Survey Metadata

Surface water, Lake sediment

Ontario

2001

Location map

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Lake sediment and/or water samples were collected at 1137 sites, for an average density of 1 sample per 3.7 km².

The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report OFR6125 and Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD130.

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

Index	Publication
1	Ontario Geological Survey (2004). Lake sediment analytical data for the Sturgeon Lake–Wabigoon Lake area. Ontario Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD130. ( more)
2	Russell, D.F. (2004). Sturgeon Lake–Wabigoon Lake area high density regional lake sediment and water geochemical survey, northwestern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6125, 94 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)

Index	Year	Project
1	2019	Lake Geochemistry of Ontario Compilation Project, 2019 ( more)

Minimum Latitude	Maximum Latitude	Minimum Longitude	Maximum Longitude
49.5°	50°	-93°	-91°

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

Covers NTS 52F/9 (Wabigoon), 52F/10 (Dyment), 52F/16 (Big Sandy Lake), 52G/14 (Yonde) and 52G/14 (Valora) in the Sturgeon Lake-Wabigoon Lake area, northwestern Ontario. The centre of the study area is located approximately 68 km east of Dryden and is bounded to the north by 50°N latitude. The Trans Canada Highway crosses the southwest part of the study area.