Till Nova Scotia 1990

Till sampling, NTS 11F, southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 1990.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

An orientation survey was carried out in the Mira-Framboise area, Cape Breton Island in 1990 to determine the best sampling medium for the regional till sampling survey to be carried out in 1991. Approximately 130 till samples were collected from 4 sections along the coast and from 25 smaller sections sampled in detail around the Yava, Deep Cove, MacIntyre Lake, Copper Shaft and Blue Mountain base metal occurrences. The data from the 1990 orientation survey and from the 1991 regional survey are published in GSC Open File 2533.

Data Description: Paper report; digital files on diskette.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by ICP after HCl-HNO3 (3:1) for 28 elements and by fire assay-DCP for Au.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional symbol plots show regional dispersal of elements.

Other Analyses: Pebble lithologies.



Publication History

McClenaghan, M.B., DiLabio, R.N.W., Laurus, K.A. (1992). Till geochemistry and clast lithology data for the Mira - Framboise area, southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2533.


Project History

1990-1992 Southeastern Cape Breton Island till sampling survey carried out in 1990-1991.
  Reconnaissance and detailed till sampling were carried out in the Mira-Framboise area of southeastern Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia in 1990 and 1991. The purposes of the project were to document changes in till provenance and relate these to the complex sequence of ice flow patterns known from glacial striae and to demonstrate methods for evaluating the mineral potential of the area using drift techniques. The data are published in GSC Open File 2533.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

45.55º

46º -60º -60.5º