Phase 2 initial borehole drilling and testing, Ignace area: WP03 data report - geological and geotechnical core logging, photography and sampling for IG_BH06

The Initial Borehole Drilling and Testing project in the Wabigoon and Ignace Area, Ontario is part of Phase 2 Geoscientific Preliminary Field Investigations of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)'s Adaptive Phased Management (APM) Site Selection Phase. This project involves testing of deep borehole IG_BH04 and the drilling and testing of deep boreholes IG_BH05 and IG_BH06 in the Ignace area within the identified Potential Repository Area (PRA). The sixth-drilled borehole, IG_BH06, is located a direct distance of approximately 24 km southeast of the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and a direct distance of 42 km northwest of the Town of Ignace. Access to the IG_BH06 drill site is via Highway 17 and primary logging roads, as shown in Figure 1. The project was carried out by a team led by WSP Canada Inc. (WSP), previously Golder Associates Ltd., on behalf of the NWMO. This report describes the methodology, activities and results for Work Package 3 (WP03): Geological and Geotechnical Core Logging, Photography, and Sampling for IG_BH06. (author)