Till New Brunswick 1985

Till sampling survey, NTS 21O/9, northern New Brunswick, 1985.  


New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources

Survey Description

In 1985, 265 till sites were sampled on a regularly spaced 2 km grid in the Tetagouche Lakes area of northern New Brunswick. B-horizon and C-horizon samples were taken. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Forests, Mines and Energy Geological Notes Series P.M. 86-216. Some samples from this area were re-analysed and published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2002-9.

Data Description: Paper report with partial data lists. Rest of analytical results available separately.

Quantities Analysed: C-horizon <0.002 mm fraction by AAS for 10 elements; by colourimetry for As; by XRF for Sb. B-horizon <0.177 mm by AAS for 8 elements; by colourimetry for Mo and Sb; heavy minerals by INAA for 21 elements.

Geochem Plots Available: Map showing dispersal of Au (B-,C-horizons, pan concentrate) and As with element value (as a number) at each site.

Other Analyses: Heavy minerals taken from sites with base metal and/or gold pathfinder anomalies.



Publication History

Pronk, A.G. (1986). Till geochemistry of Tetagouche Lakes map area (21 O/9), New Brunswick. ). New Brunswick Dept of Natural Resources, Geological Surveys Branch, Geological Notes Series PM 86-216.

Dickson, M.L. (2002). Drift prospecting and Quaternary geology in the Atholville and Charlo map areas, northern New Brunswick. (NTS 21 O/15, 16. New Brunswick Dept of Natural Resources Open File 2002-9, 171p.


Project History

1985-1986 Northern New Brunswick till sampling survey carried out in 1985.
  Till sampling was carried out in the Tetagouche Lakes area of northern New Brunswick in 1985. In particular the study looked at gold in the various fractions of till as an aid to exploration in the area. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Forests, Mines and Energy Geological Series Notes P.M. 86-216.

1998-2002 North central New Brunswick till and soil sampling survey carried out in 1998-1999.
  Till and humus samples were collected in the Atholville-Charlo map area in north central New Brunswick in 1998-1999. One objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of humus, relative to till, as a sampling medium for delineating geochemical dispersal patterns. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2002-9. The dataset also includes reanalyses of till samples from previous surveys already published in N.B. Geological Notes Series P.M. 86-216 and 88-10 as well as GSC OF 2236).



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

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