Till New Brunswick 2001

Till sampling survey, NTS 21G/6, /7, southwestern New Brunswick, 2001-2002.  


New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources

Survey Description

Approximately 430 till samples were collected in 2001 in the Rollingdam and McDougall Lake map areas, southwestern New Brunswick. The samples were collected at a density of 1 sample per 4 km2. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2002-4. In 2002, follow-up work was done in the Rollingdam area and all the data (2001 and 2002) were published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2003-2.

Data Description: Paper report; diskette (ASCII, Excel and Access). Plates 2002-36A and 2002-36b showing Au, Sb, As, and Cu values in till available separately (OF 2002-4). Paper report or disc (OF 2003-2).

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by INAA for 24 elements and by ICP-AES after HCl-HNO3 digestion for 35 elements (OF 2002-4). <0.063 mm fraction by ICP-MS after HCl-HNO3 digestion for 28 elements; by INAA for 24 elements (OF 2003-2).

Geochem Plots Available: Plots of Au, Sb, As, and Cu values in till (OF 2002-4). Contoured maps show dispersal of selected elements, clasts, and textural components (OF 2003-2).

Other Analyses: Grain size (<2 mm); pebble lithologies (OF 2003-2).



Publication History

Pronk, A.G., Boldon, G.R., Allard, S. (2002). Till geochemistry data for part of southwestern New Brunswick (NTS 21 G/6 and 21 G/7). . New Brunswick Dept of Natural Resources Open File 2002-4, 1 diskette.

Allard, S. (2003). Geochemistry, lithology, depositional history of the Rollingdam (NTS 21 G/06) map area till, southwestern New Brunswick. . New Brunswick Dept of Natural Resources Open File 2003-2, 218 p.


Project History

2001-2003 Southwestern New Brunswick till sampling survey carried out in 2001-2002.
  Till samples were collected in southwestern New Brunswick in the Rollingdam and McDougall Lake map areas in 2001. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2003-2. In the Rollingdam area, follow-up work was done in 2002. The primary objective of the Rollingdam survey was to attempt to recognize patterns of glacial dispersal by studying component geochemical and lithological distribution within the area’s cover till. The results of this survey are of primary significance to mineral exploration industry but are also pertinent to forestry and agricultural endeavours, landfill siting as well as land-use and environmental planning. This extended study of the Rollingdam area was published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2003-2.



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