Till Ontario, Quebec 1978

Till sampling survey, NTS 32D/4, 5, 42A/1, 8, Ontario and Quebec, 1978-1981..  


Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description

73 till samples collected in the Kirkland Lake area, Districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming, Ontario and Quebec between 1978 and 1981. The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5553.

Data Description: Paper report with data lists.

Quantities Analysed: <0.037 mm fraction of till by AAS after HNO3-HF (total) extraction; by UV-fluorescence for U and XRF for Th.

Other Analyses: Grain size (<2 mm); carbonate (<0.074 mm fraction (Chittick)); heavy mineral concentrate.



Publication History

Baker, C.L. (1985). Quaternary geology of the Kirkland Lake area. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5553.


Project History

1978-1985 Kirkland Lake Initiatives Program (KLIP), 1978-1981.
  The Kirkland Lake Initiatives Program is a multi-disciplinary study to assist further growth of the region. The Quaternary part of the program included mapping, sampling and studying subglacial and proglacial depositional environments. It provides a framework for the utilization of the glacial drift in mineral exploration, land use planning, engineering and environmental studies. Data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Reports 5553 and 5737.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

48º

48.5º -80.5º -79.5º