Survey Metadata

Surface water, Lake sediment

Newfoundland and Labrador

2002

Lake sediment and water survey, NTS 23G/1, 8, 23A/13, 14, 15, 23H (S½), western Labrador, 2002.





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Primary Publications (see below for full list)

Index Publication
1 McConnell, J. (2005). Lake sediment and water survey for copper, nickel and platinum group elements over the Ossok Mountain Intrusive Suite, western Labrador [parts of NTS 23A, 23G and 23H]. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File LAB/1397, 61 p. ( more)

Survey Description


In 2002, a high-density lake sediment and water survey was carried out in western Labrador, preferentially from lakes underlain by the Ossok Mountain intrusive suite.

Samples of organic lake sediment and lake water were collected from the centre of lakes at 509 sites using a float equipped helicopter.  The sampling density was one sample per 4.4 km 2.  

The data are published in Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Open File LAB/1397 and are also part of a geochemical lake survey compilation, Open File LAB/1465.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 McConnell, J. (2002). Lake sediment and water survey for Ni, Cu and platinum-group elements over the Ossok Mountain intrusive suite in western Labrador. In Report of Activities 2002, C.P.G. Pereira (ed.). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Mines and Energy, p. 35. ( more)
2 McConnell, J. (2005). Lake sediment and water survey for copper, nickel and platinum group elements over the Ossok Mountain Intrusive Suite, western Labrador [parts of NTS 23A, 23G and 23H]. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File LAB/1397, 61 p. ( more)
3 McConnell, J. (2006). Highlights of a detailed lake-sediment and water survey for PGE, gold and base metals in western Labrador.   In Current Research, C.P.G. Pereira, D.G. Walsh (compilers and eds). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Report 6-1, p. 191-208. ( more)
4 McConnell, J.W. (2009). Complete geochemical data for detailed-scale Labrador lake surveys, 1978-2005. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File LAB/1465, 20 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 2009 Lake Sediment and Water Compilation Project, Labrador, 2009 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
52.75° 53.5° -66.25° -64.25°

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

  • Covers most of the southern half of NTS 23H (Ossokmanuan Reservoir), all of 23A/13 (Rivière à la Fringue), 23A/14 (Lac Joseph), the west half of 23A/15 (untitled), and the east halves of 23G/01 (Wightman Lake) and 23G/08 (Molson Lake) in western Labrador.  The Labrador City – Churchill Falls part of the Trans-Labrador highway crosses the northwestern part of the study area.  The western boundary of the survey is approximately 60 km east of Labrador City/Wabush and the eastern boundary extends to within a few kilometres of the town of Churchill Falls.

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