Publication information

Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 6766

Indicator mineral signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba: Part 1 — bedrock data

M.B. McClenaghan, I.M. Kjarsgaard, S.A. Averill, D. Layton-Matthews, D. Crabtree, and G. Matile

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2012

doi:10.495/291936

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Recommended citation

McClenaghan, M.B., Kjarsgaard, I.M., Averill, S.A., Layton-Matthews, D., Crabtree, D., and Matile, G., 2012. Indicator mineral signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba: Part 1 — bedrock data; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6766. doi:10.4095/291936

Contents

This study, conducted by the Geological Survey of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Mining Industry Research Organization and the Manitoba Geological Survey, documents the types and compositions of minerals indicative of Ni-Cu mineralization in both mineralized bedrock and till in the Ni-Cu deposits in the northern Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba.

Directory structure

of_6766.pdf – text document
Appendix A. Bedrock sample information
	Appendix A1.xls - bedrock sample location data
Appendix B. Bedrock samples descriptions
Appendix B1.doc - bedrock petrographic description data 
Appendix B2.doc - bedrock hand sample description data 
Appendix C. ODM sample processing weight data and raw counts for bedrock samples 
Appendix C1.xls - ODM raw data files for samples 05-MPB-R01 to -R34
Appendix C2.xls -ODM raw data files for samples 05-MPB-R35 to -R44
Appendix D. Bedrock indicator mineral electron microprobe data
Appendix D1.xls - electron microprobe data for chromite and Cr-spinel
Appendix D2.xls - electron microprobe data for ilmenite
Appendix D3.xls - electron microprobe data for olivine
Appendix D4.xls - electron microprobe data for diopside

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Author contact information

M.B. McClenaghan
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
beth.mcclenaghan@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

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This publication is available for free download through GEOSCAN (http://geoscan.ess.nrcan.gc.ca/).