Soil, Till Newfoundland and Labrador 1989

Soil and till sampling survey, NTS 14D, 24A, western Labrador.  


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

Survey Description

904 till, 91 esker/outwash, 6 glacial lake, 3 A-horizon soil, 339 B-horizon soil, 195 C-horizon and 209 mudboil samples were collected in the Strange Lake area, western Labrador. No sampling year was given. The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File Lab/0843.

Data Description: Paper report and maps.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by AAS after HNO3 digestion and HCl leach for 11 elements; by XRF for 12 elements and ICP techniques; by ion specific electrode for F; by delayed neutron activation for U.

Geochem Plots Available: Maps 91-63 to 91-83 (computer contour) show sample locations and the dispersal of selected elements in approximately 530 samples.



Publication History

Batterson, M.J. (1991). Till geochemistry of the Strange Lake area (14D/5, 24A/8), Labrador. Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File Lab/0843.


Project History

1989-1991 Western Labrador soil and till sampling survey carried out in approximately 1989.
  Soil, till and other sediments were collected in the Strange Lake area, western Labrador in approximately 1989. The Strange Lake area is important because of Y-Zr-Nb-Be-REE deposit discovered in 1979. The project will help characterize glacial dispersal from mineralization of known composition and extent. Dispersal models developed at Strange Lake may be used in other drift-covered areas where geochemical anomalies are unrelated to known sources in bedrock. The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open Files Lab/0843.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

56.25º

56.5º -64.2º -63.5º