Soil, Till Ontario 1998

Till and soil sampling 52A, northwestern Ontario, 1998.  


Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description

Till and humus samples were collected in 1998 in the eastern part of the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, northwestern Ontario. The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5993.

Data Description: Paper report with selected elements in data lists; complete digital data set released as MRD-44 (Miscellaneous Release-Data 44).

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction of till by INAA for 35 elements; by ICP-OES after aqua regia digestion for 25 elements. <0.177 mm fraction of humus by INAA; by ICP-OES after aqua regia digestion for base metals.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional symbol maps showing dispersal of selected elements.

Other Analyses: Heavy mineral concentrate for gold grains, kimberlite indicator minerals and metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals.



Publication History

Bajc, A.F. (1999). Results of regional humus and till sampling in the eastern part of the Shebandowan greenstone belt, northwestern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5993, 92 p.

Bajc, A.F., Crabtree, D.C. (2001). Results of regional till sampling for kimberlite and base metal indicator minerals, Shebandowan greenstone belt, northwestern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6046, 64 p.


Project History

1998-2000 Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, northwestern Ontario till and soil sampling surveys, 1998 and 1999.
  Although there are presently no operating mines within the Shebandowan greenstone belt of northwestern Ontario, the wide distribution of a large variety of mineral occurrences and deposit types suggests that there is excellent potential for further mineral discoveries. The Ontario Geological Survey of Ontario initiated a two year program of Quaternary geology and drift geochemistry to further evaluate the mineral resource potential of the region. Till and humus sampling was carried out in 1998 in the eastern part of the Shebandowan greenstone belt and in 1999 till sampling was carried out in the western part of the belt. The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Reports 5993 (eastern part) and 6012 (western part).



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

48.25º

48.75º -90º -89.5º