Survey Metadata

NGR lake, GEM

Nunavut

1977

NGR lake sediment and water survey, NTS 46N, 47B, central Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, 1977





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Geological Survey of Canada, Northern Canada Division

Survey Description


During the summer of 1977, helicopter-supported lake sediment and water sampling was carried out on the Melville Peninsula, Nunavut.  Samples were collected at an average density of 1 sample per 13 km2.  Sample site and grid cell duplicate samples were routinely collected in each analytical block of twenty samples.  The data were published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 521 in 1978.

Data from this survey was included as part of a compilation map series and can be found in GSC Open File 738 published in 1981.

In 2009, the lake sediment samples were reanalysed by ICP-MS and INAA.  These new data are published in GSC Open File 6269, which also includes data previously released in OF 521 and OF 522 (NTS 46O, P, 47A).

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

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Geological Survey of Canada (1978). Regional lake sediment and water geochemical reconnaissance data, Melville Peninsula, N.W.T. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 521. ( more)
2 Cameron, E.M., Coker, W.B., Ellwood, D.J. (1981). National geochemical reconnaissance, Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories (46N, O. P; 47A (S½) and 47B (S½)). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 738, 23 pages. ( more)
3 Day, S.J.A., McCurdy, M.W., Friske, P.W.B., McNeil, R.J., Hornbrook, E.H.W., Lynch, J.J. (2009). Regional lake sediment and water geochemical data, Melville Peninsula, Nunavut (parts of NTS 046N, O, P, 047A and B). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6269. ( more)
4 Tremblay, T., Corrigan, D., Paulen, R. (2010). The GEM-minerals program on the Melville Peninsula: project summary and Preliminary Report: surficial geology and exploration geochemistry.  Presentation at Nunavut Mining Symposium, Iqaluit, April 13-15, 2010. ( more)
5 Grunsky, E.C., Mueller, U.A., Corrigan, D. (2014). A study of the lake sediment geochemistry of the Melville Peninsula using multivariate methods: applications for predictive geological mapping. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 141, p. 15-41. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1977-1978 Central Melville Peninsula, Nunavut NGR lake sediment and water analyses, 1977 ( more)
2 2009-2022 NGR Reanalysis Project, 2009-2022 ( more)

Downloadable Files

Index Description Size (bytes)
1
GSC Open File 521 digital data ( FileID=1155 download )
The data are packaged as a single zip file, compatible with modern operating systems.
 195592
2
Introductory text for GSC Open File 521 ( FileID=448 download )
This PDF file contains the introductory text for GSC Open File 521.  It was scanned from the original document.  The data are not included in this file.
41271
3
Diskette to accompany GSC Open File 521 ( FileID=79 download )
WARNING: the data on the diskette may have been packaged as a 16 bit self-extracting executable file, which is incompatible with 64 bit Windows computers.
337861

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
67° 68.52° -86° -84°

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

  • Covers NTS 46N and the southern half of 47B, in the central Melville Peninsula, Nunavut.  It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean in the northwest corner.

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