Survey Metadata

Till, Indicator minerals

Manitoba

2005

Till sampling survey, NTS 63J, O, P, Thompson nickel belt, central Manitoba, 2005-2006.





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Primary Publications (see below for full list)

Index Publication
1 McClenaghan, M.B., Matile, G., Layton-Matthews, D., Pyne, M. (2009). Till geochemical signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits and regional till geochemistry, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6005. ( more)

Survey Description


In 2005 and 2006, a total of 120 till samples were collected along the north part of the Thompson Nickel Belt, in central Manitoba, including areas west and east of the belt.  Sites included mine properties, road cuts, borrow pits, river sections and backhoe trenches at varying distances down-ice from the Thompson and Pipe mines.  The data are published as follows:

 

GSC Open File Sample Type Data
6005 till geochemistry
6766 bedrock indicator minerals
7200 till indicator minerals
7310 till, bedrock iron oxide compositions

 

The data were also presented as part of a workshop at Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in 2013 and the PowerPoint® presentation can be found in GSC Special Presentation 38.

The data are also part of two compilations: Geological Survey of Canada Open File 7064 and Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Open File OF2020-3.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 McClenaghan, M.B., Matile, G., Layton-Matthews, D., Pyne, M. (2009). Till geochemical signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits and regional till geochemistry, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6005. ( more)
2 McClenaghan, M.B., Averill, S.A., Kjarsgaard, I.M., Layton-Matthews, D., Matile, G. (2010). Till indicator mineral and geochemical signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits, Thompson Nickel Belt. In TGI-3 Workshop: public geoscience in support of base metal exploration. Geological Association of Canada, Cordilleran Section. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Joint Annual Meeting, Programme and Abstracts, p. 27-31. ( more)
3 McClenaghan, M.B., Averill, S.A., Kjarsgaard, I.M., Layton-Matthews, D., Matile, G. (2011). Indicator mineral signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits, Thompson Nickel Belt, central Canada. In Indicator mineral methods in mineral exploration, Workshop at the 25 th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium, Rovaniemi, Finland, M.B. (McClenaghan, V. Peuraniemi, M. Lehtonen (eds). Finnish Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Series B B92-4, p. 67-72. ( more)
4 McClenaghan, M.B., Layton-Matthews, D., Matile, G. (2011). Till geochemical signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis v. 11, no. 2, p. 145-159. ( more)
5 McClenaghan, M.B., Paulen, R., Ames, D., Spirito, W., Adcock, S., Averill, S., Layton-Matthews, D., Budulan, G., Hicken, A., Parkhill, M., Matile, G. (2011). Indicator mineral signatures of base metal deposits: examples from TGI3 and GEM research. In Mineral Exploration Roundup 2011, presentations, p. 1-28. ( more)
6 Dupuis, C., Sappin, A.-A., Pozza, M., Beaudoin, G., McMartin, I., McClenaghan, M.B. (2012). Iron oxide compositions in till and bedrock samples from the Sue-Dianne IOCG deposit, Northwest Territories and the Pipe Ni-Cu deposit, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7310, 8 p. ( more)
7 McClenaghan, M.B., Kjarsgaard, I.M., Averill, S.A., Layton-Matthews, D., Crabtree, D., Matile, G. (2012). Indicator mineral signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba: Part 1 – bedrock data. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6766. ( more)
8 McMartin, I., Campbell, J.E., Dredge, L.A. (2012). A trans-jurisdiction database of till composition across the Circum-Kisseynew area, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7064. ( more)
9 McClenaghan, M.B., Kjarsgaard, I.M., Averill, S.A., Layton-Matthews, D., Crabtree, D., Matile, G., McMartin, I., Pyne, M. (2013). Indicator mineral signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba: Part 2 - till data. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7200. ( more)
10 Sappin, A.-A., Dupuis, C., Beaudoin, G., Pozza., M., McMaring, I., McClenaghan, M.B. (2014). Optimal ferromagnetic fraction in till samples along ice-flow paths: case studies from the Sue-Dianne and Thompson deposits, Canada. Exploration, Environment, Analysis v. 14, p. 315-329. ( more)
11 Grunsky, E.C., McClenaghan, M.B. (2015). An integrated study of till geochemical, indicator mineral, and pebble lithological data, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba.  PowerPoint presentation given as part of the New Frontiers for Exploration in Glaciated Terrain workshop, March 1 st 2013, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Toronto. Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 38, 40 p. ( more)
12 McClenaghan, .M.B., Plouffe, A., Paulen, R.C., Houlé, M.G., Jackson, S.E., Peter, J.M. (2016). Overview of indicaor mineral research at the Gological Survey of Canda – an update. Explore no. 170, p. 1, 5-6, 8, 10-15. ( more)
13 Gauthier, M.S. (2020). Manitoba till-matrix geochemistry compilation 2: silt plus clay (<63 μm) size-fraction by inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry after an aqua-regia or modified aqua-regia digestion. Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, Manitoba Geological Survey, Open File OF2020-3, 6 p. ( more)
14 Layton-Matthews, D., McClenaghan, M.B. (2022).  Current techniques and applications of mineral chemistry to mineral exploration; examples from glaciated terrain: a review. Minerals, v. 12, article number 59. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
2 2005-2009 Thompson nickel belt till project, central Manitoba, 2005-2006 ( more)
1 2020 Manitoba Till Geochemistry Compilation Project, 2020. ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
54.98° 56.07° -98.89° -97.03°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 63J (Weskusko Lake), O (Nelson House) and P (Sipiwesk) in the Thompson Nickel Belt region, Manitoba.  The town of Thompson, Manitoba lies within its boundary.

  • Covers part of NTS O/15 (Nelson House), just west of the Thompson Nickel Belt region in central Manitoba.  The town of Thompson is located approximately 55 km to the southeast.

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