Survey Metadata

Bedrock, GEM

Nunavut

2009

Lithogeochemical survey, NTS 16E, L, M, 26H, I, Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut, 2009-2010.

Location map

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detailed map:

Geological Survey of Canada, Central Canada Division

Extended Metadata

Sample Locations

Number of Sites: 77
Location map (kml format; requires kml viewer for display ( details) )

NTS map sheets

250K map sheets

Index	Sheet	Site Count	Metadata	PDF
1	016E	14	016E & 016D	Download 016E & 016D
2	016K	7	016L & 016K	Download 016L & 016K
3	016L	33	016L & 016K	Download 016L & 016K
4	016M	2	016M & 016N	Download 016M & 016N
5	026H	15	026H	Download 026H
6	026I	6	026I	Download 026I

50K map sheets

Index	Sheet	Site Count	Sheet 1		Sheet 2
Index	Sheet	Site Count	Metadata	PDF	Metadata	PDF
1	016E/04	3	016E/04	Download 016E/04
2	016E/05	1	016E/05	Download 016E/05
3	016E/06	1	016E/06(A)	Download 016E/06(A)	016E/06(B) & 016E/07	Download 016E/06(B) & 016E/07
4	016E/12	1	016E/12	Download 016E/12
5	016E/13	2	016E/13	Download 016E/13
6	016E/14	1	016E/14	Download 016E/14
7	016E/15	5	016E/15	Download 016E/15
8	016K/05	5	016K/05	Download 016K/05
9	016K/12	2	016K/12	Download 016K/12
10	016L/01	1	016L/01(A)	Download 016L/01(A)	016L/01(B) & 016K/04(B) & 016F/13	Download 016L/01(B) & 016K/04(B) & 016F/13
11	016L/02	4	016L/02	Download 016L/02
12	016L/03	4	016L/03	Download 016L/03
13	016L/07	5	016L/07	Download 016L/07
14	016L/08	3	016L/08	Download 016L/08
15	016L/10	1	016L/10	Download 016L/10
16	016L/11	1	016L/11	Download 016L/11
17	016L/12	3	016L/12	Download 016L/12
18	016L/13	1	016L/13	Download 016L/13
19	016L/14	6	016L/14	Download 016L/14
20	016L/15	2	016L/15	Download 016L/15
21	016L/16	2	016L/16	Download 016L/16
22	016M/02	1	016M/02	Download 016M/02
23	016M/05	1	016M/05	Download 016M/05
24	026H/06	1	026H/06(A)	Download 026H/06(A)	026H/06(B) & 026H/03	Download 026H/06(B) & 026H/03
25	026H/08	1	026H/08	Download 026H/08
26	026H/09	1	026H/09	Download 026H/09
27	026H/11	2	026H/11	Download 026H/11
28	026H/14	3	026H/14	Download 026H/14
29	026H/15	4	026H/15	Download 026H/15
30	026H/16	3	026H/16	Download 026H/16
31	026I/01	2	026I/01	Download 026I/01
32	026I/02	3	026I/02	Download 026I/02
33	026I/16	1	026I/16	Download 026I/16

Sample Material

Index	Sample Type	Sample Count	Sample Hierarchy
1	Whole (rock)	89	Null : Null : Null : Null : Null : Null : Null : Sample : Lithosphere : Rock : Whole

Preparation Laboratory Sample Material

Index	Field Sample	Prep Lab Material	# Collected	# Prepared	# Sent for Analysis
1 PrpID=55	Whole	Rock crushing	89	89	89

Analytical History

Details

Index

Year

# Analysed

Analytical Sample Bundle

Spreadsheet

1 PkgID=500

2010

Sanborn-Barrie lithogeochemistry, Cumberland Peninsula ( BdlKey=220001 more )

