Soil, Till New Brunswick 1986

Till sampling survey, NTS 21O/10, northern New Brunswick, 1986.  


New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources

Survey Description

Till (C-horizon) and B-horizon samples were collected in the Upsalquitch Forks area in northern New Brunswick in 1986. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Geological Notes Series P.M. 87-47.

Data Description: Paper report and maps. No data listings.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction of C-horizon till by AAS for 9 elements; by colourimetry for Sb and Mo; by FA-INAA for Au. B-horizon samples only for Au by FA-INAA.

Geochem Plots Available: Maps showing element value (as a number) at each site.

Other Analyses: Pebble lithology.



Publication History

Pronk, A.G. (1987). Surficial geology and till geochemistry of the Upsalquitch Forks (21 O/10) map area (with emphasis on gold distribution in tills). ). New Brunswick Dept of Natural Resources, Geological Surveys Branch Geological Notes Series PM 87-47.


Project History

1986-1987 Northern New Brunswick soil and till sampling survey carried out in 1986.
  Till and soil sampling and surficial mapping was carried out in the Upsalquitch Forks area of northern New Brunswick in 1986. There are several known gold showings in this area and the emphasis of the project is on the gold distribution in till. This information is essential to forest resource management. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Geological Notes Series P.M. 87-47.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

46.5º

46.75º -67º -66.5º