Survey Metadata

Soil

Quebec

1979

Soil sampling survey, NTS 32D/11, Palmarolle, Poularies and Royal-Roussillon townships, Abitibi-Ouest county, 1979-1980.





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Survey Description


During the summers of 1979 and 1980, a soil sampling survey was conducted on reserved land #12 and on a group of 20 lots, to explain the presence of anomalies from groundwater and base till surveys.  The area covers 55 km 2.  Samples from horizon A 0 were collected at an average density of 1 sample per 0.04 km 2.

 

# Samples Sampling Year Dissolution Element
347 analyzed by CRM 1979

calcination, dissolution hot HCl or HNO 3

Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, Mn, Ag, Sn, Hg, Li, Fe, As, Mo, U
915 analyzed by Chimitec Ltée 1980 dissolution cold HCl Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ag, Mo, As, Mn, Sn, U

 

Different acid attack dissolutions give different results.

The data are published in Open File GM 40107, Department of Energy and Resources, 1983.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Guimond, J.-L. (1983). Études du terrain réservé #12, cantons Palmarolle et Poularies, comté Abitibi-Ouest. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Dossier d’exploration minière GM 40107. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1979-1984 Project MER-Géomines Ltée, northwestern Quebec, 1979-1984. ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
48.628° 48.73° -79.37° -79.185°

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

  • Covers NTS 32D/11 (Palmarolle).  The reserve land #12 is situated in the townships of Palmarolle, Poularies and Royal-Roussillon, Abitibi-Ouest county.  It is bounded by latitudes 48°37'45" and 48°44' and longitudes 79°11'30" and 79°22'.

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