Survey Metadata
Till
Ontario
1995
Till sampling survey, NTS 42A/2, 3 northern Ontario, 1995.
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Survey Description
414 samples of surface till were collected in 1995 in the Peterlong Lake-Radisson Lake area, northern Ontario. The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Reports 5941 and 5942.
Data Description:
Digital data released as OGS Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD024; paper reports OGS OF Reports 5941 and 5942 are available as PDF.
Quantities Analysed:
<0.063 mm fraction by INAA for Au (OGS OF Report 5941). <0.063 mm fraction by INAA for 44 elements; by ICP-OES and ICP-AES after aqua regia; by CV-fluorescence for Hg (OGS OF Report 5942).
Geochem Maps Available:
Proportional symbol maps showing the distribution of selected elements in till (OGS OF Report 5942).
Other Analyses:
Heavy mineral concentrate for gold grain counts (OGS OF Report 5941). Heavy mineral concentrate from till for gold grain determination.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bajc, A.F. (1996). Regional distribution of gold in till in the Peterlong Lake-Radisson Lake area, southern Abitibi Subprovince: potential exploration targets. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5941. ( more) |
| 2 | Bajc, A.F., Hamilton, S.M., Ayer, J., Jensen, L.S. (1996). New exploration targets in the Peterlong Lake-Radisson Lake area, southern Abitibi Subprovince; till, lake sediment and lake water sampling programs. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 5942. ( more) |
| 3 | Ontario Geological Survey (1996). Till compositional database, Peterlong Lake-Radisson Lake Area, Southern Abitibi Subprovince. Ontario Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD024. ( more) |
| 4 | McClenaghan, M.B. (2001). Regional and local-scale gold grain and till geochemical signatures of lode Au deposits in the western Abitibi Greenstone Belt, central Canada. In Drift Exploration in Glaciated Terrain, M.B. McClenaghan, P.T. Bobrowsky, G.E.M. Hall, S.J. Cook (ed.). Geological Society Special Publication No. 185, p. 201-224. ( more) |
Project History
| Index | Year | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995-1996 | Peterlong-Radisson Quaternary Project, 1995 ( more) |
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48° | 48.25° | -81.5° | -80.5° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers NTS 42A/2 (Radisson Lake) and 42A/3 (Peterlong Lake) northern Ontario. It is situated along the southern edge of the Abitibi Subprovince, approximately 25 km south of Timmins and 50 km north of the hamlet of Shining Tree.
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