Till Ontario 1986

Till sampling survey, NTS 41P/10, 11, 14, Shining Tree area, Ontario, 1986-1989.  


Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description

203 till samples were collected in 1986-1989 in the Shining Tree area of Ontario (NTS 41P/10, 11, 14). Data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5810.

Data Description: Paper report.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction of till from 1989 by AAS for 14 elements and by ICP-AES for 9 elements; till from 1986 and 1987 by AAS for 17 elements, and by XRF for Rb and Sr.

Other Analyses: Grain size (<2 mm) and carbonate by Chittick); heavy mineral concentrate for point counts; pebble lithologies.



Publication History

Alcock, P.W. (1991). Quaternary geology of the Shining Tree area. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5810.


Project History

1986-1991 Shining Tree Project, Ontario, till sampling survey carried out in 1986-1989.
  The objectives of the Shining Tree Project are to determine the distribution and stratigraphy of the Quaternary sediments and to expand the database for use in mineral exploration, forestry and land use-planning. Data published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5810.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

47.5º

48º -81.5º -80.5º