Survey Metadata

Lake sediment

Ontario

2001

Lake sediment survey, Operation Treasure Hunt, NTS 52H, 52A/13-16, Lac des Iles-Black Sturgeon River area, Ontario, 2001.





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Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description


Between June and August 2001, lake sediment sampling and a water quality survey were carried out in the Lac des Iles-Black Sturgeon River area, northwestern Ontario, as part of Operation Treasure Hunt.

A total of 2456 lake sites were visited and 2259 lake sediment samples were collected.

The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report OFR6096 and Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD108.

The data are also part of a compilation database, Lake Geochemistry of Ontario – 2019.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Dyer, R.D. (2002). Lake sediment water quality data from the Lac des Iles–Black Sturgeon River area, northwestern Ontario: Operation Treasure Hunt. Ontario Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD108. ( more)
2 Dyer, R.D., Russell, D.F. (2002). Lac des Iles–Black Sturgeon River area lake sediment survey: Operation Treasure Hunt. Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6096, 134 p. ( more)
3 Ontario Geological Survey (2020). Lake geochemistry of Ontario—2019. Ontario Geological Survey, online database. https://www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndmaccess/mndm_dir.asp?type=pub&id=LakeGeochemON. Accessed March 30, 2023. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
2 1999-2002 Operation Treasure Hunt, 1999-2002 ( more)
1 2019 Lake Geochemistry of Ontario Compilation Project, 2019 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
48.75° 49.5° -90.5° -88.5°

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

  • Covers most of NTS 52H (Nipigon), all of 52B/16 (Savanne), 52A/13 (Raith) and parts of 52A/14 (East Bay) and 52A/15 (Greenwich Lake) in the Lac des Iles–Black Sturgeon River area, northwestern Ontario.  The centre of the study area is located approximately 85 km north of Thunder Bay and 58 km southwest of Lake Nipigon.  The Trans Canada Highway runs through the southwest part of the study area.

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