project)
 
Applications Directory (\Apps)
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Contains the installation file for ArcReader™ v 9.1 for Windows®, downloaded 
from http://www.esri.ca/english/downloads/default.asp. Please visit this Web site for 
system requirements, documentation, and user guides.
 
Please follow the Installation Instructions from the Getting Started HTML page.


Data Directory (\Data)
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Contains data in multiple formats (see above for descriptions). 
 
 
Assistance
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Questions, suggestions, and comments regarding the geological information
contained in the data sets should be addressed to the contact person identified 
under 'Point of contact' in the metadata file.
 
Questions, suggestions, and comments regarding the digital format, distribution,
or cartographic products should be addressed to the contact person identified 
under 'Distribution information' in the metadata file.