Miscellaneous Releases - Data (MRD) are diskettes or CD's that are sold on their own and that contain data (usually geochemical in nature) which may or may not have been previously released in a report or map format. The files on the diskette or CD generally contain tables that have appeared either "as is" (e.g., KLIP data) or formed the basis for graph or map plots (e.g., BRiM data) in an existing publication. To keep costs to clients as low as possible and to avoid giving clients more than they really would like, the diskettes or CD's will not be sold with the parent report or map. They can only be purchased separately. The first 14 numbers were assigned to data sets of this type which had been released previously but never assigned to a publication series.
Data for overburden samples, collected in the BRiM area from the 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 sonic drilling and backhoe trenching programs, have been published as Geophysical/Geochemical Series Maps 80 759 to 80 796, 80 838 to 80 893, 81 099 to 81 137, and 81 146 to 81 170. These data are available as a series of either dBase IV® or ASCII-text files. Sample locations and material types, mineralogical, geochemical and lithological analyses are provided. Documentation included describes individual file contents and formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Data for overburden samples, collected in the BRiM area from the 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 sonic drilling and backhoe trenching programs, have been published as Geophysical/Geochemical Series Maps 80 759 to 80 796, 80 838 to 80 893, 81 099 to 81 137, and 81 146 to 81 170. These data are available as a series of either dBase IV® or ASCII-text files. Sample locations and material types, mineralogical, geochemical and lithological analyses are provided. Documentation included describes individual file contents and formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Geochemical data for water and lake sediment samples collected in the Herman Lake area in the Michipicoten greenstone belt in 1987 and 1988 have been published as eophysical/Geochemical Series Map 80 804. The database is available as either WK1 spreadsheet or ASCII-text files. Sample-site codes, co-ordinates, field data, geology, loss-on-ignition, 35-element geochemical data analyses, global (provincial) data, quality control data, and Tables 2 to 5 are provided. Documentation included on each diskette describes individual file contents and formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Data for overburden and bedrock samples collected as part of the Kirkland Lake Incentives Program (KLIP). These data have been previously published in Open File Reports 5335, 5355, 5356, 5394, 5395 and 5456, and are available as either dBase IV® or ASCII text files. Data files include drill hole location information, sample intervals and material types, overburden and bedrock descriptions, trace element geochemical data for overburden and bedrock samples, and mineralogy data for the mid-density and heavy mineral fractions. Documentation included describes individual file contents and formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical data for water and lake sediment samples collected in the Trout Lake area in the Batchawana greenstone belt in 1986, 1987 and 1988 have been published as Geophysical/Geochemical Series Map 80 803. The database is available as either WK1 spreadsheet or ASCII-text files. Sample-site codes, co-ordinates, field data, geology, loss-on-ignition, 35-element geochemical data analyses, global (provincial) data and quality control data are provided. Documentation included on each diskette describes individual file contents and formats in an ASCII file (read.me). Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical data for water and lake sediment samples collected in the Montreal River area in the Batchawana greenstone belt in 1988 have been published as Geophysical/Geochemical Series Map 80 808. The database is available as either WK1 spreadsheet or ASCII-text files. Sample-site codes, co-ordinates, field data, geology, loss-on-ignition, 35-element geochemical data analyses, global (provincial) data, quality control data, and Tables 2, 3, 6 and 7 are provided. Documentation included on each diskette describes individual file contents and formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical data for water and lake sediment samples collected in the Pancake Lake area in the Batchawana greenstone belt in 1988 have been published as Geophysical/Geochemical Series Map 80 807. The database is available as either WK1 spreadsheet or ASCII- text files. Sample-site codes, co-ordinates, field data, geology, loss-on-ignition, 35-element geochemical data analyses, global (provincial) data, quality control data, and Tables 2, 3, 6 and 7 are provided. Documentation included describes individual file contents and formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geological and geochemical data for samples from the Fort Frances Area Till Sampling Survey have been published in Study 56. The database is available as either WK1 spreadsheet or ASCII-text files. Descriptive logs from sonic drilling, penetration logs, sampling co-ordinates, sampling intervals for borehole samples, fine fraction and heavy mineral fraction geochemical data, quality control geochemical data, heavy mineral weight data, gold grain data, heavy mineral identification data, and pebble count, grain size and carbonate data are provided. Documentation on each diskette describes individual file contents and formats in an ASCII file (read.me). Data on the diskette are in the form of a self-extracting Lharc file [(c) Yoshi, 1989]. