Resources

Where to Start?

For the beginner we recommend "OpenLearn: Geology" content below. For Rock Hounding try Ann Sabine's Index to Field Guides. 

TBGLC Resources

• Annual Membership Form and Off-Line PDF copy here.

• Event Liability Waiver & Automobile Waiver

• TBGLC Business Cards Sheet (print onto card stock & cut)

• DRAFT Tri-Fold Club Brochure  (Print duplex short side to fold)

• Event Guide and Hiking Checklist

Basic Geology

• Tom Franke's Astronomy, Earth Sciences and Rock Cycle Site ( Good! )

• YouTube: Bozeman Science: Geology

• YouTube: Bozeman Science: Plate Tectonics

• Making North America 1 of 3 (Origins)

• Every Pebble Tells A Story (with rock & mineral identification keys)

• Mineral Identification Video

Geology Educational Resources

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Introduction to Geology   See full list of courses.

• OpenLearn: Geology

• Khanacademy.org: earth-history

• Basic Geology for Home Schooling

• Rock / Mineral Identification by Pictures Pages

• The Most Helpful Online Geology Resources

• Birkbeck Moodle: Structural Geology

• MineGuy101 Video Series

• Gem Society: Gemology Resources

• OpenGeology.org  (free textbooks)

Reddit: Geology and Lapidary Groups

• https://www.reddit.com/r/geology/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/rockhounds/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/mining/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Lapidary/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/WireWrapping/

Thunder Bay / Local Geology

• Thunder Bay: Geology of the Lakehead Region

Northwestern Ontario Geology Resources

• Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

• The Institute on Lake Superior Geology

• Lakehead Region Conservation Authority: Geology

• University of Waterloo: Earth Sciences Museum

• Gov. of Canada: Geoscan of The Ring of Fire

• Ontario Geological Survey

• TBPL Gateway to NWO History: Mining, Mines

Federal and Provincial Resources

• Natural Resources Canada: Earth Sciences and Publications FTP site

• Earth Sciences Canada and MineralsED: K12 Education Resources

• GeologyOntario Site

• Geological Survey of Canada: Ann Sabine's Index to Field Guides and her local guide Rocks and Minerals for the Collector: Sudbury to Winnipeg

• Very Basic Geology of Ontario

Geology Clubs: Canada

• Calgary Rock & Lapidary Club

• Ottawa   Lapsmith  &  Mineral   Club

World Resources

• Geology.com ; Minerals.net ; EBay.ca

• Mindat.org: Database of minerals great for identification. Also minfind.com and gemdat.org

Maps and Data

• MNDM: Bedrock Geology of Ontario: West-Central Sheet 

• MNDM: Ontario's Geological Data

• Google Earth KML data file of Ontario's Abandoned Mines 

• Ancient Earth Globe

• Ontario Pits and Quarries Mapping Tool

Software and Applications

• Geology Apps for Smartphones (Google Earth,  Geology Guide)