Analytical Suites Table

Details

Index

Sample Material

# Analysed

Prep Lab Material

Suite

Technique

Decomposition

1 SuiteID=334

Whole

Rock crushing

ActLabs Au+48 1H ( INAA + ICP-ES) - …

INAA and ICP-MS

Multiple

Analytical Methods Table

Index	Quantity	Units	Det Limit	# Analysed	# Missing	# Discarded	Minimum	Percentile			Maximum	KML
Index	Quantity	Units	Det Limit	# Analysed	# Missing	# Discarded	Minimum	25 ^th	50 ^th	75 ^th	Maximum	KML
1 MethodID=2002	Au	ppb	2	89	0		<2			17	284
2 MethodID=2003	Ag	ppm	0.3	89	0		<0.3		0.6	1.9	4.4
3 MethodID=2004	Al	percent	0.01	89	0		0.04	0.71	2.06	3.67	6.75
4 MethodID=2005	As	ppm	0.5	89	0		<0.5	1	6.6	17.9	359
5 MethodID=2006	Ba	ppm	50	89	0		<50			300	5700
6 MethodID=2007	Be	ppm	1	89	0		<1			1	4
7 MethodID=2008	Bi	ppm	2	89	0		<2				9
8 MethodID=2009	Br	ppm	0.5	89	0		<0.5				7.4
9 MethodID=2010	Ca	percent	0.01	89	0		0.01	0.49	1.2	2.98	13.4
10 MethodID=2011	Cd	ppm	0.3	89	0		<0.3	1.1	1.7	2.3	40.8
11 MethodID=2012	Ce	ppm	3	89	0		<3	13	28	39	91
12 MethodID=2013	Co	ppm	1	89	0		1	10	26	64	142
13 MethodID=2014	Cr	ppm	2	89	0		<2	46	101	200	3620
14 MethodID=2015	Cs	ppm	1	89	0		<1			2	31
15 MethodID=2016	Cu	ppm	1	89	0		<1	63	133	426	1100
16 MethodID=2017	Eu	ppm	0.2	89	0		<0.2	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.2
17 MethodID=2018	Fe	percent	0.01	89	0		0.92	7.67	18.8	29.5	40.5
18 MethodID=2019	Hf	ppm	1	89	0		<1			2	7
19 MethodID=2020	Hg	ppm	1	89	0		<1				4
20 MethodID=2021	Ir	ppb	5	89	0		<5				<5
21 MethodID=2022	K	percent	0.01	89	0		<0.01	0.07	0.42	1.04	5.41
22 MethodID=2023	La	ppm	0.5	89	0		<0.5	4.9	11	15.9	41.2
23 MethodID=2024	Lu	ppm	0.05	89	0		<0.05	0.18	0.31	0.46	1.02
24 MethodID=2025	Mg	percent	0.01	89	0		<0.01	0.58	1.25	2.34	12.7
25 MethodID=2026	Mn	ppm	1	89	0		52	367	962	2240	33500
26 MethodID=2027	Mo	ppm	1	89	0		<1	1	4	40	280
27 MethodID=2028	Na	percent	0.01	89	0		<0.01	0.06	0.13	0.41	3.8
28 MethodID=2029	Nd	ppm	5	89	0		<5		8	21	69
29 MethodID=2030	Ni	ppm	1	89	0		6	29	107	349	1100
30 MethodID=2031	P	percent	0.001	89	0		0.003	0.024	0.052	0.087	0.338
31 MethodID=2032	Pb	ppm	3	89	0		<3	4	10	19	80
32 MethodID=2033	Rb	ppm	15	89	0		<15			43	255
33 MethodID=2034	S	percent	0.01	89	0		0.01	0.53	1.8	13.5	20
34 MethodID=2035	Sb	ppm	0.1	89	0		<0.1			0.8	16.1
35 MethodID=2036	Sc	ppm	0.1	89	0		0.2	4.2	9.3	13.7	75.6
36 MethodID=2037	Se	ppm	3	89	0		<3			13	67
37 MethodID=2038	Sm	ppm	0.1	89	0		<0.1	1.2	2.6	3.4	8
38 MethodID=2039	Sn	percent	0.01	89	0		<0.01				<0.01
39 MethodID=2040	Sr	ppm	1	89	0		1	10	30	63	360
40 MethodID=2041	Ta	ppm	0.5	89	0		<0.5				3.8
41 MethodID=2042	Tb	ppm	0.5	89	0		<0.5				1
42 MethodID=2043	Th	ppm	0.2	89	0		<0.2	0.9	2.3	4.8	18.8
43 MethodID=2044	Ti	percent	0.01	89	0		<0.01	0.07	0.17	0.34	1.68
44 MethodID=2045	U	ppm	0.5	89	0		<0.5		2.8	9.5	24.5
45 MethodID=2046	V	ppm	2	89	0		6	57	146	305	1140
46 MethodID=2047	W	ppm	1	89	0		<1				23
47 MethodID=2048	Y	ppm	1	89	0		<1	9	14	20	47
48 MethodID=2049	Yb	ppm	0.2	89	0		<0.2	1	1.9	2.5	5.7
49 MethodID=2050	Zn	ppm	1	89	0		4	69	107	256	4520
50 MethodID=2180	Wt	grams		89	0		1.47	1.74	1.93	28.1	47

2 SuiteID=332

Whole

Rock crushing

ActLabs 1C-EXP2: Fire assay – ICP-MS - …

IC plasma / mass spectrometry

Fire Assay

Analytical Methods Table

Index	Quantity	Units	Det Limit	# Analysed	# Missing	# Discarded	Minimum	Percentile			Maximum	KML
Index	Quantity	Units	Det Limit	# Analysed	# Missing	# Discarded	Minimum	25 ^th	50 ^th	75 ^th	Maximum	KML
1 MethodID=2478	Au	ppb	1	89	0		<1	1	4	12	164
2 MethodID=2479	Pt	ppb	0.5	89	0		<0.5	0.5	1.7	5.5	37.3
3 MethodID=2480	Pd	ppb	0.5	89	0		<0.5	2.4	5.7	15.9	116

Survey Description

During the summers of 2009 and 2010, 89 gossanous rock samples were collected from surface exposures at 77 sites on Cumberland Peninsula, eastern Baffin Island, Nunavut.

The lithogeochemical and assay data can be found in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 6916.

Publication History

Index	Publication
1	Sanborn-Barrie, M., Young, M. (2011). Bulk compositional data for sulfidic and gossanous rocks from Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6916, 1 CD-ROM. ( more)
2	Percival, J.A., Sanborn-Barrie, M. (2013). Ultramafic cumulates east of Kingnait Fiord, Cumberland Peninsula, Nunavut: possible origin and mineral potential. Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2013-4, 19 p. ( more)

Project History

Index	Year	Project
1	2009-2012	GEM Cumberland Peninsula Project, Nunavut, 2009-2011 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude	Maximum Latitude	Minimum Longitude	Maximum Longitude
65°	67.272°	-65.54°	-61.4°

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

Covers parts of NTS 16E, L, M and 26H, I, the eastern Cumberland Peninsula, eastern Baffin Island, Nunavut.
Covers a small part of the southwest corner of NTS 16M/5 (Qukiavik Island) on the Cumberland Peninsula, eastern Baffin Island, Nunavut. It is bordered to the south by North Pangnirtung Fiord and to the north by Maktak Fiord.

Keywords

geochemical surveys; geochemistry; gossan; lithogeochemistry; mineral exploration; mineral resources; regional geochemistry

Date modified:: 2023-11-14