A $110,000 provincial grant will enable Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) to continue researching the dating of rocks and minerals.
The ROM’s Jack Satterly Geochronology Lab, which specializes in isotopic dating and microsampling, will receive the grant from the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.
“Isotopic ages are important to geologists because the dates help develop an accurate picture of an area’s geological history,” says Ontario Mines Minister Shelley Martel. “This is especially important in the Canadian Shield where many of the province’s economic minerals are concentrated.” By examining the age of mineral deposits, scientists can determine which rock groups are most likely to contain certain minerals. For example, gold deposits in Archean rocks were discovered to have formed about 2,600 million years ago. This knowledge is useful because it indicates which rock groups are most likely to contain a major gold deposit.
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