Survey Metadata

Till, Esker, Resource assessment, GEM

Northwest Territories

2008

Till and esker sediment survey, Thaidene Nene MERA study area, Northwest Territories, 2008-2009.





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Geological Survey of Canada, Northern Canada Division

Primary Publications (see below for full list)

Index Publication
1 Wright, D.F., Ambrose, E.J., Lemkow, D., Bonham-Carter, G.F. (eds) (2013). Mineral and energy resource assessment of the proposed Thaidene Nene national park reserve in the area of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7196. ( more)

Survey Description


In the summers of 2008 and 2009, till and esker samples were collected in the area of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories.  The area covers parts of NTS map sheets 75E, R, J, K, L, N, O and P in the Thaidene Nene MERA study area.  The following samples were collected:

 

Year of Sampling Sample Type Number of Samples
2008 till 255
2008 esker sediment 220
2009 till 51

 

The samples were processed for gold grains and indicator minerals in addition to geochemistry.  The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open Files 7196 and 7649 (data integrated from OF 7196 and OF 7351).

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Kerr, D.E., Knight, R.D., Sharpe, D.R., Cummings, D.I., Kjarsgaard, B.A. Russell, H.A.J., (2013). Chapter 7. Gold grain counts from till and esker samples in the proposed national park reserve,  East Arm of Great Slave Lake. In Mineral and Energy Resources Assessment for the Proposed Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve in the Area of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, D.F. Wright, E.J. Ambrose, D. Lemkow, G.F. Bonham-Carter (eds). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7196, p. 191-259. ( more)
2 Kjarsgaard, B.A. (2013). Chapter 11. Potential for kimberlite-hosted diamond occurrences, Thaidene Nene MERA Study area. In Mineral and Energy Resources Assessment for the Proposed Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve in the Area of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, D.F. Wright, E.J. Ambrose, D. Lemkow, G.F. Bonham-Carter (eds). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7196, p. 339-348. ( more)
3 Kjarsgaard, B.A., Knight, R.D., Grunsky, E.C., Kerr, D.E., Sharpe, D.R., Cummings, D.I., Russell, H.A.J., Kerswill, J.A., Wright, D.F. (2013). Chapter 10. Till geochemistry studies of the Thaidene Nene MERA study area. In Mineral and Energy Resources Assessment for the Proposed Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve in the Area of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, D.F. Wright, E.J. Ambrose, D. Lemkow, G.F. Bonham-Carter (eds). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7196, p. 313-337. ( more)
4 Kjarsgaard, B.A., Knight, R.D., Sharpe, D.R., Kerr, D.E., Cummings, D.I., Russell, H.A.J., Lemkow, D. (2013). Chapter 9. Significance of indictor minerals from till and esker samples, Thaidene Nene MERA study area. In Mineral and Energy Resources Assessment for the Proposed Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve in the Area of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, D.F. Wright, E.J. Ambrose, D. Lemkow, G.F. Bonham-Carter (eds). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7196, p. 279-312. ( more)
5 Wright, D.F., Ambrose, E.J., Lemkow, D., Bonham-Carter, G.F. (eds) (2013). Mineral and energy resource assessment of the proposed Thaidene Nene national park reserve in the area of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7196. ( more)
6 Kjarsgaard, B.A., Knight, R.D., Plourde, A.P., Reynen, A.M.G. (2014). Portable XRF spectrometry of surficial sediment samples in the region of East Arm, Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7607, 2014; 38 p. ( more)
7 Kjarsgaard, B.A., Plourde, A.P., Knight, R.D., Sharpe, D.A. (2014). Geochemistry of regional surficial sediment samples from the Thelon River to the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7649, 17 p. ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
61.74° 63.95° -111.83° -105.83°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 75E (Taltson Lake), 75 F (Nonacho Lake), 75J (Lynx Lake), 75K (Reliance), 75L (Snowdrift), 75N (Walmsley Lake), 75O (Artillery Lake), and75P (Hanbury River) in the area of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, eastern Northwest Territories.  The study area covers the proposed Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve area.  Artillery Lake is located approximately in the centre of the study area.

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