Survey Metadata

Lake sediment

Quebec

1983

Lake sediment sampling survey, NTS 23O/1-12, 23J/11-15, 23I/12-13 et 23P/4, 5, 12, Schefferville area, Quebec, 1983-1984.





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Survey Description


During the winter of 1983-1984, a helicopter supported lake sediment sampling survey was conducted by the SIAL company in the Schefferville area, Quebec.  The area covers 9200 km2.  A total of 3555 samples were collected at an average density of 1 sample per 2.6 km2.  In most cases, sampling was conducted on lakes larger than 1 km.  Samples were analyzed for:

 

Element Dissolution Technique
Ag, Al, B, Ba, Be, Ca, Cd, Ce, Co, Cr, Cu, Eu, Fe, Hg, K, La, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Sc, Sm, Sn, Sr, Th, Ti, V, Y, Zn, Hg   atomic absorption (AAS)
Loss on ignition (LOI)    
U   paper chromatography
pH   ion selective electrode (ISE)

 

The data are published in Open File MB 86-50, Department of Energy and Resources, 1986.  From the same author, data for gold and arsenic were also published in MB 84-07 et MB 85-22A et B.  Additional data are published in MB 87-32.

Data from this survey are part of a compilation of lake sediments from Quebec and Labrador published in GSC Open File 8348 (geochemical atlas).

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Beaumier, M. (1984). L'or dans les sédiments de lac, région de Schefferville. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Manuscrit brut MB 84-07. ( more)
2 Beaumier, M. (1985). L'arsenic dans les sédiments de lac, région de Schefferville. Caractéristiques des sites d'échantillonnage. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Manuscrit brut MB 85-22-B. ( more)
3 Beaumier, M. (1985). L'arsenic dans les sédiments de lac, région de Schefferville. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Manuscrit brut MB 85-22-A. ( more)
4 Beaumier, M. (1986). Levé géochimique de sédiments de lac de la région de Schefferville. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Manuscrit brut MB 86-50. ( more)
5 Beaumier, M. (1987). Géochimie des sédiments de lac dans la région de Schefferville. Données complémentaires. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Manuscrit brut MB 87-32. ( more)
6 Marcotte, D., Fox, J.S. (1989). Analyse multidimensionnelle de données géochimiques de sédiments lacustres dans la région de Schefferville. Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources, Manuscrit brut MB 89-59. ( more)
7 Maurice, C. Labbé, J.-Y. (2009). Reanalyse de sédiments de fond de lac dans la partie nord-est du Québec (sous-province d’Ashuanipi, orogene du Nouveau-Québec et province de Churchill sud-est). Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, PRO 2009-09, 8 p. ( more)
8 Maurice, C. Labbé, J.-Y. (2009). Reanalysis of lake-bottom sediments in northeastern Quebec (Ashuanipi subprovince, New Québec orogen, southeast Churchill Province). Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, PRO 2009-10, 8 p. ( more)
9 Amor, S.D., McCurdy, M., Garrett, R.G., Corrigan, D., Solgadi, F. (2016). Amalgamated lake-sediment data from Quebec and Labrador, Canada. Explore Newsletter for the Association of Applied Geochemists, number 173, p. 1, 5, 8, 11-17. ( more)
10 McCurdy, M.W., Amor, S.D., Corrigan, D., Garrett, R.G., Soldagi, F. (2017). Lake sediment geochemistry. In GEM 2 Hudson-Ungava project 2017 report of activities for the Core Zone: surficial geology, geochemistry, and gamma-ray spectrometry studies in northern Quebec and Labrador. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8331, p. 31-35. ( more)
11 McCurdy, M.W., Amor, S.D., Corrigan, D., Garrett, R.G., Solgadi, F. (2018). Geochemical atlas of northeastern Quebec and adjacent areas in mainland Newfoundland and Labrador. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8348 / Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Open File LAB/1719 / Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles DP 2018-04, 1 sheet. ( more)
12 McCurdy, M.W., Amor, S.D., Garrett, R.G. (2021). Merged and harmonized data for the atlas of lake sediment geochemistry of western Labrador and northeastern Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8817, 6 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1980-1987 Soil, lake sediment and stream sediment sampling surveys, Nord-du-Québec region, 1980-1987. ( more)
2 2015-2016 Quebec-Labrador Compilation Project, 2015-2016 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
54.58° 55.75° -68° -65.5°

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

  • Covers most of NTS 23O (Lac Wakuach), 23J/11 (Lac Clugny), /12 (Lac Avezac), /13 (Lac Bringadin), /14 (Elross Lake), /15 (Lac Knob), 23I/12 (Andre Lake), /13 (Marion Lake) and 23P/4 (Lac Griffis), /5 (Lac Deborah), /12 (Lac McCabe).  The Schefferville area is located in the Nord-du-Québec region.  It is bounded by latitudes 54°35' and 55°45' and longitudes 65°30' and 68°.

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