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NGR lake, GEM

Nunavut

1978

NGR lake sediment and water survey, NTS 37A, central Baffin Island, Nunavut, 1978





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Survey Description


During the summer of 1978, lake sediment and water samples were collected on central Baffin Island, Nunavut in a Helicopter-supported survey.  The samples were collected at an average density of 1 sample per 13 km 2.  Sample site and grid cell duplicate samples were routinely collected in each analytical block of twenty samples.  The data were published in GSC Open File 567 in 1979.  The samples were reanalysed by INAA for gold and 25 additional elements and published in 1999 along with the original data in GSC Open File 3716.

In 2018, the samples were reanalyzed by ICP-MS and the data are published in Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office Data Series GDS2018-001.

This survey was carried out using National Geochemical Reconnaissance (NGR) protocols.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Geological Survey of Canada (1979). Regional lake sediment and water geochemical reconnaissance data, central Baffin Island, N.W.T. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 567. ( more)
2 Coker, W.B., Ellwood, D.J., Maurice, Y.T. (1981). National geochemical reconnaissance, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories (27B and part of C; 37A, D). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 737, 22 pages. ( more)
3 Cameron, E.M. (1986). An introduction to the interpretation of data from Central Baffin Island, District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 86-10. ( more)
4 Friske, P.W.B., Day, S.J.A., McCurdy, M.W., Durham, C.C. (1999). National Geochemical Reconnaissance: reanalysis of 1775 lake sediments from regional surveys on central Baffin Island, Northwest Territories (parts of NTS 27B, 27C, 37A and 37D). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 3716, 191 pages. (5 sheets) ( more)
5 McNeil, R.J., Day, S.J.A., McCurdy, M.W., Tremblay, T. (2018). Geochemical reanalysis of archived regional lake sediment samples, central Baffin Island, Nunavut. In Summary of Activities 2018, Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, p. 131–138. ( more)
6 Bonham-Carter, G., Peter, J.M., Corrigan, D., Day, S.J.A., McClenaghan, M.B., McNeil, R.J., Tremblay, T., Garrett, R.G. (2019). Lake sediment geochemical evaluation of the mineral potential of west-central Baffin Island, Nunavut. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8590, 70 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1975-1979 Baffin Island multi-media (1975) and NGR lake sediment and water surveys (1978) ( more)
2 1998-1999 Central Baffin Island Re-analysis project ( more)
3 2009-2022 NGR Reanalysis Project, 2009-2022 ( more)

Downloadable Files

Index Description Size (bytes)
1
Diskette to accompany GSC Open File 3716 ( FileID=319 download )
This ZIP file contains a copy of the data diskette originally released with GSC Open File 3716.
746464
2
Introductory text for GSC Open File 3716 ( FileID=629 download )
This PDF file contains the introductory text for GSC Open File 3716.  It was scanned from the original document.  The data are not included in this file.
1187347
3
GSC Open File 567 digital data ( FileID=1165 download )
The data are packaged as a single zip file, compatible with modern operating systems.
73546
4
Introductory text for GSC Open File 567 ( FileID=463 download )
This PDF file contains the introductory text for GSC Open File 567.  It was scanned from the original document.  The data are not included in this file.
38525
5
Diskette to accompany GSC Open File 567 ( FileID=89 download )
WARNING: the data on the diskette may have been packaged as a 16 bit self-extracting executable file, which is incompatible with 64 bit Windows computers.
96711

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
68° 69° -75.5° -72°

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

  • Covers NTS 37A in central Baffin Island, Nunavut.  It is bounded to the southwest by the Foxe Basin.  It excludes the Baird Peninsula in the northwest corner.

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