Survey Metadata

Soil, Till, Vegetation

New Brunswick

1998

Multimedia geochemical survey, NTS 21O/10, 11, 15, northwestern New Brunswick, 1998.





Location map

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Primary Publications (see below for full list)

Index Publication
1 Parkhill, M.A., Gilmore, W.F., Pronk, A.G., Desrosiers, M. (2021). Compilation of till geochemical survey data for noth-northwestern New Brunswick (NTS 21 N and 21 O, and 22 B), Canada. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development, Geological Surveys Branch, Open File Report 2021-2, 32 p. + supporting digital files. ( more)

Survey Description


Basal till, humus and balsam fir twigs were collected in 1998 around known base metal skarn occurrences in the McKenzie Gulch area, northwestern New Brunswick.  Samples of basal till and pebbles from till were collected at each of 117 sites.  Balsam fir and humus were collected at 100 and 57 of these sites, respectively.

Basal till (~5 kg) and approximately 50 pebbles (>1 cm size fraction) from the till were sampled in hand-dug pits (0.5 – 1.0 m in depth), trenches or road cuts.  Approximately 1 kg of humus was collected.  Approximately 8-10 fresh balsam fir twigs with needles (200-250 g), each 35-40 cm long and comprising 5-7 years of growth were collected.

The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Mineral Resource Report 98-4 and Open File OF 98-20.

Data Description:

Paper report.

Quantities Analysed:

Humus:  <0.177 mm analyzed by INAA for 35 elements; by ICP-AES after HNO 3-HCl digestion for Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, NI, Ag, Mn Fe, and Cd; by AAS afterHNO 3-HCl digestion for Mo and V; for Sn by AAS after NH 4I fusion and extraction into methyl isobutyl ketone containing trioctylphosphine oxide; Hg after HNO 3-HCl digestion and later treatment with SnSO 4-H 2SO 4; LOI and F after a sample sintered with sodium carbonate-potassium nitrate flux.Till:  <0.063 mm (A. Pronk, pers. comm., 2005) by INAA; by ICP after HClO 4-HNO 3-HCl-Hf; by hydride ICP-ES for Bi, Se, Ge, and Te.

Geochem Maps Available:

Proportional symbol maps show distribution of elements in till.

Other Analyses:

Pebble lithologies.

The data have also been published as part of a compilation for NTS 21O, 21N and 22B in NB DNRED Open File OF 2021-2.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Parkhill, M., Pronk, A.G., and Friske, P.W.B. (1998). A multimedia geochemical survey in the vicinity of copper skarn occurrences in the McKenzie Gulch area, (parts of NTS 21 O/10, 11 and 15), north-western New Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Minerals and Energy Division, Open File 98-20, 49 p. ( more)
2 Parkhill, M.A., Pronk, A.G., Friske, P.W.B. (1998). A multimedia geochemical survey in the vicinity of copper skarn occurrences in the McKenzie Gulch area (parts of NTS 21O/10, 11, and 15), northwestern New Brunswick. In Current Research 1997, B.M.W. Carroll (ed.). New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Minerals and Energy Division, Mineral Resource Report 98-4, p. 25-73. ( more)
3 Parkhill, M.A., Gilmore, W.F., Pronk, A.G., Desrosiers, M. (2021). Compilation of till geochemical survey data for noth-northwestern New Brunswick (NTS 21 N and 21 O, and 22 B), Canada. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development, Geological Surveys Branch, Open File Report 2021-2, 32 p. + supporting digital files. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1997-1998 Restigouche Project, northwestern New Brunswick, 1998 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
47.6625° 47.75° -67° -66.9°

The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:

  • Covers parts of NTS 21O/10 (Upsalquitch Forks), 11 (Kedgwick) and 15 (Atholville), the McKenzie Gulch area, northwestern New Brunswick.  The study area is located approximately 30 km east of the town of Kedgwick.

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