Till Newfoundland and Labrador 1995

Till sampling survey, NTS 12A,H, 2E, northern Newfoundland, 1995.  


Department of Natural Resources, Newfoundland and Labrador, Mines and Energy Branch, Geological Survey

Survey Description

Till sampling was carried out in the Buchans-Robert’s Arm Belt, northern Newfoundland in 1995. The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources Open File Nfld/2596.

Data Description: Paper report, maps and data listings.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by ICP-ES after HF-HClO4-HCl digestion for 29 elements; by AAS for 4 elements; by INAA for 28 elements; by AAS after digestion in hot concentrated HNO3 for Ag.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional symbol maps 96-07 to 15 show dispersal of selected elements (maps include data from NFLD OFs 2513 and 2596 and GSC OF 2823).



Publication History

D. Liverman, D., Klassen, R., Davenport, P., Honarvar, P. (1996). Till geochemistry, Buchans-Robert's Arm Belt (NTS 12A/15, 12A/16, 2E/5, 2E/12, 12H/1 and 12H/8). Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File Nfld/2596.


Project History

1995-1996 Northern Newfoundland till sampling survey and compilation project carried out in 1995.
  Till samples were collected in the Buchans-Robert’s Arm Belt in northern Newfoundland in 1995. It was part of a project which also involved compilation of existing information. Geochemical data previously published in Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources Open File Nfld/2513 and Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2823 were compiled with the new 1995 data and published in Open File Nfld/2596. In addition, 36 samples from GSC Open File 2823 were reanalyzed for comparison of analytical procedures.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

48.75º

49.48º -57º -55.76º