Survey Metadata
Till
Nova Scotia
1991
Till sampling, NTS 11F, southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 1991.
Location map
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Survey Description
324 regional till samples were collected in the Mira-Framboise area of southeastern Cape Breton Island. An additional 169 samples were collected from closely spaced sites around an inactive base metal mine and 2 mineralized bedrock occurrences. The data from this survey and the 1990 orientation survey are published in GSC Open File 2533.
Data Description:
Paper report; digital files on diskette.
Quantities Analysed:
<0.063 mm fraction by ICP after HCl-HNO 3 (3:1) for 28 elements and by fire assay-DCP for Au.
Geochem Maps Available:
Proportional symbol plots show regional dispersal of elements
Other Analyses:
Pebble lithologies.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | McClenaghan, M.B., DiLabio, R.N.W., Laurus, K.A. (1992). Till geochemistry and clast lithology data for the Mira - Framboise area, southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2533. ( more) |
| 2 | Harris, J.R., Bonham-Carter, G.F. (2003). A method for detecting glacial dispersal trains in till geochemical data. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, v.3, p.133-155. ( more) |
Project History
| Index | Year | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1990-1992 | Southeastern Cape Breton Island till sampling survey, 1990-1991 ( more) |
Downloadable Files
| Index | Description | Size (bytes) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Diskette to accompany GSC Open File 2533
(
FileID=227 download
)
This ZIP file contains a copy of the data diskette originally released with GSC Open
File 2533.
|
1579198 |
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45.55° | 46° | -60.5° | -60° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers Mira (NTS 11F/16)) and Framboise (11F/9) areas of southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. It is bounded to the south by the Atlantic Ocean.
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