Soil, Till Manitoba 1992

Till and soil sampling survey, NTS 62P/01, 52M/04, southeastern Manitoba in 1992 and 1993.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

210 till and 186 humus samples collected in 1992 and 1993 in Bissett-English Brook area, southeastern Manitoba. The data are published in GSC Open File 2910.

Data Description: Paper report; data files on diskette.

Quantities Analysed: <0.425 mm fraction of humus and <0.063 mm and <0.002 mm fractions of till by ICP-AES after nitric-aqua regia digestion for 31 elements. <0.002 mm fraction by CV-AAS for Hg. <0.063 mm fraction by fire assay/AFS for Au, Pt, and Pd.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional dot maps showing dispersal of elements in till and humus.

Other Analyses: Carbonate (<0.063 mm fraction by AAS after HCl digestion); pebble lithologies (4-8 mm fraction); heavy mineral concentrate for gold grain and kimberlite indicator minerals; large gold grains examined with SEM.



Publication History

Henderson, P.J. (1994). Surficial geology and drift composition of the Bissett-English Brook area, Rice Lake Greenstone Belt, southeastern Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2910.


Project History

1992-1994 Southeastern Manitoba till and soil sampling survey carried out in 1992 and 1993.
  A project involving surficial mapping and drift sampling was conducted in southeastern Manitoba to aid mineral exploration by developing drift prospecting methods suitable to the area. This included the identification of chemical and mineralogical components of till associated with mineralization, the establishment of regional geochemical database to help determine background and anomalous concentrations of those components and understanding the Quaternary geology and glacial history of the area in order to interpret geochemical dispersal patterns. The data are published in GSC Open File 2910.



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