| Title | Glacial history and drift prospecting, Conn Lake and Buchan Gulf, northern Baffin Island, Nunavut |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Utting, D J; Little, E C ; Coulthard, R D; Brown, O H; Hartman, G M D; Huscroft, C A; Smith, J S |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2006-C3, 2006, 11 pages; 1 CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.4095/222644  Open Access |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; CD-ROM; digital |
| File format | pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader) |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 37E; 37G; 37H |
| Area | Conn Lake; Buchan Gulf; Baffin Island; Icebound Lakes |
| Lat/Long WENS | -80.0000 -72.0000 72.0000 70.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; glacial history; glacial deposits; glaciation; drift prospecting; mineral potential; Archean; diamond; precious metals; base metal deposits; base metals; ice flow; ice
movement directions; tills; till geochemistry; stream sediment geochemistry; kimberlites; field work; Mary River Group; Barnes Ice Cap; Quaternary; Cenozoic; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; photographs; graphs |
| Released | 2006 09 01 |
| Abstract | Northeast Baffin Island, in the region of Conn Lake and Buchan Gulf, is an area having high exploration potential for precious metals, base metals, and diamonds; however, much of the region is
extensively covered by thick glacial deposits that hinder traditional, bedrock-focused exploration techniques. A better understanding of glacial deposits, transport, and history is essential to reduce exploration risk in the region. This study
presents the results of fieldwork in 2005 focused on glacial deposits and complex ice-movement history (four phases are proposed) of northeast Baffin Island. This paper provides a review of previous work; it also includes a summary of field
operations and presents a glacial chronology based on geomorphology and ice-movement indicators. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 222644 |
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