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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The results of this study, previously released as Open File Report 5917 and MRD 9, highlighted several significant anomalies of zinc, cadmium, copper and lead. The area around the Percy Lake Zn-Cd-Pb lake sediment anomaly was resampled at a higher density to further refine the metal anomaly in lake sediments. The previously released data have been supplemented with these new analyses and replaces the data previously released on MRD 9. The data include sample site codes, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) co-ordinates (provided in North American Datum 1927 (NAD27), Zone 17), field data, loss-on-ignition analyses, geochemical analyses and quality-control data. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical data for humus samples collected in the Lake Opapimiskan area in the North Caribou Greenstone Belt have been published as Geophysical/Geochemical Series Map 80 801. This data base, as well as previously unpublished lake sediment and lake water geochemical data for this area, is available as either ASCII or WK1 spreadsheet format. The database includes sample-site codes, UTM co-ordinates, field data, geology, loss-on-ignition, geochemical data analyses, and quality control data. Documentation describes individual file formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Compilation by M. Byron and R.E. Whitehead, Centre in Mining and Mineral Exploration Research, Laurentian University. This 1:50 000 scale digital map is available in AutoCAD® .DWG format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Compilation by M. Byron and R.E. Whitehead, Centre in Mining and Mineral Exploration Research, Laurentian University. This 1:50 000 scale digital map is available in AutoCAD® .DWG format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geological and geochemical data for samples from the Michipicoten River-Wawa areas have been published as Open File Report 5908. The database is now available as WK1 spreadsheet and ASCII-text files. Data files include: a) sample site locations and descriptions; b) sample processing data that includes all table feeds, non-magnetic and magnetic fraction weights; c) unprocessed kimberlite indicator mineral picks (prior to microprobe analysis) and gold grain counts; d) microprobe data for kimberlite indicator minerals; e) detailed gold grain summary including gold grain diameter, thickness and state of preservation. Documentation describes individual file contents and formats in an ASCII text (read.me) file. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical data for soil, stream sediment, lake sediment and water from the 1992 80th meridian traverse have been published in Open File Report 5907. The database is now available in either .WK1 spreadsheet files or ASCII text files. The sediment datasets include sample numbers, UTM co-ordinates, loss-on-ignition, quality control data and analytical data for 44 elements. The water dataset includes sample numbers, UTM co-ordinates, lake depth, pH, quality control data and analytical data for 24 elements. Documentation is included in an ASCII text (read.me) file which describes individual file contents and formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Available in digital form are geochemical data for till, humus and B-horizon soil from the 1992 94 surficial sediment survey of the Swayze greenstone belt. The 3 geochemical datasets include: sample codes; sample-site coordinates (UTM); ICP OES analytical data for 28 elements; INAA analytical data for 34 elements; CV AAS analytical results for Hg and quality control data. The till dataset also includes sample description and sampling depth information. The data are available as either ASCII text or WK1 spreadsheet files. Documentation describes individual file contents and formats in an ASCII file (read.me). PKUNZIP and instructions are included. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Kimberlite heavy mineral indicator data for overburden samples from: a) Attiwapiskat/Fort Albany; b) Fort Frances; c) Michipicoten River; d) Separation Lake; e) Sudbury basin; f) Swayze greenstone belt; g) West Bay; and h) Western Berens River areas have been published in Open File Report 5934 (this release). The data release consists of: a) 1 text file containing descriptive information (ASCII); b) 3 graphic files (.dxf); and c) 2 ASCII text files summarizing data by study area. The first data file consists of sample description data including sample site number, locations given by UTM coordinates, material type collected, and sample processing data. This data includes the weights of: a) table split; b) >2 mm and table feed (<2mm); c) total heavy mineral concentrate; d) methylene iodide light fraction; e) non-magnetic heavy mineral fraction; and g) magnetic heavy mineral fraction. It also summarizes any potential kimberlite indicator minerals identified. The second data file summarizes all microprobe data from the Ontario Geoscience Laboratories on kimberlite indicator minerals. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Lake sediment geochemical data released as part of OFR 5932 is available in digital format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Triangle.WK1 is a LOTUS 1-2-3® template program which recalculates the values of three elements into triangular co-ordinates, allowing plotting of the triangle graphs or ternary plots used in geological classification schemes. The graphing capabilities of LOTUS 1-2-3® are used to draw the diagram on which the data are plotted. The blank triangular diagram provided can be modified to include the field boundaries and apex labels of any classification scheme. Five are included: two for sandstones (Folk, 1968, Dott, 1984), one for felsic plutonic rocks (Streickeisen, 1976), one for ultramafic rocks (IUGS, 1973) and one for volcanic rocks (Jensen, 1976). This program was originally published in Geobyte (Mustard and Richardson, 1990, p.1-7). As a service to potential clients and the geological community, this program and a Geobyte reprint are available for the cost of the diskette. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
