Canadian Structural Geologist,
who published many scientific papers,
reports and memoirs in the fields of:
1. Mineralogy
2. Structural Geology
3. Petrology
4. Stratigraphy
Father- James Robertson Stockwell
b- Sept 4, 1866, in Danville, Richmond, Quebec
d- June 1, 1900, in Estevan, of TB
buried in Estevan City Cemetery
Grandfather- John Putnam Stockwell
Grandmother- Lovina Burbank
Mother- Alfretta Susanna
(Allie) (Ally) Stockwell, nee Perry,
who James married in 1895,
b- Mar 8,1873, in ON.
d- Aug 1953,
buried in Estevan City Cemetery
Stockwell's had 3 children,
all born in Estevan SK,:
1. Violet Levina Stockwell,
b- Feb 29, 1896
d- ?
2. Clifford Howard Stockwell
3. Winnifred Mary Isabell
Stockwell
b- Mar 14, 1899
d- ?
After Clifford's father died,
his mother Ally
remarried Marshall King.
Mother and 3 children living with him in Estevan in 1911
Most of his career he worked
for
the Geological Survey of Canada.
He completed his earliest publication,
"Galena Hill, Mayo District, Yukon”,
in 1925 as a graduate student.
other papers and reports that earned him
recognition
"The X-ray Study of the Garnet Group" in 1927,
"The Genesis of Pegmatites of Southwest Manitoba" in 1933.
"The Chromite Deposits of the Eastern Townships, Quebec,"
"The Gold Deposits of Herb Lake Area",
and "The Rice Lake-Gold Lake Area",ca 1938-1945, in Manitoba.
1948 in Flin Flon area
In the 1950s he concentrated on Structural
Geology-
the structural controls of mineral deposits
in the 1950's his work divided the Canadian
Shield into
3 provinces, Superior, Churchill, and Grenville.
It was later considered to be divided into 5 Provinces.
Geology and Economic Minerals of Canada,
Economic Geology Series No. 1:
Geology Survey of Canada
Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys- 1957
Produced a Tectonic map of the Canadian
Shield.
In: Tectonics of the Canadian Shield
- The Royal Society of Canada, Spec Publication 4:6-15- 1962
-Geology
and Economic Minerals of Canada
(ed. Douglas, R. J. W.) Geol. Survey Can. Econ. Rept. No. 1, 44−54
(1970).
Wrote Revised Precambrian time scale for the Canadian shield in 1973
Mar 4/5, 1976 they held a Stockwell
Symposium in Ottawa
named in his honour.
Dr. Stockwell was also an explorer.
In July/August 1932, he canoed through
the unexplored region north of Great Slave Lake.
