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Lake sediment

Newfoundland and Labrador

1977

Lake sediment sampling, NTS 1M, 2D, 11P, 12A, Meelpaeg Lake area, central Newfoundland, 1977.





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Survey Description


Centre lake bottom sediments were collected in the summer of 1977 from 3806 sites over an area of 17,400 km 2 in the Meelpaeg Lake area, central Newfoundland.  The data are published in Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy Open Files NFLD/0986 and NFLD/1222(an update OF that also contains F data).  Tungsten data were released in NFLD/1302.  Gold data for samples in NTS 12A/1 and /2 were released along with other data from 12A in Open File NFLD/1801.

Data from parts of NTS 1M were released in Open File 1M/276 with data collected in other years from 1M and this Open File is superseded by Open File 1M/312 which contains reanalyses by INAA for all of NTS 1M.

Reanalysis by INAA of samples from NTS 2D, 11P and 12A were published with other samples from those areas in:

 

Mapsheet Open File Year
2D 2D/175 1988
11P 11P/137 1989
12A 12A/561 1990

 

 

Sampling Procedure

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Butler, A.J., Davenport, P.H. (1978). The results of a lake sediment geochemical survey in the Meelpaeg Lake area of central Newfoundland (NTS 1M, 2D, 11P, 12A). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Open File NFLD 986. ( more)
2 Butler, A.J., Davenport, P.H. (1981). Fluorine in lake sediment in the Meelpaeg Lake area (NTS 1M, 2D, 11P, 12A). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Open File NFLD 1222. ( more)
3 Davenport, P.H., Butler, A.J., Wagenbauer, H.A., Riley, C.A. (1981). Geochemical Atlas of Newfoundland 1:1,000,000 scale (preliminary release). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Open File NFLD 1255. ( more)
4 Davenport, P.H., Butler, A.J. (1982). Tungsten in lake sediment over granitoid rocks of south-central Newfoundland (NTS 1M/13, 2D/4, 11P/NE, 12A/1, 12A/2) – a pilot study. Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Open File NFLD 1302. ( more)
5 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., Hayes, J.P. (1988). Gold and associated elements in lake sediment from regional surveys in the Gander Lake map area (NTS 2D). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines, Geological Survey, Open File 2D/0175. ( more)
6 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., Hayes, J.P. (1989). Gold and associated elements in lake sediment from regional surveys in the northwestern part of the Belleoram map area (NTS 1M/5, 11-16). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines, Geological Survey, Open File 1M/0276. ( more)
7 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., Hayes, J.P. (1989). Gold and associated elements in lake sediment from regional surveys in the northwestern part of the Burgeo map area (NTS 11P). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines, Geological Survey, Open File 11P/0137. ( more)
8 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., Hogan, A.P. (1989). Gold and associated elements in lake sediment from regional surveys in parts of the Red Indian Lake and Stephenville map areas (NTS 12A and 12B). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, Open File NFLD 1801. ( more)
9 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., Honarvar, P., Hogan, A.P. (1990). Gold and associated elements in lake sediment from regional geochemical surveys in the Red Indian Lake map area (NTS 12A). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, Open File 12A/0561. ( more)
10 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., O’Brien, S.J., Honarvar, P. (1990). Gold and associated elements in lake sediment from regional geochemical surveys in the Belleoram map area (NTS 1M). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, Open File 1M/0312. ( more)
11 McConnell, J.W., Finch, C., Hall, G.E.M., Davenport, P.H. (1993). Geochemical mapping employing active and overbank stream sediment, lake sediment and lake water in two areas of Newfoundland. In Geochemical Mapping, P.H. Davenport (ed.). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 49, no. 1-2, p. 123-143. ( more)
12 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., Honarvar, P. (1994). Geochemical atlas: the distribution of elements (Ag, As, Au, Ba, Br, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Eu, F, Fe, Hf, La, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sm, Ta, Tb, Th, U, W, Yb, Zn, LOI) in lake sediment, Island of Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File NFLD/2355 (ver. 1.0) (32 maps, Map 93-129 to Map 93-160). ( more)
13 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., Butler, A.J., Wagenbauer, H.A., Honarvar, P. (1996). The digital geochemical atlas of Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, Open File NFLD/2607, ver. 1.2. ( more)
14 Davenport, P.H., Nolan, L.W., Butler, A.J., Wagenbauer, H.A., Honarvar, P. (2002). The Geoscience Atlas of Newfoundland. Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, Open File NFLD/2687, version 1.1. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1973-1990 Island of Newfoundland lake sediment sampling, 1973-1981 ( more)
2 1987-1994 Island of Newfoundland lake sediment INAA reanalysis project, 1987-1994 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
47.39° 49° -57° -55.31°

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

  • Covers NTS 12A/1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 2D/4, 5, 12, 13, 11P/15 and parts of NTS 11P/9, 10, 16 and 1M/5, 6, 11, 12, 13 in the Meelpaeg Lake area, central Newfoundland.  It is bounded to the south by the Atlantic Ocean.  Meelpaeg Reservoir is located in the central-west part of the study area and the town of Grand Falls-Windsor is located in the northeast part of the study area.

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