Survey Metadata

Soil, Surface water, Bedrock

Nunavut

1974

Lake water, soil and lithogeochemical survey, NTS 76G/12, Agricola Lake area, Nunavut, 1974.





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Survey Description


In 1974, lake water, soil and rock samples were collected in the Agricola Lake area, Nunavut.  This area was chosen for detailed geological, geophysical and geochemical studies because earlier follow-up work for Operation Bear-Slave in 1973 identified extensive base metal anomalies in the drainage systems of this region.

A summary of the work and some of the data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Report of Activities, Paper 75-1, Part A.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Cameron, E.M., Durham, C.C. (1975).Soil geochemistry of the Agricola Lake massive sulphide prospect. In Report of Activities Part A, April to October 1974. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 75-1A, p. 199-202. ( more)
2 Cameron, E.M., Lynch, J.J. (1975). Hydrogeochemical studies in the Agricola Lake area, 1974. In Report of Activities Part A, April to October 1974. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 75-1A, p. 203-207. ( more)
3 Cameron, E.M. (1977). Geochemical dispersion in lake waters and sediments from massive sulphide mineralization, Agricola Lake area, Northwest Territories. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 7, p. 327-348. ( more)
4 Cameron, E.M. (1977). Geochemical dispersion in mineralized soils of a permafrost environment. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 7, p. 301-326. ( more)
5 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)
6 McClenaghan M.B., Peter, J.M. (2016). Till geochemical signatures of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits: an overview of Canadian examples. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, v. 16, no. 1, p. 27-47. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1971-1974 Operation Bear-Slave, 1971-1974 ( more)

Downloadable Files

Index Description Size (bytes)
1
GAS file archive ( FileID=648 download )
This file is an archive of geochemical data stored in the Geochemical Analysis System (GAS) format.  The ZIP file contains a readme file, the data and a user manual.
6574145
2
GAS file archive list of contents ( FileID=649 download )
A PDF file listing the files contained in “gasfiles.zip”.  The file also lists related publications and if a survey for the data has been created in The Canadian Database of Geochemical Surveys.
57064

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
65.586° 65.628° -107.951° -107.875°

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

  • Covers a small part of NTS 76G/12 (untitled), the Agricola Lake area, west central Nunavut.  The study area is located approximately 123 km east of the east shore of Contwoyto Lake and 77 km northwest of Beechey Lake.

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