Survey Metadata

Soil, Till

New Brunswick

  

Till sampling, NTS 21B/14, 15, 21G/2, southwest New Brunswick.





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New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development

Survey Description


Soil and till samples were collected in the Mascarene Peninsula and West Isles area of southwest New Brunswick.  Samples were collected at 142 sites on the Mascarene Peninsula and northern Deer Island, and 33 sites were sampled on southern Deer Island.  No sampling year was given.  The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Map Plates 87-12A and 87-12B.

Data Description:

Paper maps.

Quantities Analysed:

Au from panned concentrates in C-horizon and from humus.  Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Sb and W from <0.177 mm fraction of B-horizon.  No analytical methods were given.

Geochem Maps Available:

Maps with element concentrations listed at each site.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Chiswell, P.G. (1986). Till geochemistry and mapping project. In Eleventh Annual Review of Activities, Project Résumés 1986, S.A. Abbott (ed.). New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Information Circular 86-2, p.37-38. ( more)
2 Chiswell, P.G. (1987). Till geochemistry of southern Deer Island (parts of 21B/14h and 21B/15e). New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Minerals and Energy Division, Map Plate 87-12B. ( more)
3 Chiswell, P.G. (1987). Till geochemistry of the Mascarene Peninsula and northern Deer Island (21G/2c and 21G/2d). New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Minerals and Energy Division, Map Plate 87-12A. ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
44.9301° 45.1251° -67.0294° -66.7494°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 21B/14 and 15 (both Campobello Island), and 21G/2 (St. George), the Mascarene Peninsula and West Isles area., southwest New Brunswick.  It is bounded to the southwest by the Maine-New Brunswick border and to the southeast by the Bay of Fundy.

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