Survey Metadata

Till

Saskatchewan

1986

Till sampling survey, NTS 63L, K, east central Saskatchewan, 1986-1987.





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Primary Publications (see below for full list)

Index Publication
1 Campbell, J.E. (1988). Preliminary report - Quaternary geology and till geochemistry - East Amisk Lake area, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Research Council Open Technical Report R-842-59-E-88. ( more)

Survey Description


112 till samples (including bulk tills) were collected in the east Amisk Lake area, east central Saskatchewan in approximately 1986-1987.  The data are published in Saskatchewan Research Council Report R-842-59-E-88.

These data are also part of a compilation, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 7064.

Data Description:

Paper report; data file (Dbase).

Quantities Analysed:

<0.1 mm fraction by AAS after HNO3-HCl for Pb, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, Ag, As, Au, and W.

Geochem Maps Available:

None.

Other Analyses:

Grain size; pebble counts; HMC for gold grain and geochemistry.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Campbell, J.E. (1987). Quaternary geology of the East Amisk Lake area, applied to prospecting for gold. In Summary of Investigations 1987. Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Energy and Mines, Miscellaneous Report 87-4, p. 148-150. ( more)
2 Campbell, J.E. (1988). Preliminary report - Quaternary geology and till geochemistry - East Amisk Lake area, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Research Council Open Technical Report R-842-59-E-88. ( more)
3 Campbell, J.E., Schreiner, B.T. (1989). Quaternary geology and its implications to gold exploration in the La Ronge and Flin Flon domains, Saskatchewan. In Drift Prospecting, R.N.W. DiLabio, W.B. Coker (eds). Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-20, p. 113-126. ( more)
4 McMartin, I., Campbell, J.E., Dredge, L.A. (2012). A trans-jurisdiction database of till composition across the Circum-Kisseynew area, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7064. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1986-1988 East central Saskatchewan till sampling survey carried out in 1986, 1987 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
54.67° 54.75° -102.15° -101.84°

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

  • Covers parts of 63K/12 (Schist Lake) and 63L/9 (Denare Beach) in the East Amisk Lake area, Saskatchewan.  It is bounded to the east by the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border.  Comeback Bay and East Channel (both parts of Amisk Lake) and Mosher Lake are found in the southwest part of the study area.

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