Survey Metadata
Lake sediment
Quebec
2012
Lake sediment survey, NTS 32D/3, 6, Abitibi, Quebec, 2012.
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Survey Description
In the fall of 2012, samples were collected in the Abitibi area, Quebec, downstream of the former Aldermac mine in order to identify environmental metal contamination. Near-shore lake sediments were collected at 25 of ~2700 sites that were originally sampled during a winter drilling program in 1971-1972. These 25 sites were chosen because they overlap geographically with recent investigations of the environmental consequences of metal mining.
The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8393.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alpay, S., McNeil, R.J., Hinton, M.J., Grenier, A. (2019). Environmental geoscience investigations surrounding the former Aldermac mine, Abitibi, Quebec: interpreting geochemical records of metal contamination in near-shore lake sediments 30 and 70 years after mining. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8393, 43 p. ( more) |
Project History
| Index | Year | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011-2013 | Abitibi Environmental Geoscience Project, 2011-2013 ( more) |
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48.184° | 48.313° | -79.49° | -79.265° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers parts of NTS 32D/3 (Rouyn) and 32D/6 (Rivière Kanasuta), Abitibi, Quebec. The study area is downstream from the former Aldermac Mine. The centre of the study area is located approximately 25 km west-northwest of the town of Rouyn-Noranda and 8 km north of Highway 117.
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