Till Nunavut 1990

Till sampling survey, NTS 46I,J,K,L.M,N,O,P, southern Melville Peninsula, Nunavut in 1990 and 1991.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

280 till samples collected in southern Melville Peninsula, Nunavut in 1990 and 1991. Data are published in GSC Open File 3091 and GSC Bulletin 561.

Data Description: Paper report; data files on diskette (Excel 3.0, ASCII and DOS).

Quantities Analysed: <0.002 mm fraction by ICP-AES after HCl-HNO3 for 33 elements.

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



Publication History

Dredge, L.A. (1995). Till geochemistry, southern Melville Peninsula, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories (NTS 46I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P). Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3091.

Dredge, L.A. (2002). Quaternary geology of southern Melville Peninsula, Nunavut. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 561, 110 p.


Project History

1990-1995 Southern Melville Peninsula till sampling survey carried out in 1990 and 1991.
  Field mapping and till sampling began in 1990 in Southern Melville Peninsula. The geochemical data released characterizes the composition of glacial materials and establishes regional background concentrations of selected trace and minor elements for mineral exploration and environmental baseline studies. The data are published in GSC Open File 3091 and GSC Bulletin 561.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

66.17º

68º -87º -81º