Till Nova Scotia 1991

Till sampling, NTS 11F, southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 1991.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

324 regional till samples were collected in the Mira-Framboise area of southeastern Cape Breton Island. An additional 169 samples were collected from closely spaced sites around an inactive base metal mine and 2 mineralized bedrock occurrences. The data from this survey and the 1990 orientation survey are published in GSC Open File 2533.

Data Description: Paper report; digital files on diskette.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by ICP after HCl-HNO3 (3:1) for 28 elements and by fire assay-DCP for Au.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional symbol plots show regional dispersal of elements

Other Analyses: Pebble lithologies.



Publication History

McClenaghan, M.B., DiLabio, R.N.W., Laurus, K.A. (1992). Till geochemistry and clast lithology data for the Mira - Framboise area, southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2533.


Project History

1990-1992 Southeastern Cape Breton Island till sampling survey carried out in 1990-1991.
  Reconnaissance and detailed till sampling were carried out in the Mira-Framboise area of southeastern Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia in 1990 and 1991. The purposes of the project were to document changes in till provenance and relate these to the complex sequence of ice flow patterns known from glacial striae and to demonstrate methods for evaluating the mineral potential of the area using drift techniques. The data are published in GSC Open File 2533.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

45.55º

46º -60º -60.5º