Survey Metadata

Till

Manitoba

1982

Till sampling survey, NTS 64C/14, 15, Dot Lake-MacLellan Mine area, northwestern Manitoba, 1982-1985.





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Primary Publications (see below for full list)

Index Publication
1 Nielsen, E., Fedikow, M.A.F. (1987). Glacial dispersal of trace elements in Wisconsinan till in the Dot Lake-MacLellan Mine area, Manitoba. Manitoba Energy and Mines, Geological Services, Open File OF87-2. ( more)

Survey Description


Till sampling was carried out in the Dot Lake-MacLellan Mine area in northwestern Manitoba.  An orientation survey was conducted in 1982 and 1983 down ice from the MacLellan Au-Ag deposit (formerly known as the Agassiz deposit).  The sample area was expanded in 1984 and 1985 to include the Dot Lake area to trace the mineralization to the west.  A total of 382 till samples were collected from hand-dug pits as detailed below:

 

Year Area Number of Samples
1982 MacLellan Mine 52
1983 MacLellan Mine 204
1984 Dot Lake 46
1985 Dot Lake 80

 

The samples were processed for heavy minerals, including gold.  The data are published in Manitoba Energy and Mines, Open File OF87-2.

The data are also part of two compilations in Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Open Files OF2020-5 and OF2020-6.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Nielsen, E. (1982). Overburden sampling in the Lynn Lake area. In Manitoba Department of Energy and Mines, Report of Field Activities 1982, p. 81-83. ( more)
2 Nielsen, E., Graham, D. (1984). Till geochemical investigations in the Lynn Lake and Flin Flon areas. In Manitoba Department of Energy and Mines, Report of Field Activities 1984, p. 32-36. ( more)
3 Nielsen, E. (1985). Till geochemical investigations in northwestern Manitoba. In Manitoba Energy and Mines, Geological Services, Mines Branch, Report of Field Activities 1985, p. 14-19. ( more)
4 Nielsen, E., Fedikow, M.A.F. (1987). Glacial dispersal of trace elements in Wisconsinan till in the Dot Lake-MacLellan Mine area, Manitoba. Manitoba Energy and Mines, Geological Services, Open File OF87-2. ( more)
5 Hodder, T.J. and Gauthier, M.S. (2018). Till composition of a sampling transect in the Lynn Lake area, northwest Manitoba (parts of NTS 64B12, 64C9, 11, 12, 14–16, 64F3, 4). Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Manitoba Geological Survey, Open File OF2018-3, 21 p. ( more)
6 Gauthier, M.S. (2020). Manitoba till-matrix geochemistry compilation 3: clay (<2 μm) size-fraction by atomic absorption spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma–emission spectrometry after aqua-regia digestion. Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, Manitoba Geological Survey, Open File OF2020-5, 5 p. ( more)
7 Gauthier, M.S. (2020). Manitoba till-matrix geochemistry compilation 4: visible gold grains in the heavy mineral (<2 mm; –10 mesh) size-fraction. Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, Manitoba Geological Survey, Open File OF2020-6, 3 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1984-1989 Manitoba MDAs, Lynn Lake area, 1984-1989 ( more)
3 2017 Lynn Lake Quaternary Project, Manitoba, 2017 ( more)
2 2020-2021 Manitoba Till Geochemistry Compilation Project, 2020-2021. ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
56.86° 56.9° -101.01° -100.94°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 64C/14 (Lynn Lake) and /15 (Cockeram Lake), the Dot Lake-MacLellan Mine area, northwestern Manitoba.  It is located approximately 6 km northeast of the town of Lynn Lake.  Highway 391 runs east-west in the southern portion of the study area and Dot Lake lies immediately to the northwest.

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