Survey Metadata

Lake sediment

Quebec

1990

Lake sediment sampling survey, NTS 12J, K, N, O, P, Blanc-Sablon region, Quebec, 1990.





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Survey Description


In 1990, approximately 3500 lake sediment samples were collected in the Blanc-Sablon region, Côte-Nord, Quebec.  The survey was carried out over an area of approximately 3 700 km 2 at an average sampling density of one sample per 10.5 km 2.

The data are published as a series of maps in Quebec Department of Energy and Resources MB 90-33.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Beaumier, M. (1992). Géochimie des sédiments de lac – région de Blanc-Sablon. Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources, Manuscrit brut MB 90-33. ( more)
2 Beaumier, M., Kirouac, F. (1994). Série de cartes géochimiques couleur. Sédiments de la – région de Blanc-Sablon (SNRC 12P). Ministère des Ressources naturelles, Manuscrit brut MB 94-11. ( more)
3 Hurtubise, E. (2009). Regroupement et nivellement des plus récentes données géochimique régionales des sédiments de fond de lac de la Côte-Nord (région administrative 09). Corporation de promotion du développement minéral de la Côte-Nord, Manuscrit brut MB 2009-13. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1987-1990 Côte-Nord lake sediment project, 1987-2003 ( more)
2 2007-2009 Côte-Nord Project, 2007-2009 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
50.15° 52° -62° -57.09°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 12J (Harrington Harbour), K (Musquaro), N (Rivière Natashquan), O (Saint-Augustin) and P (Blanc-Sablon) in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec.  It is bounded to the north and east by the Quebec-Labrador border and to the south by the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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