Survey Metadata
Surface water, Lake sediment
Ontario
2009
Lake sediment and water survey, NTS 52B/12, 52C, 52F/1, 2, Mine Centre area, northwestern Ontario, 2009.
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Survey Description
In July and August 2009, a high-density lake sediment and water survey was carried out in the Mine Centre area, northwestern Ontario, over an area of 5700 km2, at an average density of 1 sample site per 3.4 km2.
| Sample Type | Number of Sites | OGS Open File Report |
| Lake sediment (<15 cm sediment depth) | 1614 | OFR6281 |
| Lake sediment (>20 cm sediment depth) | 1463 | |
| Lake water | 1726 |
The data are published in Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) Miscellaneous Release Data, MRD296.
The data are also part of a compilation database, Lake Geochemistry of Ontario – 2019.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dyer, R.D., Burke, H.E. (2012). Lake sediment and water geochemical data from the Mine Centre area, northwestern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Release-Data, MRD296. ( more) |
| 2 | Dyer, R.D., Burke, H.E. (2012). Mine Centre area lake sediment and water geochemical survey, northwestern Ontario. Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6281, 179 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | Lake Geochemistry of Ontario Compilation Project, 2019 ( more) |
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48.23° | 49.25° | -93.15° | -91.5° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers all of NTS 52F/1 (Pekagoning Lake) and 52F/2 (Entwine Lake), the north half of 52B/12 (Quetico Lake) and most of the Canadian portion of 52C (International Falls) in the Mine Centre area, northwestern Ontario. It is bounded to the southwest by the Ontario-Minnesota border. The study area is centred on the rural community of Mine Centre and is located between Atikokan to the east and Fort Frances to the west.
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