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During the early seventies, the Geological Survey of Canada undertook a major study of surficial deposits in the District of Keewatin (now Nunavut) to examine the geochemical properties of till within perennially frozen, glaciated terrain and to establish a Quaternary geological basis for mineral exploration by drift prospecting.  Initially the project focused on the Kaminak Lake area (1970-1975), but was later expanded to include much of the eastern District of Keewatin from latitude 60^o (Manitoba border) to north of Baker Lake (1975-1976) (latitude 66^o).  The Kaminak Lake data are published in GSC Open File 146.  The Baker Lake data are published in GSC Open File 1335 and GSC Bulletin 485.

Geological Survey of Canada