Survey Metadata

NGR lake, GEM

Nunavut

1976

NGR lake sediment and water survey, NTS 65P, Nunavut, 1976





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Survey Description


Lake sediment and water samples were collected in 1976 in the Baker Lake area, southern Nunavut.  The data are published in GSC Open File 416.

In 2011, samples from 1,344 sites in the Baker Lake area (NTS 55M and 65P) was reanalysed by ICP-ES/MS and INAA and published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 6985, along with the original data from OFs 416 and 417.

This survey was carried out using National Geochemical Reconnaissance (NGR) protocols.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Geological Survey of Canada (1977). Regional lake sediment geochemical reconnaissance data, Baker Lake, N.W.T. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 416. ( more)
2 Coker, W.B., Ellwood, D.J., Maurice, Y.T. (1981). National geochemical reconnaissance, Baker Lake, Northwest Territories (55M, 65P). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 739, 20 pages. ( more)
3 McCurdy, M.W., Day, S.J.A., McNeil, R.J., Pehrsson, S.J. (2012). Regional lake sediment and water geochemical data, Baker Lake area, Nunavut (NTS 55M and 65P). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6985, 1 CD-ROM. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1976-1977 Baker Lake NGR lake sediment and water surveys, 1976 ( more)
2 2009-2022 NGR Reanalysis Project, 2009-2022 ( more)

Downloadable Files

Index Description Size (bytes)
1
GSC Open File 416 digital data ( FileID=1135 download )
77884
2
Introductory text for GSC Open File 416 ( FileID=430 download )
32338
3
Diskette to accompany GSC Open File 416 ( FileID=59 download )
102749

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
63° 64° -98° -96°

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

  • Covers NTS 65P in Nunavut.

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