Survey Metadata

Lake sediment

Ontario

2001

Lake sediment survey, Operation Treasure Hunt, NTS 31L, M, 41I, P, Temagami area, northeastern Ontario, 2001.





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Ontario Geological Survey

Survey Description


In July and August 2001, a lake sediment and water quality survey was carried out in the Temagami area, northeastern Ontario as part of Operation Treasure Hunt.

A total of 2763 sites were visited for a density of 1 site per 3.2 km2.  Lake sediments were collected at 2441 sites.

The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report OFR6144 and Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD137.

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

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Takats, P.A., Dyer, R.D. (2004). Lake sediment and water quality data for the Temagami area, northeastern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD137. ( more)
2 Takats, P.A., Dyer, R.D. (2004). Temagami area lake sediment geochemical survey, northeastern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6144, 113 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
46.5° 47.25° -80.5° -78.95°

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

  • Covers NTS 31L/11 (Temiscaming), 31L/12 (Marten Lake), 31L/13 (Ingall Lake), 31L/14 (ottertail Creed), 31M/3 (Fabre), 31M/4 (Temagami), 41I/9 (Glen Afton), 41I/16 (Lake Temagami) and 41P/01 (Obabika Lake) in the Temagami area, northeastern Ontario.  The centre of the study area is located approximately 98 km northeast from Sudbury and 70 km  north-northwest from the city of North Bay.  It is bounded to the east by the Ontario-Quebec border.

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