Till Newfoundland and Labrador 2002

Till sampling, NTS 1N,M, 2C, southeast Newfoundland, 2002.  


Department of Natural Resources, Newfoundland and Labrador, Mines and Energy Branch, Geological Survey

Survey Description

1042 till samples were collected beginning in 2002 on the western Avalon and isthmus, southeast Newfoundland. Sampling density was controlled by access as well as surficial geology and averaged about 1 sample per 1 km2 in areas with good access to 1 sample per 4 km2 in areas where helicopter support was required. The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File NFLD 2824.

Data Description: Paper and digital report and data files (available on-line).

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by AAS after nitric acid digestion for Ag and Rb, by ICP-ES after HF-HCl-HClO4 digestion for 29 elements, by INAA for 36 elements.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional symbol plots show the distribution of 12 elements and % LOI.

Other Analyses: LOI.



Publication History

Batterson, M., Taylor, D.M. (1988). Till geochemistry of the Western Avalon Peninsula and Isthmus. Newfoundland and Labrador Dept. of Mines and Energy Open File NFLD/2824, 211 p.


Project History

2002-2003 Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland till sampling survey carried out in 2002.
  Till samples were collected on the western Avalon Peninsula and Isthmus in 2002. This project continues regional surficial till geochemistry mapping in eastern Newfoundland that began in 2000 on the Bonavista Peninsula. Results from these projects will help in mineral exploration. The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File NFLD 2824.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

47.38º

48.25º -54º -52.83º