Survey Metadata

Till

Saskatchewan

1986

Till sampling survey, NTS 73P/7, central Saskatchewan, 1986.





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Survey Description


130 till samples were collected in 1986 in the Sulphide-Hebden Lakes area, central Saskatchewan.  The data are published in Saskatchewan Research Council Technical Report R-842-4-E-87.

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

Data Description:

Paper report.

Quantities Analysed:

<0.1 mm fraction analyzed by AAS after hot nitric-hydrochloric acid extraction for 6 elements and after a methyl iso-butyl ketone extraction for Au.

Geochem Maps Available:

None.

Other Analyses:

Pebble counts; heavy mineral concentrate for gold grain analysis; grain size analysis.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Campbell, J.E. (1987). Quaternary geology and till geochemistry of the Sulphide - Hebden Lakes area. Saskatchewan Research Council Open Technical Report R-842-4-E-87, 74 p. ( more)
2 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)
3 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 1986-1987 Central Saskatchewan till sampling survey carried out in 1986 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
55.3° 55.5° -105° -104.65°

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

  • Covers part of NTS 73P/7 (Stanley Mission) in the Sulphide-Hebden Lakes area, central Saskatchewan.  It is located just north of Lac La Ronge and is approximately 18 km west of the town of Stanley Mission.

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