Till Ontario 1990

Till sampling survey, NTS 31E/3,6, 31D/13,14, 41A/16, Huntsville-Penetanguishene area, central Ontario, 1990 and 1991.  


Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description

154 surface till samples collected in Huntsville-Penetanguishene area, central Ontario in 1990 and 1991. Data published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5882.

Data Description: Paper report.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by AAS after aqua regia for Au, Mo, Ag, Cu, Pb, Ni, Cr, Co; by AAS (hydride) after aqua regia for As and Sb and by ICP-OES after aqua regia for Zn.

Other Analyses: Grain size (<2 mm fraction), carbonate (<0.076 mm fraction by Chittick)).



Publication History

Bajc, A.F. (1994). Quaternary geology of the Huntsville-Penetanguishene area, central Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5882.


Project History

1990-1994 Huntsville-Penetanguishene area, central Ontario till sampling survey carried out in 1990 and 1991.
  This project presents information on the distribution and characteristics of the Quaternary deposits and features of the Huntsville-Penetanguishene area, central Ontario. The information can be used for land use planning, identification of potential sources of granular aggregates, engineering and soil studies, environmental and hydrological studies and drift prospecting programs. Data published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5882.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

44.75º

45.5º -80.5º -79º