Till Ontario 1978

Till sampling survey, NTS 31F/4, Bancroft area, southern Ontario, 1978-1979.  


Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description

44 till samples and 23 glaciofluvial sand samples were collected in the Bancroft area, southern Ontario in 1978 and 1979. Data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Report 262.

Data Description: Paper report.

Quantities Analysed: <0.038 mm, 0.063-0.25 mm, and 0.25-1.00 mm fractions analyzed after HNO3-Hf digestion by AAS for 9 elements and by XRF for U and Th.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional symbol maps show the dispersal of elements.

Other Analyses: Grain size (<2 mm); carbonate (Chittick); pebble lithologies; grain-size (<2 mm).



Publication History

Barnett, P.J. (1989). Quaternary geology of the Bancroft area, southern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey Report 262.


Project History

1992-1995 East central Saskatchewan till and soil sampling survey carried out 1992 to 1994.
  A project involving surficial mapping and drift sampling was conducted in east central Saskatchewan to aid mineral exploration by developing drift prospecting methods suitable to the area. This included the identification of chemical and mineralogical components of till associated with mineralization, the establishment of regional geochemical database to help determine background and anomalous concentrations of those components and understanding the Quaternary geology and glacial history of the area in order to understand geochemical dispersal patterns. The data are published in GSC Open File 3026.



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