Available in digital form are complete analytical data of Nipissing intrusions sampled for Study 58 (this release) and by Conrod (1988, 1989). Analyses are arranged in order of location and rock type. The data are presented in both tab-delimited ASCII and XLS formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Microprobe data on kimberlite indicator minerals from 17 kimberlite pipes found along the Lake Timiskaming Structural Zone are available on diskette. The mineral data are predominantly on garnet, chromite and ilmenite. There are more limited data on Cr-diopside and olivine for several of the kimberlite pipes. The microprobe data are the product of an investigation of kimberlite occurrences throughout the province and the analytical work was completed in the laboratory of the Ontario Geological Survey. The data are to accompany Open File Report 5937 describing the kimberlites found along the Lake Timiskaming Structural Zone. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of geochemical data derived from humus samples and B and C horizon till samples, gold grain data determined from bulk C horizon till samples, Metamorphosed Massive Sulphide Indicator Minerals (MMSIMs) data determined from bulk C horizon till samples and geochemistry of gahnite and selected garnet minerals isolated from bulk C horizon till samples. The data release consists of: a) a text file containing descriptive information (ASCII); b) 18 CorelDraw drawing files (.cdr) c) 8 graphic files (.xls) of tabled data; and d) ASCII text files summarizing the different data sets. Data sets consist of: a) summary of sample site numbers, locations (UTM coordinates) and material type collected; b) quality control data; c) humus geochemistry; d) till "B" horizon geochemistry; e) till "C" horizon geochemistry; f) till pebble data; g) detailed gold grain summary; h) MMSIMs data summary; and i) gahnite and garnet mineral geochemistry. Data to accompany OFR 5939. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Grade-tonnage data for the 16 mineral deposit models described in OFR 5945 (this release) are available as Excel files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals and gahnite derived from modern alluvium samples collected in the Kinniwabi Lake area, northeastern Ontario. This data release consists of 2 ASCII text files summarizing the different data sets. The first ASCII text file (KIMDATA.csv) presents data on the kimberlite indicator minerals and consists of: a) sample site locations; b) sample processing data; c) summary of kimberlite indicator mineral counts; d) kimberlite indicator mineral picking remarks; and e) summary of microprobe data for kimberlite indicator minerals. The second ASCII text file (GAHNITE.csv) consists of: a) sample site locations; and b) summary of microprobe data for gahnite. Data to accompany OFR 5956. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on till samples collected from the Peterlong Lake-Radisson Lake area of the southern Abitibi Subprovince is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 5941 (this release). The data set contains: 1) sample location information in UTM coordinates; 2) heavy mineral weight data for till; 3) gold grain size and shape data for till; and 4) INAA and ICP geochemical data for the -63 micron size fraction of till. These files are available as WK1 files in compressed file format. File decompression instructions are included. These data complement lake water geochemical data (MRD 25) and lake sediment geochemical data (MRD 27). Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing geochemical information on lake water samples collected in the Peterlong Lake-Radisson Lake area, southern Abitibi Subprovince are being released. The data diskette contains: 1) sample location information in UTM coordinates; 2) field observations and measurements; and 3) ICP geochemical data for lake waters. These data complement till geochemical data released as MRD 24, lake sediment data released as MRD 27, and Open File Report 5942. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical data for lake sediment and water collected from the Wawang Lake English River area of the Wabigoon Subprovince are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 5940. The lake sediment data set includes sample numbers, UTM co-ordinates, loss-on-ignition data, quality control data, and analytical data for 53 elements. The water data set includes UTM co-ordinates, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, oxidation-reduction potential and salinity. Documentation is included in an ASCII text (read.me) file which describes individual file contents. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing geochemical information on lake sediment samples collected from the Peterlong Lake-Radisson Lake area of the southern Abitibi Subprovince are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 5942. The data set contains: 1) sample location information in UTM coordinates; 2) field observations and measurements; and 3) ICP and INAA geochemical data for lake sediments. These data are available as WK1 fields in compressed file format. This data complements till and lake water geochemical data (MRDs 24, 25, respectively;). Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Lithogeochemical data from the Hemlo gold deposit area presented in Table 4a of previously released Open File Report 5877 are available on one CD-ROM. as 1 file in .xls format. