Till Ontario 1992

Till sampling, NTS 42C,E,F, Manitouwadge -Hornepayne area, northern Ontario, 1992.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

444 till samples and 40 glaciofluvial sand and gravel samples were collected in 1992 in the Manitouwadge -Hornepayne area, northern Ontario. This survey included some detailed sampling near the Geco Mine and several abandoned Cu-Zn mines. The data are published in GSC Open File 2933. Some of these samples were analysed for Hg in 1999 and published in GSC Open File 3790.

Data Description: Paper report; data files on diskette.

Quantities Analysed: <0.002 mm and <0.063 mm fractions by ICP-AES for 30 elements; <0.063 mm fraction by fire assay/DCP for Au, Pt, and Pd (OF 2933). <0.002 mm fraction of till and <0.063 mm fraction of stream sediments by CV-AAS for Hg (OF 3790).

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional symbol maps showing dispersal of elements in the <0.002 and <0.063 mm fractions (OF 2933). Proportional symbol map shows dispersal of Hg in till and stream sediments (OF 3790).

Other Analyses: Pebble lithologies (5.0-16.0 mm); heavy mineral concentrate for visible gold and kimberlite indicator minerals



Publication History

Kettles, I.M. (1993). Reconnaissance geochemical data for till samples from the Manitouwadge area, Ontario. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2616, 197 pages.

Kettles, I.M. (1994). Till geochemistry in the Manitouwadge-Hornpayne region, Ontario, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2933.

Kettles, I.M., Garrett, R.G. (1999). Mercury data for till and stream sediment samples from the Manitouwadge region. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3790, 37 p.


Project History

1991-1995 Northern Ontario till sampling survey carried out in 1991.
  Reconnaissance till sampling and some detailed work was carried out in the Manitouwadge-Hornepayne area of northern Ontario in 1991 and 1992 as part of a program to aid and stimulate mineral exploration activities in the region. The data are published in GSC Open Files 2616 and 2933. Later mercury analyses on some of the samples can be found in GSC Open File 3790.



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