Till Nova Scotia 1978

Till sampling, NTS 21A,H, northern Nova Scotia, 1978.  


Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch

Survey Description

Till samples were collected in northwest Nova Scotia beginning in approximately 1978. The data are published in Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Open File Report 555.

Data Description: Paper map; map margin has data tables keyed to samples located on the map.

Quantities Analysed: <0.002 mm fraction by AAS for at least 12 elements; by colourimetry for As and by fluorometry for U. Heavy mineral concentrate (0.063-0.300 mm fraction) by colourimetry after a carbonate flux-fusion followed by hot water leach for W and by AAS after ammonium iodide sublimation followed by HCl leach for Sn.

Geochem Plots Available: Sample sites with anomalous element levels are indicated on map.



Publication History

Stea R.R. (1983). Till geochemistry, Map 5. Nova Scotia Dept. Mines and Energy Open File Report 555.


Project History

1978-1982 Northern Nova Scotia till sampling survey carried out in 1978.
  Till sampling was begun in approximately 1978 in northern Nova Scotia. The data are published in Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Open File Report 555.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

44.37º

45.25º -66.25º -64.5º