Till Manitoba 1983

Till sampling survey, NTS 64B,C,F,G, 63N,O,K, northwestern Manitoba, 1983-1988.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

More than 1800 till samples were collected in northwestern Manitoba between 1983-1988. The data are published in GSC Open File 2118. Data from NTS 64C are also published in GSC Open File 1204. Data from NTS 64F are also published in GSC Open File 1205.

Data Description: Paper report; data files on diskette.

Quantities Analysed: <0.002 mm fraction by AAS after HNO3-HCl for 11 elements, by delayed neutron activation and fluorometry after HNO3 for U, and by colourimetry after HNO3-HClO4 for As. <0.063 mm fraction by INAA for 34 elements; by fire assay and neutron activation for Au; heavy mineral fraction by fire assay and AAS for Au.

Geochem Plots Available: Contour maps showing the dispersal of 11 elements.

Other Analyses: carbonate (<0.063 mm by LECO).



Publication History

DiLabio, R.N.W., Kaszycki, C.A. (1986). Till geochemistry, Brochet, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 1205.

Kaszycki, C.A., DiLabio, R.N.W. (1986). Till Geochemistry, Granville Lake [064c], Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 1204.

Kaszycki, C.A. (1989). Surficial geology and till composition, Northwestern Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2118.


Project History

1983-1989 Northwestern Manitoba till sampling surveys carried out between 1983-1988.
  In 1983 the Geological Survey of Canada began a program of systematic till sampling and surficial geological mapping in northwestern Manitoba. The primary objective of the sampling was to map variations in chemical and mineralogical components of till that may be related to bedrock mineralization as an aid to mineral exploration within the area. Till sampling was carried out in the Granville Lake (NTS 64C) map area in 1983 and part of 1984. The data were published in GSC Open File 1204. Till sampling was carried out in the Brochet (NTS 64F) map area in 1984. The data were published in GSC Open File 1205. A report covering till sampling in map areas NTS 64B,G, 63N and parts of 63O,K as well as republishing data from 64C and 64F was published in GSC Open File 2118.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

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