Till Nova Scotia 1987

Till sampling, NTS 21A/16, central Nova Scotia  


Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch

Survey Description

Till samples were collected on the South Mountain Batholith, in the Windsor map area. No sampling year is given. Data are published in Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Open File Map 88-052.

Data Description: Paper map; map margin has data tables keyed to sample numbers plotted on map.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by INAA for 34 elements and by AAS after partial extraction for Cu, Pb, Zn, Fe, and Mn and after total extraction for Li. Heavy mineral concentrate (-50+230 mesh) by INAA for W and Au.

Other Analyses: Pebble lithologies.



Publication History

Boner, F.J., Graves, R.M., Finck, P.W. (1989). Preliminary till geochemistry and till clast lithology of Windsor Map Sheet. Nova Scotia Dept. Mines and Energy Open File Map 88-052.


Project History

1986-1988 South Mountain Batholith Project, Nova Scotia.
  Till sampling and surficial mapping were carried out in the vicinity of the South Mountain Batholith in the Windsor and Mt. Uniacke map areas, Nova Scotia. No sampling year was given. Data are published in Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Open File Map 88-052 (Windsor) and 87-011 (Mt. Uniacke).



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

44.75º

45º -64.5º -64º