Survey Metadata

Till, Indicator minerals

Ontario

1996

Till sampling survey, NTS 43C, D, E, F, L, the Spider 3 survey area, northern Ontario, 1996.





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Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description


In the summer of 1996, a total of 626 samples were collected in the Spider 3 survey area, in the region of the Upper Attawapiskat and Ekwan Rivers, northern Ontario.  Eighty-two samples were till, 510 were modern alluvium and 34 were glaciofluvial sediments.  The details of the survey are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6097 and the data (geochemistry + KIM) in Miscellaneous Release-Data 109.

Data Description:

Paper report; digital data released as compressed ASCII and Excel files on diskette as MRD-109 (Miscellaneous Release-Data 109).

Quantities Analysed:

<0.063 mm fraction by INAA for 35 elements; by ICP-OES after a total (HNO3-HClO4-HF-HCl) digestion for 19 elements.

Geochem Maps Available:

Proportional symbol maps showing the dispersal of elements, based on data -80 mesh till and -60 mesh non magnetic tabled concentrates.

Other Analyses:

Heavy mineral processing (at Consorminex) for kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs).

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Crabtree, D.C., Gleeson, C.F. (2003). Results of the “Spider 3” regional kimberlite indicator mineral and geochemistry survey carried out in the vicinity of the Upper Attawapiskat and Ekwan rivers, northern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6097, 127 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1996-2003 Northern Ontario Spider 3 survey carried out in 1996 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
52° 54.18° -87.05° -85.25°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 43C, D, E, F and L, in the vicinity of the Upper Attawapiskat and Ekwan Rivers, northern Ontario. The centre of the study area is located approximately 258 km west of the coast of Hudson Bay.

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