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on till samples collected from the Matachewan area of the southern Abitibi Subprovince is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 5957. The data set contains: 1) sample location information in UTM coordinates; 2) heavy mineral weight data for till; 3) gold grain size and shape data for till; and 4) INAA and ICP geochemical data for the -63 micron fraction of till. These files are available as .WK1 files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This MRD includes several hundred analyses of both major elements and traces in Excel 5 format. The data represent Tables 5, 6, and 7 from Open File Report 5959 and are released in digital form because of their length. The tables comprise about 60 legal size pages of data providing the detailed analytical data behind a major reinterpretation of Sudbury Igneous Complex geochemistry. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 32 geographic townships in the Montreal River headwaters area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 5962. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .wk1 file format.
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Digital data containing chemical analyses of minerals and rocks of the Berens River area, northwest Ontario, are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 5963. The data are available as Excel 7.0 and Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (.xls) files along with README files in Word 7.0 and 6.0/97. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 1222 lakes in the Schreiber-Terrace Bay area are being released in conjuction with Open File Report 5964. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .wk1 file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals, massive magmatic sulfide indicator minerals and gold grains recovered from modern alluvium, till, glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine samples collected in an area south of Kapuskasing, northeastern Ontario. This data release consists of 10 sets of data stored as both tab delimited ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft Excel (.xls) files. Data sets consist of: 1) definitions of abbreviations used in each of the data files (KAPINTRO); 2) sample site locations (KAPAPPA); 3) pebble data summary (KAPAPPB); 4) sample processing data (KAPPAPPC); 5)detailed gold grain summary (KAPAPPD); 6) summary of kimberlite indicator mineral (KIMs) counts (KAPAPPE); 7) summary of massive magmatic sulfide indicator mineral (MMSIMs) counts (KAPAPPF); 8) summary of microprobe data for KIMs (KAPAPPG); 9) summary of microprobe data for gahnite (KAPAPPH); and 10) heavy mineral picking remarks (KAPAPPI). Data to accompany OFR 5967. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 211 lakes in the Hemlo–Heron Bay–White Lake area are being released in conjuction with Open File Report 5968. Data are available in .wk1 file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This geological compilation of the Timmins area, being released in conjunction with Preliminary Map P.3379, is the first of four 1:100 000 maps and GIS data sets of the Abitibi Subprovince in Ontario being compiled over the next few years. The Timmins map covers most of the following nine NTS sheets: 42 A/5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 42 B/8, 9, 16. Data is available in both ArcView 3.0 and AutoCad v.12 format on one CD-ROM. Details on the ArcView and AutoCad data sets are provided in a readme.txt file. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines is releasing selected Ontario Geological Survey Poster Displays from the March 1998 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual convention in Toronto, Ontario. The poster images are unedited and are stored on a CD-ROM as Adobe® PDF files. The images should be opened on a computer system running Windows 95®, NT 4® or MAC OS® to read the long file names. The recommended system should have a minimum processing speed of 133 MHz with 32 Mb RAM and at least a 256-colour display adapter.The PDF files can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader®. This software is supplied free of charge "as is" on the CD for the following operating systems: Windows 3.X (16 bit), Windows 95® and NT 4® (32 bit), and MAC OS®. A README file containing installation notes is included on the CD. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
This release consists of 11 data sets related to the Separation Lake Quaternary geology mapping project, northwestern Ontario (Open File Report 5980). Data sets consist of: 1) summary of striae orientations (APPA); 2) grain size data for till "B" and "C" horizon material (APPB); 3) till pebble lithology data for regional and orientation surveys, listed by percent (APPC); 4) summary of remarks for heavy mineral picking by terrain type (APPD); 5) summary of heavy mineral grains recovered (APPE); 6) grain size data for fine-grained glaciolacustrine material (APPF); 7) summary of geochemical analysis for fine-grained glaciolacustrine material (APPG); 8) summary of the clay mineralogy for fine-grained glaciolacustrine material (APPH); 9) grain size data for coarse-grained glaciolacustrine materials (APPI); 10) pebble lithology data for coarse-grained glaciolacustrine material (APPJ); and 11) metamorphosed magmatic sulphide indicator minerals (APPK). These data sets are available as tab-delimited ASCII text (.txt) and Excel 97 (.xls) files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This "attributed" map is made up of a variety of CAD, database and GIS data files from a Quaternary Geology mapping project in the Beaverton area. It is a collection of surface and sub-surface geological and geochemical data that may be usefully employed by GIS-knowledgeable geoscientists and planners. This attributed map was preceded by the hard copy-only Ontario Geological Survey Map 2560, Quaternary Geology, Beaverton Area.
