Survey Metadata

Till, Bedrock, Indicator minerals, GEM

Nunavut

2017

Lithogeochemical and till survey, parts of NTS 55, 56, 65, 66, Kivalliq region, Nunavut, 2017.





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Geological Survey of Canada, Northern Canada Division

External Links

Index Link
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CNGO Geoscience Data Series ( LinkID=1500 more )
Metadata page for Geoscience Data Series GDS2021-002, including a link to download the data (xlsx).

Primary Publications (see below for full list)

Index Publication
1 Campbell, J.E., McMartin, I., McCurdy, M., Godbout, P-M., Tremblay, T., Normandeau, P.X., Randour, I. (2021). Field data and till composition in the GEM-2 Rae Glacial Synthesis Activity field areas, Nunavut and Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8808, 21 p. ( more)

Survey Description


In July 2017, till and bedrock sampling were carried out in the Baker Lake and Arviat areas, Nunavut.  Till samples (n=38) were collected from hand dug pits in frost boils at an average depth of 38 cm.  At each till site a ~3 kg sample (geochemistry) and a ~10 kg sample (for heavy minerals) were collected.  Four bedrock samples were also collected southwest of Baker Lake to better understand the geochemical signature of these distinctive lithologies in till.

A summary of the work can be found Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8320 and the data are published in GSC OF 8808.

A subset of the samples was reanalysed in 2020 and the data are published in Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office Geoscience Data Series GDS2021-002 along with other data from central Nunavut and Baffin Island.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 McMartin, I., Tremblay, T., Godbout, P.-M. (2017). Report of 2017 field activities for the GEM-2 Rae glacial history activity in the Kivalliq region, Nunavut. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8320, 14 p. ( more)
2 McMartin, I., Tremblay, T., Godbout, P.-M., Campbell, J.E., Kerr, D.E. (2017). The GEM-2 glacial synthesis project: overview and report of field activities in the Kivalliq region, Nunavut.   In 45 th Annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts, D. Irwin, S.D. Gervais, V. Terlaky (compilers). Northwest Territories Geological Survey, Yellowknife, NT. YKGSF Abstracts Volume 2017, p. 50-51. ( more)
3 Campbell, J.E., McMartin, I., McCurdy, M., Godbout, P-M., Tremblay, T., Normandeau, P.X., Randour, I. (2021). Field data and till composition in the GEM-2 Rae Glacial Synthesis Activity field areas, Nunavut and Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8808, 21 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 2017-2018 GEM 2 South Rae Project, glacial synthesis activity, Northwest Territories, 2017-2018 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
60.48° 66° -99.98° -92.86°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 66G (Deep Rose Lake) and 66H (Amer Lake) northwest of Baker Lake, Kivalliq region, central Nunavut.  The centre of the study area is located approximately 199 km northeast of Aberdeen Lake and 107 km southeast of Garry Lake.

  • Covers parts of NTS 56C (Tehery Lake), 56D (Baker Lake), 56F (Pennington Lake) and 66A (Schultz Lake), north of Baker Lake, Kivalliq region, central Nunavut.  The southernmost part of the study area is bounded by Baker and Pitz lakes.  The hamlet of Baker Lake is located in the southern part of the study area.

  • Covers part of NTS 66B (Aberdeen Lake), Kivalliq region, central Nunavut.  The study area is located approximately 25 km south of Aberdeen Lake and includes part of Marjorie Lake.

  • Covers parts of NTS 55E (Arviat) and 65H (South Henik Lake), Kivalliq region, southern Nunavut.  The study area is bounded to the east by Hudson Bay and is located just west of the Hamlet of Arviat.

  • Covers part of NTS 65A (Edehon Lake), Kivalliq region, southern Nunavut.  The centre of the study area is located approximately 77 km north of the Nunavut-Manitoba border and 44 km northeast of Edehon Lake.  Downer, Hopton and Thuchonilini lakes are found within the study area.

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