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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8563

Till composition across the Keewatin Ice Divide in the Tehery-Wager GEM-2 Rae project area, Nunavut

I. McMartin, I. Randour, and N. Wodicka 

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2019

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/314707

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McMartin, I., Randour, I., and Wodicka, N., 2019. Till composition across the Keewatin Ice Divide in the Tehery-Wager GEM-2 Rae project area, Nunavut; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8563,  
1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/314707

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Contents

The Geological Survey of Canada carried out a targeted surficial geology and till sampling survey south of Wager Bay in mainland Nunavut under the GEM Program in 2015 and 2016.  The report releases the field database and analytical results and provides a summary of the regional bedrock and surficial geology. A preliminary interpretation regarding till provenance and mineral potential integrates all previous government till surveys in the region.  

Directory structure

\Appendix01_Field Stations\
Appendix01_OF_8563.xlsx			Contains field station location and description

\Appendix02_Ice-flow Indicators
Appendix02_OF_8563.xlsx	Contains location and description of ice-movement indicators
\Appendix03_Samples
Appendix03_OF_8563.xlsx			Contains location and description of samples

\Appendix04_Till Geochemistry
Appendix04_OF_8563.xlsx	Contains till geochemistry data, <0.063 mm, ICP-MS, aqua regia digestion, 4-acid digestion, and ICP-ES/MS, lithium meteborate/tetraborate fusion and dilute nitric digestion
\Appendix05_Till Color&Texture
Appendix05_OF_8563.xlsx			Contains till matrix colour and sand-silt-clay distribution

\Appendix06_Till Carbon&LOI
Appendix06_OF_8563.xlsx			Contains till carbon and organic contents, <0.063 mm

\Appendix07_Clay Mineralogy
Appendix07_OF_8563.pdf	Contains report describing clay mineralogy data analysis by XRD and results
Appendix07_OF_8563.xlsx			Contains clay mineralogy data analysis by XRD 

\Appendix08_Till Clasts
Appendix08_OF_8563.xlsx			Contains till pebble counts, 8-30 mm
\Photos					Contains high resolution photographs of pebble classes

\Appendix09_Heavy Minerals
Appendix09_OF_8563.xlsx	Contains gold grain and indicator mineral counts 
(0.25-mm)
\PDF_reports					Contains raw data from ODM

\Appendix10_EPMA
Appendix10_OF_8563.xlsx			Contains electron microprobe analysis
OF_8563_Table IM Summary.xlsx		Contains summary of mineral counts

\Appendix11_Metadata
Appendix011_OF_8563.docx				Contains metadata
BVM_Fee-Schedule-2019_CAD_v1_Jan2019.pdf  	Contains lab brochure

PDF - Accompanying text is provided in an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file
of_8563.pdf
of_8563_readme.rtf 

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Author contact information

I. McMartin 
(isabelle.mcmartin@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

I. Randour 
(finet.iy@gmail.com)
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)
405 Rue Sainte-Catherine Est
Montréal, Québec
H2L 2C4

N. Wodicka 
(Natasha.wodicka@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

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