This release contains the geological polygon and line information from the already-published paper map, as an ArcView® v. 3.1 project, MicroStation 95® files and AutoCAD® R.12 dwg and dxf files. It also contains a polygon attribute database that can be used with MicroStation, and a "points" database of spatially referenced geological observations and sample data collected at numerous locations or "stations" while mapping. The databases are provided as Microsoft Access 97® databases and as comma-delimited ASCII files. Documentation is provided in Microsoft's rich text format, as ASCII files, and in a Microsoft Powerpoint® slide show. These data comprise 43 files in eight folders totalling 36 Mb. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on till and modern alluvium samples collected from the Wawa, Ontario, region is being released in conjunction with OFR 5981. Data sets include: 1) definitions of abbreviations used in each of the data files (Intro); 2) sample site locations (AppA); 3) analytical methods, multi-element suites and detection limits used in the geochemical analyses of humus, "B" horizon till and "C" horizon till (AppB); 4) standard and duplicate geochemical analysis summary (AppC); 5) humus geochemistry summary (AppD); 6) till "B" horizon geochemistry summary (AppE); 7) till "C" horizon geochemistry (AppF); 8) till sample processing data (AppG); 9) heavy mineral picking remarks (AppH); 10) summary of kimberlite indicator counts for till material (AppI); 11) summary of microprobe data for kimberlite indicator minerals (AppJ); 12) summary of metamorphosed magmatic indicator counts for till (AppK); 13) summary of microprobe data for gahnite (AppL); 14) detailed gold grain summary (AppM); and 15) summary of pebble data (AppN). The files are available as both tab-delimited ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft Excel (.xls) files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on modern alluvium, glaciolacustrine and till samples collected during the summer of 1998 in the Opasatika Lake area, near Kapuskasing, Ontario, is being released in conjunction with OFR 5982. The data includes: a) heavy mineral data; b) mineral compositions of kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs); c) mineral compositions of metamorphic magmatic/massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®); and d) pebble lithology data. Data sets consist of: 1) definitions of abbreviations used in each of the data files (Intro); 2) sample site locations (AppA); 3) pebble data summary (AppB); 4) sample processing data (AppC); 5) detailed gold grain summary (AppD); 6) summary of kimberlite indicator minerals counts (AppE); 7) summary of metamorphosed magmatic/massive sulphide indicator mineral counts (AppF); 8) summary of microprobe data for KIMs (AppG); 9) summary of microprobe data for metamorphosed magmatic/massive sulphide indicator minerals (AppH); 10) summary of microprobe data for non-kimberlite indicator minerals (AppI); 11) heavy mineral picking remarks (AppJ); 12) summary of secondary metamorphosed magmatic/massive sulphide indicator mineral counts (AppK). These files are available as both tab-delimited ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft Excel (.xls) files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing chemical analyses of rocks of the Hemlo gold deposit area, previously published in hardcopy form as Table 4a in Report 289 (Precambrian Geology, Hemlo Gold Deposit Area, 1997, by T.L. Muir), are now available in digital format. Data include sample locations in UTM coordinates, as well as major and common trace element values. Samples are grouped by rock type and include mineralized and ore-grade specimens. Table 4b in Report 289 provides some rationale for the sampling and qualitative comments regarding the type and degree of alteration of the sampled rocks. The data are available as Excel 97 (.xls) and tab-delimited ASCII text (.txt) files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 2129 lake sites in the Atikokan-Lumby Lake area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 5986. Data are available as zip files in .wk1 file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on till and humus samples collected from the eastern part of the Shebandowan greenstone belt, northwestern Ontario is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 5993. The data set contains: 1) sample location information in UTM coordinates (NAD83 projection); 2) heavy mineral weight data for till; 3) gold grain counts, including size and shape data for till; 4) sulphide and oxide mineral counts for till; 5) INAA and ICP geochemical data for the -63 micron fraction of till and the –177 micron fraction of humus; and 6) INAA and ICP geochemical data for float boulders. These files are available as .WK1 files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals (KIM), metamorphosed magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIM®) and gold grains recovered from beach, till, modern alluvium and glaciolacustrine samples collected in the Stull Lake area of northwestern Ontario. Data sets consist of: 1) project description and definition of abbreviations; 2) sample locations and material descriptions; 3) sample processing data; 4) summary of KIM counts; 5) detailed gold grain summary; 6) gold grain shape classification; 7) heavy mineral picking remarks; 8) summary of MMSIM counts; and 9) summary of microprobe data for KIM. Nine sets of data are included in both tab delimited, ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft Excel 97 (.xls) files in compressed file format. In addition to this, Dataset 1 is also available in Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows 95 format. File decompression instructions are included. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This geological compilation of the Lake Abitibi area, being released in conjunction with Preliminary Map P.3398, is the second of a series of 1:100 000 maps and GIS data sets of the Abitibi Subprovince in Ontario being compiled over the next few years. The Lake Abitibi map covers some or all of the following nine NTS sheets: 32 D/5, 12, 13; 42 A/7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16. Data is available in both ArcView® 3.0 and 3.1 formats. ArcExplorer® has been provided to view and query the ArcView data. In addition, AutoCAD® v.12, v.13 and v.14 DXF and DWG formats have been provided on the same CD-ROM. Details of the ArcView and AutoCad data sets are provided in a readme.txt file as well as a more comprehensive metadata file. The data is available on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This digital compilation of data contains a wide range of geoscience information collected over the Swayze greenstone belt using geographic information system (GIS) technology. The compilation was jointly produced by the Geological Survey of Canada and the Ontario Geological Survey, with contributions from Falconbridge Limited, and Noranda Mines and Exploration Inc. The Swayze compilation covers all or parts of the following eight NTS sheets: 41 O/8,9,10,15,16; 41 P/5,12,13. Data in this compilation includes geology, geophysics, Quaternary geology, lithogeochemistry, mineral occurrences, digital topography and diamond drillhole information, and is available in a variety of formats including ArcInfo®, ArcView®, ArcExplorer®, MapInfo® and ASCII. Details of the data sets, including marginal notes, data structure and legends, is provided in ArcView®, ASCII, Microsoft Word® and HTML file formats. For PC users, a free data viewer, ArcView Data Publisher®, is included on the CD. The data is available on 2 CD-ROMs at a cost of $40.00.
This CD-ROM contains twenty posters produced in digital format as part of the Swayze greenstone belt geoscience project funded under the Northern Ontario Development Agreement (NODA). The research was undertaken by a number of geoscientists from the Geological Survey of Canada, the Ontario Geological Survey, Falconbridge Limited, and Noranda Mines and Exploration Inc. Poster data is provided in Adobe Acrobat® PDF file format. Adobe Acrobat® is supplied with this CD-ROM. The abstracts for each poster are provided in ASCII TXT file format. The data is available on one CD-ROM at a price of $20.00.
