Survey Metadata

Till, Bedrock, Indicator minerals, GEM

Northwest Territories, Nunavut

2009

Till and lithogeochemical survey, NTS 86H/10, Izok Lake area, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, 2009-2010.





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Geological Survey of Canada, Northern Canada Division

Survey Description


In July 2009, 64 till and 22 bedrock samples were collected in the vicinity of the Izok Lake VMS deposit, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.  The till samples were collected up-ice, proximal to and at varying distances up to 8 km down-ice of the deposit.  In 2010, an additional 11 till samples were collected south and northwest of the deposit to further document the distribution of specific indicator minerals found in the 2009 till samples.

The following GSC Open Files have been published:

 

GSC Open File Year Published Data
7075 2012 Indicator mineral abundance data: bedrock and till
7046 2012 Till geochemistry
7173 2013 Indicator mineral signatures: bedrock (probe data and mineral distribution maps)
7343 2013 Indicator mineral signatures: till (probe data and mineral distribution maps)
7603 2014 Gahnite study

 

 

Publication History

Index Publication
1 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)
2 McClenaghan, M.B., Paulen, R.C., Hicken, A., Oviatt, N., Robinson, S., Layton-Matthews, D., Gleeson, S., Averill, S.A. (2011). Development of indicator mineral methods for base metal and uranium exploration in glaciated terrain. In Final Programme and Abstracts, P. Sarala, V.J. Ojala, M.-L. Porsanger (eds). 25th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium, Finland, August 22-26, 2011, p. 150. ( more)
3 Hicken, A.K., McClenaghan, M.B., Paulen, R.C., Layton-Matthews, D. (2012). Till geochemical signatures of the Izok Lake Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, Nunavut. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7046. ( more)
4 McClenaghan, M.B., Hicken, A.K., Averill, S.A., Paulen, R.C., Layton-Matthews, D. (2012). Indicator mineral abundance data for bedrock and till samples from the Izok Lake Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, Nunavut. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7075. ( more)
5 Hicken, A.K., McClenaghan, M.B., Layton-Matthews, D., Paulen, R.C., Averill, S.A., Crabtree, D. (2013). Indicator mineral signatures of the Izok Lake Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, Nunavut: Part 1 bedrock samples. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7173. ( more)
6 Hicken, A.K., McClenaghan, M.B., Paulen, R.C., Layton-Matthews, D., Averill, S.A., Crabtree, D. (2013). Indicator mineral signatures of the Izok Lake Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, Nunavut: Part 2 till. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7343. ( more)
7 McClenaghan, M.B., Peter, J.M. (2013). Till geochemical signatures of volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits in glaciated terrain: a summary of Canadian examples. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7354, 36 p. ( more)
8 McClenaghan, M.B., Holmes, D.R.S., Averill, S.A., Paulen, R.C., Layton-Matthews, D. (2014). Physical features indicting the glacial transport distance of gahnite from the Izok Lake Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag VMS deposit, Nunavut. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7603, 15 p. ( more)
9 McClenaghan, M.B., Paulen, R.C., Layton-Matthews, D., Hicken, A.K., Averill, S.A. (2015). Glacial dispersal of gahnite from the Izok Lake Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag VMS deposit, northern Canada. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, v. 15, no. 4, p. 333-349. ( more)
10 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 Geological Survey of Canda – an update. Explore no. 170, p. 1, 5-6, 8, 10-15. ( more)
11 Lougheed, H.D., McClenaghan, M.B., Layton-Matthews, D. (2018). Mineral markers of base metal mineralization: progress report on the identification of indicator minerals in the fine heavy mineral fraction. In Targeted Geoscience Initiative: 2017 report of activities, volume 2, N. Rogers (ed.). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8373, p. 101-108 ( more)
12 Lougheed, H.D., McClenaghan, M.B., Layton-Matthews, D., Leybourne, M. (2020). Exploration potential of fine-fraction heavy mineral concentrates from till using automated mineralogy: a case study from the Izok Lake Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag VMS deposit, Nunavut, Canada.  Minerals v. 10, issue 4, 310, p. 1-33. ( more)
13 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)
14 Lougheed, H.D., McClenaghan, M.B., Layton-Matthews, D., Leybourne, M.I. (2022). Indicator minerals in fine-fraction till heavy-mineral concentrates determined by automated mineral analysis: examples from two Canadian polymetallic base-metal deposits. In Targeted Geoscience Initiative 5: volcanic- and sediment-hosted massive-sulfide deposit genesis and exploration methods. J.M. Peter, M.G. Gadd (eds). Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 617, p. 247-286. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 2009-2012 Izok Lake Indicator Minerals Project, 2009-2012 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
65.61° 65.71° -113° -112.75°

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

  • Covers part of NTS 86H/10, the Izok Lake area, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.  It is located immediately southeast of Iznogoudh Lake and 30 km north of Itchen Lake.  The Nunavut-NWT border runs through the middle of Iznogoudh Lake in a NW-SE direction.

  • Covers part of NTS 86H/10, the Izok Lake area, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.  It is located approximately 2 km north-northeast of the northern shore of Iznogoudh Lake.

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