Upcoming Activities
Executive Council Meetings
Vancouver, BC, Canada
MAP Booth
As has been done at previous events surrounding the Executive
Council Meetings, MAP will have its own booth at the Cordilleran
Exploration Roundup. The objective will be to showcase MAP activities
completed to date focusing on accomplishments from the current
fiscal year. MAP management encourages participant countries
to bring to Vancouver, any material they wish to distribute to
the public, and any maps or posters they wish to display in the
booth. If you have any questions please contact the project
administrator at: mellerbe@nrcan.gc.ca
Draft Agenda
- Verifiable Indicators
- WEB Page
- MAP Certificates
- Short Courses and Collaborative Work - Questionnaires
Review of 3rd quarter 1999/00
Accomplishments
Management Challenges
Required Information from Countries
Review of Upcoming Activities and Short Courses
Samples Update: Dr. Catherine Hickson and Dr. Jennifer Getsinger
- Status of Sample Processing
- Review of Progress on Creation of Petrological Standards Program
- Review of Screen Printouts from Database of Samples and Analytical
Results
Discussion on Cartographic Standards Committee and Technical
Committee for the Compilation of Metallogenic Map of the border
regions of the MAP countries:
- Plan for Metallogenic Map of Border Regions of MAP Area
- Technical Committee update - Dr. Eduardo Zappettini
- Review of Action Plan for the assembly of the map for presentation
in Puerto Varas Aug. 3-7, 2000 and Rio de Janeiro August 6 -
17, 2000
Airborne Survey update:
- Argentina / Chile Survey - update - Dr. Moyra Gardeweg, E.
Zappettini, and Dr. Dennis Teskey
- Bolivia / Chile / Peru Survey - update - D. Teskey
- Review of activities carried out by each country - April
1, 1999 - Dec 31, 1999
- Fieldwork
- Laboratory Studies
- Publications/Reports/Maps
- Proposed work plans for the 2000/2001 fiscal year - April
1, 2000 to March 31, 2001
- Fieldwork
- Laboratory Studies
- Publications/Reports/Maps
- Plans for the Puerto Varas, Chile Presentation of the
Metallogenic Map
- Plans for the individual country presentations at the conference
- Plans for the International Geological Congress in Rio
- Who will attend
- Pamphlets and promotional material from MAP
Fieldtrip to Squamish and Whistler
At the conclusion of the MAP Executive Council meetings there
will be two field trips near Vancouver:
1) Saturday January 29, 2000
Geological Hazards of the Squamish / Whistler Corridor - Guided
by Dr. Catherine Hickson
2) Sunday January 30, 2000
Local Geology of the Vancouver Area
Activities Reports
Volcanology Short Course
Mapping in Volcanic Terrain: Products and Processes was presented
to 38 participants at INGEMMET's facilities in Lima, Peru, Dec.
6-8 by Drs. Kelly Russell and Catherine Hickson. The five day
course covered all the principal kinds of volcanic deposits and
the processes that produce them. Controlling factors such as
the physical properties of magmas (chemistry, density, viscosity,
etc.) were discussed in reference to their effects on final products.
Emphasis was placed on how to identify various types of volcanic
products in the field. A significant amount of time was taken
instructing the group on how to prepare accurate descriptions
of various types of volcanic rocks and the importance of these
descriptions was stressed. It is only through accurate descriptions
that correlations between adjacent map areas and/or mapping geologists
can be made. Russell and Hickson have been invited back in April
to give the course again to another set of geologists not able
to participate in this course. During their visit, Hickson and
Russell presented a lecture to about 50 people at the Geological
Society of Peru.
PIMA Course
(Activity: A.99/B-1, A.99/C2, A.99/P-1)
Ms. Anne Thompson of PetraScience Consultants Inc. will be
in Chile in March or April of 2000 to give the popular course
on the use of the PIMA - Portable Infrared Mineral Analyzer.
Fluid Inclusion Training
(Activity: D.97/C-5, D.96/B-7, D.98/P-2)
Mr. Jim Reynolds of Fluid Inc., Colorado, USA and Mr. Tawn
Albinson completed successful short courses on the use of the
fluid inclusion equipment at both the SERGEOMIN premises in Bolivia
from December 2 to 8 and INGEMMET premises in Peru from December
13 to 17. The course was well attended by private industry, university
staff and scientists from their respective geological surveys.
The only problem arose when some spare parts were held up in
customs.
Airborne Survey Update
Argentina - Chile
(Activity: D.99/M-C2)
The technical evaluation meeting for the proposal for the
Argentina / Chile airborne Survey is to be held on Monday, January
10, 2000 at 1:00 pm Ottawa time (EST). Results from this meeting
will aid PWGSC in selecting the winning proposal.
Airborne Survey Update
Bolivia - Chile - Peru
(Activity: D.99/M-C1)
Three companies have now agreed to participate in the survey.
At this time it is remains possible for additional companies
to join the project; however, it is necessary to establish the
funding and proceed with the tendering process as soon as possible
after the MAP executive meeting in Vancouver (the end of January
2000). Toward this end an announcement will be run in the January
24, 2000 edition of the Northern Miner updating companies on
the current status of the proposed survey.
Argentina Puna Austral Airborne Survey Data Available to
the Public
MAP management along with SEGEMAR of Argentina are pleased
to announce that as of January 8, 2000 data collected under the
Puna Austral Airborne Geophysical Survey will be made available
to the public. This date marks one year since the initial compilation
and distribution of the data to the 9 private sector survey participants.
For information on ordering the data please contact Dr. Eduardo
Zappettini of SEGEMAR at: Tel: (54-11) 4349-3131 Fax: (54-11)
4349-3171 or by email: ezappe@secind.mecon.ar.
Samples Database Form
In September of 1999 forms from the MAP Samples database were
sent to each member of the project for review. To date no feedback
has been received by MAP administration. Please bring comments
and suggestions with you to the Executive Council meetings in
Vancouver.
WEB Page Update
1999 1998
Sept 5,540 2,279
Oct 6,442 1,710
Nov 4,815 1,707
Dec 3,865 1,193
The popularity of the MAP Web Page has almost tripled in
the last year (as indicated by the 1999 vs. 1998 MAP Web page
traffic comparison above). Perhaps the most significant point
raised by this is the importance of having up-to-date, reliable
and useful information on the Web Page in order to encourage
repeat visits. The MAP Webmaster has received criticism that
much of the information on the page is either out of date or
incorrect and numerous requests for more information on MAP products
have been received. It has also become apparent that if the
page were updated more frequently it would become far more useful
to the public. Also worth noting is the fact that after MAP
placed an announcement in the Northern Miner during the week
of October 17 to 24 the Airborne Survey Section of the page
received a record number of hits (1554).
The top ten visits per country are:
1 USA 6 Belgium
2 Canada 7 Spain
3 Argentina 8 Australia
4 Peru 9 United Kingdom
5 Mexico 10 Italy
The top 3 visited pages are:
1 Home page
2 Newsletter page
3 Airborne Survey Intro page
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