Till Newfoundland and Labrador 1987

Till sampling survey, NTS 13K, central Labrador 1987.  


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

Survey Description

424 till samples were collected in the Moran Lake area, central Labrador. The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File 13K/0180.

Data Description: Paper maps and report.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by AAS after HNO3 digestion and HCl leach for 11 elements; by ICP techniques for 10 elements and by delayed neutron activation for U.

Geochem Plots Available: Maps 91-40 to 91-59 (computer contour) show sample locations and distribution of 20 elements.

Other Analyses: Pebble lithologies; grain-size.



Publication History

Batterson, M.J. (1991). Till geochemistry of the Moran Lake area (13K/7 and 13K/10), Labrador. Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File (N) 13K/0180.


Project History

1986-1991 Central Labrador till sampling surveys carried out in 1986 and 1987.
  As part of a project to map the Quaternary geology of the Central Mineral Belt in Labrador, till sampling surveys were carried out in 1986 (Melody Lake area) and 1987 (Moran Lake area). The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open Files Lab/0860 (Melody Lake) and 13K/0180 (Moran Lake).



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

54.25º

54.75º -61º -60.5º