Project Metadata

Project Cadillac was undertaken in June 1971 by the Quebec Department of Natural Resources, with the financial support of ARDA (Agricultural and Rural Development).  Its main purpose was to reduce unemployment caused by the closing down of molybdenite mines in the Cadillac area, while doing valuable work for mineral exploration.

Licenced miners, working in crews of 4, sampled till under the varved clays of the former glacial lake Barlow-Ojibway, within the Rouyn-Val-d’Or mining belt.  Over 7000 samples were collected across parts of NTS 31M/14-16, 32D/3-6, 11-14, 32D/1-3, 6-11, 13-16, 32E/3 and 32F/4.

The data from this project have been released in several formats and publications:

 

Year	Publications*	Comments
1975	AEG Special Publication 2	summary of Project Cadillac
1975	DP-308**	geochemical data presented on maps (Cu, Zn, Ni)
1976	DP-348	metallic minerals in till
1979	DPV-608	geochemical dispersion in till and other sample media; Project Cadillac + other areas
1979	DPV-662	Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo analyses and their repartitioning in glacial deposits
1982	DPV-830**	geochemical atlas (Ag-Co-Cu-Mn-Ni-Pb-Zn-Mo-Nb-Rb-Sr-Y-Zn-Zr)
1982	DPV-831**	raw data to accompany DPV-830
1982	DP-832	light part of >177 µm fraction (n=1175 samples)
1985	MB 85-29	mineralogical study of Cadillac samples as well as location maps
1987	DV 87-22	37 maps; a synthesis of >70 geochemical surveys between 1964 and 1987
1987	DP 87-22	samples reanalysed for Au, As, Sb, W (mostly NTS 32C, 32D)
2005	DP 2005-1**	digital release of MB 85-29

* all published by the Quebec Ministry (Ministère des Richesses naturelles/de l’Énergie et des ressources/des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune) except AEG SP 2 (Association of Exploration Geochemists)

** main data publications

Funding was provided by the Ministère des Richesses naturelles du Québec with the financial support of ARDA (Agricultural and Rural Development program).  The ARDA program was a cost-sharing agreement with the federal Government that began in 1963.