Survey Metadata

Till

Nunavut

1988

Till sampling survey, NTS 65I/3, 4, 5, 6, Yathkyed Lake area, Nunavut, 1988.





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Geological Survey of Canada, Northern Canada Division

Survey Description


During the summer of 1988, helicopter-supported reconnaissance level till sampling was carried out at a density of 1 sample per 9 km2 in the Yathkyed Lake area, Nunavut.  Ground traversing was also conducted for detailed till sampling on the SY-4 and SY-13 grids.  The data have not been published.

Sampling Procedure

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Publication History

Index Publication
1 Coker, W.B., Spirito, W.A., DiLabio, R.N.W., Hart, B.R. (1992). Geochemistry (till, gossan and lake sediment – Au and PGE) and surficial geology of the Ferguson, Yathkyed and Contwoyto Lakes areas, NWT. In Project Summaries: Canada-Northwest Territories Mineral Development Subsidiary Agreement 1987-1991, D.G. Richardson and M. Irving (compilers). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2484, p. 93-97. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1988-1989 Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Gold and PGE Geochemical Project, 1988 ( more)

Downloadable Files

Index Description Size (bytes)
1
W.B. Coker NWT 1988 analytical data ( FileID=662 download )
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2
Yathkyed Lake, NWT regional till element concentration maps (PDF) ( FileID=660 download )
Concentration maps (dot maps) and basic statistics for elements in regional till samples, Yathkyed Lake, N.W.T
683073
3
Yathkyed Lake, NWT detailed till grids: element concentration maps (PDF) ( FileID=659 download )
Concentration maps (dot maps) and basic statistics for elements in detailed till samples, Yathkyed Lake, N.W.T
140727

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
62° 62.5° -98° -97.08°

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

  • Covers NTS 65I/4, 5 (no title) and parts of 65I/3 (no title) and 65I/6 (Weasel Point) in the Yathkyed Lake area, Nunavut.

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