| Title | Drift prospecting in the Abitibi Clay Belt: overburden drilling program, methods and costs |
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| Author | Skinner, R G |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 116, 1972, 155 pages (393 sheets), https://doi.org/10.4095/129178 |
| Year | 1972 |
| Publisher | Geological Survey of Canada (Ottawa, Canada) |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | Publication contains 14 maps |
| Map Info. | location, drillholes, 1:500,000 |
| Map Info. | location, drillholes and cross-sections, 1:31,680 |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is accompanied by Skinner, R G; (1973).
Drift prospecting in the Abitibi Clay Belt: overburden drilling program - methods and costs - Kam Kiota-Jameland Project, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 116 Supplement |
| Related | This publication is related to DiLabio, R N W; (1983). Gold
content of overburden samples in the Abitibi Clay Belt, Ontario-Quebec, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 945 |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Quebec; Ontario |
| NTS | 32C/04; 32C/05; 32C/12; 32C/13; 32D; 32E/01; 32E/02; 32E/03; 32E/04; 42A; 42H/01; 42H/02; 42H/03; 42H/04 |
| Area | Abitibi; Amos; Kirkland Lake; Timmins; Val-d'or; Timmins-valdor-que; Larder Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -82.0000 -77.5000 49.1667 48.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; geochemistry; geochronology; regional geology; stratigraphy; igneous and metamorphic petrology; economic geology; mineral exploration; prospecting techniques; drift
prospecting; cobalt geochemistry; copper geochemistry; drilling techniques; element distribution; geochemical interpretations; glaciolacustrine deposits; lead geochemistry; modal analyses; molybdenum geochemistry; nickel geochemistry; overburden;
radiocarbon dates; silver geochemistry; zinc geochemistry; geochemical surveys; geochemical analyses; Abitibi Clay Belt; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | stratigraphic sections; charts; logs; sections; profiles |
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| Links | Canadian Database of Geochemical Surveys, downloadable
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| Released | 1972 01 01; 2018 03 12 |
| Abstract | As part of the 1971-72 Federal Winter Special Employment Program, a drilling and geochemical project was initiated in the Abitibi Clay Belt. Dual tube rotary drills and Cobra percussion drills were used
along transects in selected areas. The objectives were (1) to provide employment, (2) to test and compare drilling techniques, (3) to provide regional bedrock and geochemical background information and (4) to study dispersal of minerals in till and
other glacial sediment. The average cost of rotary drilling was $7.30 per foot. This cost depended on weather, design of equipment components, depth and spacing of holes, distance from services, availability of water, etc. Although Cobra percussion
drilling costs less per foot, less information was retrieved. Approximately 6,000 samples were processed into various size and specific gravity fractions and analyzed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni, Ag, and Mo.
The raw data from this project are published
separately as Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report No. 116. The rotary drilling results include (1) hole location maps, (2) stratigraphic profiles, (3) down-the-hole geochemical logs for the above trace metals, (4) petrographic descriptions
of thin sections of bedrock, and (5) lists of trace metal determinations on bedrock samples. The Cobra results include sample location maps, trace metal determinations for each sample, depths of holes, and sample descriptions. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 129178 |
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