Survey Metadata

Till

Newfoundland and Labrador

2003

Till sampling, NTS 1N/5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 2C/2, 3, eastern Newfoundland, 2003.





Location map

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Primary Publications (see below for full list)

Index Publication
1 Batterson, M.J., Taylor, D.M. (2004). Till geochemistry of the central Avalon and Bay de Verde Peninsulas, Newfoundland (NTS map sheets 1N/5, 1N/6, 1N/11, 1N/12, 1N/14, 2C/2 and 2C/3). Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File NFLD/2869. ( more)

Survey Description


Till sampling was completed on the Bay de Verde Peninsula and extended into the central Avalon Peninsula in 2003.  Approximately 936 samples were collected.  Most samples were from the C- or BC-soil horizon, taken at about 0.5 m in depth in test pits or 0.5 – 1 m depth in quarries or road cuts.  Sampling density was about 1 sample per 1 km 2 in areas of good access to 1 sample per 4 km 2 for helicopter-supported sampling.  The data are published in Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy Open File NFLD/2869.  Data for samples collected in 2002 and previously published in Open File NFLD/2824 are also included.

Data Description:

Report available as web release or on CD-ROM.

Quantities Analysed:

<0.063 mm fraction by INAA and by ICP-ES after HCl-perchloric-boric acid for large suites of elements.

Geochem Maps Available:

Proportional dot maps show distribution of elements in till.

Other Analyses:

LOI.

Samples from this survey were reanalyzed for fluoride and the data are published in a compilation (Open File NFLD/3344) with samples collected from across the province between 1985 and 2017.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Batterson, M.J., Taylor, D.M. (2004). Till geochemistry of the central Avalon and Bay de Verde Peninsulas, Newfoundland (NTS map sheets 1N/5, 1N/6, 1N/11, 1N/12, 1N/14, 2C/2 and 2C/3). Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File NFLD/2869. ( more)
2 Batterson, M.J., Taylor, D.M. (2005). PGE results from selected samples along the southern shore of Conception Bay, Avalon Peninsula (NTS map sheets 1N/6 and 1N/11). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File 1N/0757. ( more)
3 Amor, S.D. (2018). Fluoride in Newfoundland tills. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File NFLD/3344, 18 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 2000-2004 Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas, Newfoundland till sampling survey carried out in 2000, 2002 and 2003 ( more)
2 2010 Investigation of Till Anomalies, 2010 ( more)
3 2017-2018 Fluoride in Till Project, Newfoundland, 2017-2018 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
47.22° 48.25° -54° -52.83°

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

  • Covers all or parts of NTS 1N/5 (Argentia), 1N/6 (Holyrood), 1N/11 (Harbour Grace), 1N/12 (Dildo), 1N/13 (Sunnyside), 1N/14 (Heart’s Content), 1M/16 (Sound Island), 2C/2 (Bay de Verde), 2C/3 (Old Perlican) and 2C/4 (Random Island) on the western and central Avalon Peninsula and isthmus, eastern Newfoundland.  It is bounded to the northwest by Trinity Bay and to the southeast by Conception Bay.

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