Survey Metadata
Till, Indicator minerals
Nunavut
2018
Till sampling survey, NTS 47E, F, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut, 2018.
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Survey Description
In July and August 2018, fieldwork was carried out on the north coast of Fury and Hecla Strait, on northwestern Baffin Island, Nunavut. Till was sampled with a shovel from frost boils between 0 and 40 cm from the surface at 45 sites. Samples for sedimentological and geological analyses weighed approximately 2 kg and about 9 kg for heavy mineral processing.
The work is described in Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office (CNGO) Summary of Activities 2018 and 2019. The data are published in CNGO Geoscience Data Series GDS2020-001. Note that this file also includes data for samples collected on Bylot Island and west of the Barnes Ice Cap.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tremblay, T., Godbout, P.M. (2018). Surficial geology of the north coast of Fury and Hecla Strait, northwestern Baffin Island, Nunavut. In Summary of Activities 2018, Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, p. 107-120. ( more) |
| 2 | Tremblay, T., Sasseville, C., Godbout, P.M. (2020). Geochemistry and mineralogy of glacial sediments, north of Fury and Hecla Strait, northwestern Baffin Island, Nunavut. In Summary of Activities 2019, Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, p. 51–64. ( more) |
Project History
| Index | Year | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018-2019 | Fury and Hecla Geoscience Project, Surficial Geology Component, Nunauvt, 2018-2019 ( more) |
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69.7984° | 73.7429° | -87.5° | -74.9289° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers the west half of NTS 47E (Erichsen Lake) and most of 47F (Agu Bay) northwest Baffin Island. It is bounded to the south by Fury and Hecla Strait and to the southwest by the Gulf of Boothia. It is located approximately 22 km south of Bernier Bay.
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Covers a small part of the northwest corner of NTS 37D (Lake Gillian; 2 samples) and a small part of the southeast corner of 37F (Steensby Inlet; 2 samples) on west central Baffin Island, Nunavut. It is located approximately 35 km west of the Barnes Ice Cap and 60 km north-northeast of Ikpik Bay.
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Covers parts of NTS 38C (Bylot Island) and 48D (Navy Board Inlet) on the northern part of Bylot Island, Nunavut. It is bounded to the north by Baffin Bay and to the east by Bylot Island Bird Sanctuary.
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Covers a very small part of NTS 38B (Pond Inlet; 1 sample) on the southern part of Bylot Island, Nunavut. It is bordered to the south by Eclipse Sound and is located approximately 25 km north-north-west of the hamlet of Pond Inlet on Baffin Island.
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