Current & Upcoming Events
 

Institute on Lake Superior Geology, May 6 - 10, 2008, Marquette, Michigan

 
The 54th Annual Institute on Lake Superior Geology will be held from Tuesday, May 6 to Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the Ramada Inn, Marquette, Michigan.
Apr.8 & 9.2008
NWOMMS, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Apr.8 & 9.2008
Northwestern Ontario Mines & Minerals Symposium , Thunder Bay, Ontario
Apr.15 & 16.2008
NEOMMS , Timmins, Ontario
Apr.15 & 16.2008
Northeastern Ontario Mines & Minerals Symposium , Timmins, Ontario
Dec.9 & 10.2008
OEGS, Sudbury, Ontario
Dec.9 & 10.2008
2008 Ontario Exploration & Geoscience Symposium, Sudbury, Ontario

 

 


 
 

Past Events
Tribag Mining Leases and Patents to be opened for staking June 1, 2008 Letter from the Director, Mineral Development & Lands Branch, MND&M
  Letter to the Director, Mineral Development & Lands Branch from SDPA
  Location of Tribag Mining area
OEGS, Radisson Hotel, Sudbury December 11 & 12, 2007 Ontario Exploration & Geoscience Symposium in Sudbury. Theme: Ontario: Explore and Discover
April 17 & 18, 2007 Northeastern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium This is the first time that the Northeast Symposium is being held in Sault Ste. Marie. We look forward to seeing you there!! 
Holiday Inn, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
SDPA Meeting April 20, 2006; Ste. Mary's Boardroom Gary Clark, Executive Director of the OPA will speak on mineral exploration option agreements.
Institute of Lake Superior Geology, Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie, May 8-12, 2006
www.lakesuperiorgeology.org
The 52nd annual meeting and symposium of the ILSG will be held here in the Sault. There will be pre and post conference fieldtrips.
Northeastern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 10-13, 2006 Northern College, Kirkland Lake
Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium, April 4 & 5, 2006 Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay
SDPA Meeting, March 9, 2006; St. Mary's Board Room Verdun Venn geologist / geophysicist extraordinaire will be speaking on GeoMagnetism and magnetic surveys.
OPA Meeting, February 9, 2006 Best Western, Great Northern Road, Sault Ste. Marie
SDPA Meeting, February 9, 2006; St. Mary's Board Room Brian Atkinson, Regional Resident Geologist,  Timmins: Call of the Yukon:  Recent observations by a former Cordilleran geologist
  SDPA Poster Here's a low resolution snapshot of the proposed SDPA poster
Mamainse Point Fieldtrip 2003 picture gallery  A few pictures from our fieldtrip in 2003 (better late than never)
Ontario Exploration & Geoscience Symposium 2005 Dec 13-14, 2005  Annual OPA Symposium to be held at the Delta Chelsea, Toronto
SDPA Fieldtrip to Elliot Lake, October 15, 2005 SDPA Fieldtrip picture gallery covers outcrops of Lower Huronian Supergroup including uranium-bearing quartz pebble conglomerate.
SDPA Fieldtrip June 4 2005 A spring fieldtrip of the Island Copper Propery of NIKOS Explorations Ltd. will be held June 4, 2005. We will meet at the Heyden Esso Restaurant at 8:00 AM. This deposit represent an IOCG-type of Cu-Au-Ag mineralization. Participants will have to sign a liability waiver. See you all there!
SDPA Meeting June 9, 2005 The Ontario Geological Survey is coming to town to talk about various activities in which they are engaged in throughout northern Ontario.
SPDA Prospecting Course The Sault & District Prospectors' Association is holding a Discover Prospecting Course May 27, 28, 29 at the St. Mary's Paper boardroom. 
SDPA Meeting May 13, 2004 Jack Parker will speak about the OGS Precambrian Section Geological Program for NE Ontario and will solicit ideas for future geoscience activities.
SDPA Meeting April 8, 2004 Delio Tortosa will speak about the Geology of the Baseline Cu-Ag-Au Prospect, Mamainse Point, Ontario.
 OPA Northeast Ontario Geoscience Symposium April 13, 14,  at the Ramada Inn, Sudbury Ontario Prospectors Association (OPA) is excited to announce that the Northeast Ontario Exploration Geoscience Symposium (April 13 & 14) will take place at the Ramada Inn in Sudbury, Ontario.

SDPA Meeting March 11, 2004
-- Cancelled --

Meeting cancelled due to the untimely death of John Kovola, a member of the Sault and District Prospector's Association; condolences were sent to John's family on behalf of the SDPA.
SDPA Meeting February 12, 2004 Wally Rainer gave presentations on the Ontario Exploration Corporation prospector's fund and the Lake Nipigon Geoscience Initiative
SDPA Meeting January 8, 2004 Bob Burns spoke on exploration for water in western Africa
 SDPA Meeting November 19, 2003 Ann Wilson, District Geologist for Wawa will speak about diamond exploration in the Wawa area.
SDPA Meeting September 11, 2003 Rob Gordon from Quantec Geophysics will be speaking on 'New technology for deep earth imaging' at 7:30 pm in the St. Mary's Boardroom.
Ore Deposits at depth: challenges and opportunities; September 23-26 2003, Timmins, ON This field conference will focus on the exploration and geotechnical problems associated with exploring for and mining deep ore bodies and will lead to a broader understanding of advances in technology that now make this feasible.
SDPA Meeting Thursday May 8, 2003 Ross Kelly of the OGS will speak on the recently released KIM study for the Sault Ste. Marie - Espanola Corridor.
SDPA Geological Fieldtrip, Saturday May 31, 2003  A spring fieldtrip of the Mamainse Point geology and IOCG-type mineralization  is set for May 31, 2003. Please register soon as we only have room for 30 participants.
Northeastern Exploration & Geoscience Symposium April 15 & 16, 2002,  Haileybury, Ontario ContactRoger Dufresne for further information at 
705-567-3725 or email at gerhard.meyer@ndm.gov.on.ca
Northwestern Ontario Mines & Minerals Symposium April 8 & 9, 2003, Thunder Bay Contact John Halet for further information at jhalet@tbaytel.net or 807-475-4142
PDA Convention, March 9-12 2003, Toronto The 2003 PDAC International Convention and Trade Show / Investor Exchange 
SDPA Meeting Thursday April 10, 2003 Dr. Ron Sage to speak on diamonds in Ontario
SDPA Meeting Thursday March 13, 2003 John Kovala will give a talk on Goldcorp's Red Lake Mine; don't miss it!
OPA Meeting Jan 23/03, Sudbury The OPA Board of Directors next meeting is scheduled at the Willet Green Miller Centre in Sudbury
OLL Information Session, Jan 16/03, Sault Ste. Marie The Algoma Headwaters Signature Site will be having an information session from 2-4:00 pm and 6-9 pm at the Algoma Water Tower Inn, 360 Great Northern Road.
SDPA Meeting Jan 9/03 Gary Clark will talk about the new Ontario Exploration Corporation Propsector's Fund (new OPAP); Brian Berdusco from MNDM will talk about CLAIMS III.
SDPA Meeting Dec 12/02 Roger Moss, President of Amerigo Resources Limited, will give us a talk about 'black smokers', with videos and slides. Don't miss this one!
Ontario Exploration Geoscience Symposium The Ontario Exploration Geoscience Symposium (OEGS) held in Toronto Dec 2-4 was a great success.
Wawa Diamond Fieldtrip, June 2002 Article with photos of the very successful SDPA field trip to the Archean Diamond Fields north of Wawa.