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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 7771

Till and bedrock heavy mineral signatures of the Kiggavik uranium deposits, Nunavut

S.V.J. Robinson, C.W. Jefferson , R.C. Paulen, D. Layton-Matthews, B. Joy, and D. Quirt

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, 2016

doi:10.4095/297563

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Recommended citation

Robinson, S.V.J., Jefferson, C.W., Paulen, R.C., Layton-Matthews, D., Joy, B., and Quirt, D., 2016. Till and bedrock heavy mineral signatures of the Kiggavik uranium deposits, Nunavut; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7771, 1 zip file. doi:10.4095/297563

Contents

This study furthers the understand the metallic, oxide, and silicate indicator minerals associated with U minerals and alteration of the Kiggavik deposits, as well as the mineral abundances, their spatial distributions, grain morphologies, and respective transport distances down-ice.

Directory structure

of_7771.pdf (Open File 7771)
readme-of_7771.rtf   (English version of this file)
Appendices\AppendixA\of_7771-AppendixA.xls   (Metadata for all rock and till samples)
Appendices\AppendixB\of7771-AppendixB.pdf   (Select photographs of sampled outcrops, drill core, and cut rock samples)
Appendices\AppendixC\of7771-AppendixC.pdf   (Select rock sample descriptions using binocular microscope)
Appendices\AppendixD\of7771-AppendixD.pdf   (Petrographic descriptions of select rock samples)
Appendices\AppendixE\of7771-AppendixE1.xls   (Disaggregation preparation data)
Appendices\AppendixE\of7771-AppendixE2a.xls   (Disaggregation process metadata and mineral counts)
Appendices\AppendixE\of7771-AppendixE2b.xls   (Disaggregation process metadata and mineral counts)
Appendices\AppendixF\of7771-AppendixF.xls   (Bulk till sample heavy mineral concentrate data)
Appendices\AppendixG\of7771-AppendixG.pdf   (Scanning electron microscope and electron microprobe analyses)

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Author contact information

C.W. Jefferson
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8
Email: Charlie.Jefferson@Canada.ca 

R.C. Paulen
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8
Email: Roger.Paulen@Canada.ca 

Contribution to the Geological Survey of Canada’s Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) Program (2008–2013)

Availability information

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