Survey Metadata

Till

Ontario

1986

Till sampling survey, NTS 52E, F, Lake of the Woods region, northwestern Ontario, 1986-1988.





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Survey Description


More than 220 samples were collected in the Lake of the Woods region, northwestern Ontario between 1986 and 1988.  The data are published in GSC Memoir 436.

Data Description:

Paper report.

Quantities Analysed:

<0.002 mm fraction by AAS after nitric-aqua regia for 13 elements; <0.002 mm and <0.063 mm fractions by INAA for 18 elements.

Geochem Maps Available:

Proportional symbol maps show the dispersal of elements.

Other Analyses:

Grain size; pebble lithologies; heavy mineral concentrate for point counts; carbonate (<0.002 and <0.063 mm fractions by LECO).

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Minning, G.V., Cowan, W.R., Sharpe, D.R., Warman, T.A. (1994). Quaternary geology and drift composition, Lake of the Woods region, northwestern Ontario. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 436, 245p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1986-1994 Lake of the Woods region, northwestern Ontario till sampling survey, 1986-1989 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
49° 50° -95.17° -92°

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

  • Covers NTS 52F and parts of 52E, Lake of the Woods region, northwestern Ontario.

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