Soil, Till Ontario 1999

Till and soil sampling survey, NTS 42D,E, northwestern Ontario, 1999.  


Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description

Humus, B- and C-horizon samples of subglacial till were collected in 1999 over the Trans-Superior Tectonic Zone in the Killala Lake – Coldwell area of northwestern Ontario. The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6056.

Data Description: Paper report; digital data released in compressed ASCII, Excel and DOS files on diskette MRD-74 (Miscellaneous Release-Data 74).

Quantities Analysed: B- and C- samples (no fraction stated) by ICP-AES for 15 elements; by INAA for 21 elements and by ICP-MS for 16 elements. Humus samples by ICP-AES-PGE for Au, Pt, Pd; by INAA for 20 elements and by ICP-MS for 24 elements.

Geochem Plots Available: Diagrams summarizing the distribution of those sample sites anomalous in gold, kimberlite, base metal or rare element carbonatite signatures.

Other Analyses: Pebble lithologies; heavy minerals for kimberlite indicator minerals and metamorphic or magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals.



Publication History

Morris, T.F. (2001). Geochemical and till pebbled lithology data, surficial sediment sampling program, Schreiber-Killala Lake area, northwestern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6056, 62 pages.


Project History

1999-2001 Schreiber-Killala Lake surficial sediment sampling program carried out 1999-2000.
  Humus, B- and C-horizon material was collected in the Schreiber-Killala Lake area of northwestern Ontario in 1999 and 2000. The data are useful in providing regional baseline geochemical data for environmental studies and mineral exploration. In addition, specific exploration targets for kimberlite, base metal and rare-element carbonatite exploration are identified as well as sites with modes gold geochemical signatures. The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6056.



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