Till Nunavut 1997

Till sampling survey, NTS 76O, 77A, Nunavut, 1997.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

95 till samples were collected in 1997 in the Rideout Island and Elu Inlet areas, Nunavut. The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3863.

Data Description: Paper report; text and data files on CD ROM (Acrobat 3.01 and Excel 5.0).

Quantities Analysed: <0.002 mm fraction by ICP-ES after aqua regia for 28 elements and <0.063 mm by INAA for 35 elements.

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



Publication History

Kerr, D.E., Knight, R.D., Kyer, T. (2000). Till geochemistry, Rideout Island and Elu Inlet map areas, Nunavut (76O N/2; 77A SW/4). Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3863, 92 p. (Includes CD-ROM).


Project History

1997-2000 NATMAP Slave Province Project, Quaternary geology component, 1997-2000.
  The Quaternary geology component of the Slave Province National Mapping Program was designed to province a regional framework for geologic interpretation, environmental management and drift prospecting. As part of this program, surficial geology mapping and till sampling were carried out in 1997 in the Rideout Island-Elu Inlet map areas, Nunavut. The purpose of the survey was to summarize information on the surficial materials and glacial history relevant to the interpretation of the geochemical data and to establish regional background concentrations of selected trace and minor elements for mineral exploration and environmental baseline studies. The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3863.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

67.5º

68.5º -108º -106º