Till | Saskatchewan | 1992 |
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Till from drill core, NTS 73H/7, near Smeaton, Saskatchewan, 1992. |
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Survey Description Till sampled over a kimberlite southwest of Smeaton, Saskatchewan. 96.3m of rotasonic drill core was collected and 40 till, 5 sand and 19 fine-grained sediment samples were taken from the drill core. Data published in GSC Bulletin 551. Data Description: Paper report. Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by XRF for major and some minor elements; by INAA for 34 elements. <0.063 mm fraction of till and silt-clay samples and the 0.063-0.25 mm and <0.063 mm fractions of non-ferromagnetic heavy minerals by INAA for 35 elements. <0.063 mm fraction of till and silty-clay samples by AAS after a HF-HClO4-HNO3 digestion for selected trace elements. Geochem Plots Available: Plots of selected elements in till sequence. Other Analyses: HMC for heavy mineral point counts, especially kimberlite indicator minerals; geochemical analysis of selected heavy mineral grains; pebble lithologies (9-16 mm); carbonate (<0.063 mm fraction (Chittick)). |
Publication History Thorleifson, L.H., Garrett, R.G. (2000). Lithology, mineralogy, geochemistry of glacial sediments overlying kimberlite at Smeaton, Saskatchewan. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 551, 40 p. |
Project History 1991-1995 Canadian Prairie soil and till ultra-low density survey, 1991 and 1992. |
Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
53.4º |
53.41º | -104.91º | -104.92º |