Survey Metadata

Till, Indicator minerals, Resource assessment

Northwest Territories

2009

Till sampling survey, NTS 85C, D, E, F, southern Northwest Territories, 2009.





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Survey Description


In 2009, till samples were collected in the Ka'a'gee Tu Candidate Protected Area in southern Northwest Territories.  The work was part of a non-renewable resource assessment of minerals and the samples were processed for kimberlite indicator minerals (KIM), magmatic/metamorphosed massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIM) and gold grains.

Samples of limestone bedrock were also collected and details are found in NWT Open Report 2010-007.

The data are published in Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO) NWT Open File 2011-01.  This open file includes data for some of the limestone samples, including two that are found well outside the study area.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Watson, D.M., Ketchum, J.W.F. (2010). Preliminary investigation into limestone resources of the south-central Northwest Territories - parts of NTS 85B, 85C, 85K and 85F. Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, NWT Open Report 2010-007, 14 p. ( more)
2 Watson, D.M. (2011). Ka'a'gee Tu area of interest phase II non-renewable resource assessment – minerals, Northwest Territories, parts of NTS 85C, 85D, 85E, and 85F. Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, NWT Open File 2011-01. ( more)
3 Paulen, R.C., King, R., Smith, I.R., Day, S.J.A. (2017). Heavy mineral dispersal studies. In GEM2 Southern Mackenzie surficial activity 2017 report: surficial geology and heavy mineral studies in southern Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8322, p. 20-23. ( more)
4 King, R.D., Piercey, S.J., Paulen, R.C. (2018). In situ microanalytical sulphur and lead isotopic compositions of sulphide indicator minerals from surficial sediments in southwestern Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8449, 14 p. ( more)
5 Paulen, R.C., Day, S.J.A., King, R.D., Piercey, S.J., Smith, I.R. (2018). New base metal mineral potential in southern Northwest Territories, Canada. Explore Newsletter for the Association of Applied Geochemists, number 181, p. 1, 5-17. ( more)
6 King, R.D., Piercey, S.J., Paulen, R.C. (2019). Geochemical studies of base metal indicator minerals. In GEM-2 Southern Mackenzie surficial activity 2018 report: surficial geology and heavy mineral studies in southern Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8477, p. 34-42. ( more)
7 King, R.D., Piercey, S.J., Paulen, R.C., Day, S.J.A., Smith, I.R., Petrus, J.A. (2019). Isotopic and geochemical signatures of base-metal indicator minerals in the southern Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 107, 1 poster. ( more)
8 King, R.D., Piercey, S.J., Paulen, R.C., Petrus, J.A. (2019). Major-, minor-, and trace-element geochemistry of sulphide indicator minerals from surficial sediments, southwestern Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8547, 11 p. ( more)
9 Plakholm, J.A., Paulen, R.C., Paré, D. (2020). Clast-lithology data for selected surficial samples from the Trout Lake and Kakisa Lake protected area strategy surveys, southwest Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8437, 17 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 2007-2012 NTGO Non-Renewable Mineral Resource Assessments of Candidate Protected Areas, Northwest Territories, 2007-2012 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
60.21° 62.136° -119.27° -113.7553°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 85C, D, E and F, the Ka'a'gee Tu candidate protected area, southern Northwest Territories.  It covers the area surrounding Kakisa and Tathlina Lakes between the Cameron Hills and Great Slave Lake.  The Mackenzie Highway crosses the northern part of the study area.

  • Covers a very small part of NTS 85K/01 (untitled; 1 sample) in south-central Northwest Territories.  It is located along the Mackenzie Highway (Highway 3), approximately 64 km west of Great Slave Lake and 103 km west of Yellowknife.

  • Covers a very small part of NTS 85A/13 (Salt Lake; 1 sample) in south-central Northwest Territories.  It is located along Fort Resolution Highway, south of Great Slave Lake and just east of where Little Buffalo River crosses the highway.

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