This digital data release contains lithologic, geochemical and geophysical data obtained in the 1993 Paleozoic bedrock drilling project that was conducted in the north Lake Simcoe area, of south-central Ontario. These data are published in OGS Open File Report 5999. This drilling project was part of a larger regional mapping study investigating alkali-carbonate reactive aggregate sources in the Ordovician bedrock of the north Lake Simcoe area. The files in this release consist of 1) a README.txt file explaining the contents of the disk; 2) two tables (in Micosoft® Word 7.0 format) from the main body of OFR 5999, which present drill hole location information and a list of the abbreviations used; 3) lithologic logs as presented in Tables 1 through 12 of Appendix 1 of OFR 5999 (as zipped Excel 7.0 files); 4) geochemical data and sample locations and descriptions as presented in Tables 1a through 12b of Appendix 2, OFR 5999 (as zipped Excel 7.0 files); and 5) raw geophysical data for logs presented in Figures 4 through 15 [excluding 9 and 12] (as zipped Lotus WK1 files) of OFR 5999. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on c-horizon till collected from the western part of the Shebandowan greenstone belt, northwestern Ontario, is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6012. The data set contains: 1) sample location information in UTM coordinates (NAD83 and NAD27 projections); 2) heavy mineral weight data for till; 3) gold grain summary data; 4) detailed gold grain information, including grain size and shape data; and 5) neutron activation, fire assay and ICP (aqua regia) geochemical datasets for the -63 micron fraction of till. These files are available as .wk1 files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment, stream sediment and water collected from a survey of 2120 sites in the Garden Lake–Obonga Lake area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6009. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .xls file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals, metamorphic or magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals, gold grains and carbonatite indicator minerals from modern alluvium and till samples collected in an area between Terrace Bay and Marathon, Northwestern Ontario.This data release consists of 19 sets of data stored as both ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel (.xls) files. Data sets are divided into overburden and bedrock related files. Similar files include: 1) definitions of abbreviations in each of the data files; 2) sample site locations; 3) sample processing data; 4) detailed gold grain summary; 5) kimberlite indicator minerals; 6) metamorphic or magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals; 7) heavy mineral assemblage remarks; 8) kimberlite indicator mineral picking remarks; and 9) summary of microprobe data. There is one additional overburden file. Data to accompany Open File Report 6013. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on C-horizon till, B-horizon soils and humus samples collected in the River Valley area, Northeastern Ontario, is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6010. The data set contains: 1) sample location information in UTM coordinates (NAD83); 2) heavy mineral weight data for till; 3) gold grain and platinum group mineral summary data; 4) kimberlite indicator mineral data; 5) metamorphosed massive sulphide indicator mineral data; 6) pebble lithology data; 7) indicator mineral microprobe geochemical data sets; 8) neutron activation, fire assay and ICP (aqua regia) geochemical data sets for the -63 micron fraction of C-horizon till and B-horizon soils; 9) fire assay and ICP geochemical data sets for heavy mineral data; and 10) neutron activation, fire assay and ICP geochemical data sets for the -80 micron fraction of humus. These files are available as .wk1 files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 3419 sites in the Foleyet–Missinaibi Lake area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6014. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .wk1 file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This digital data release contains the results of 5 airborne geophysical surveys, including magnetic and time-domain (TDEM) or frequency-domain (FDEM) electromagnetic data, collected over the Reid–Mahaffy airborne geophysical test range, as part of the Operation Treasure Hunt program. The following systems were flown:Dighem V - helicopter FDEM (5 frequencies)
The data release consists of the following: 1) 10 tiff figures describing the geophysical profile and grid data in a geological context; 2) digital profile, EM anomalies and grid archives for all 5 systems (Geosoft GDB® and GRD® formats, as well as ASCII formats); and 3) Geotem® halfwave (binary format with reader) and Spectrem2000 fullwave (ASCII format) electromagnetic data. The files are available on 2 CD-ROMs. $40.00.
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 2176 sites in the Armstrong–Lake Nipigon area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6027. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .wk1 file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data of lake sediment analyses for gold, platinum and palladium collected from a survey of 1886 sites in the Garden–Obonga Lake area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6028. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .xls file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This geological compilation of the Kirkland Lake area, being released in conjunction with Preliminary Map P.3425, is the third of a series of 1:100 000 scale maps and GIS data sets of the Abitibi Subprovince in Ontario being compiled over the next few years. The Kirkland Lake map covers some or all of the following fifteen NTS sheets: 31 M/5, 12, 13; 32 D/1, 8; 41 P/7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16; 42 A/1, 2, 7, 8. Data is available in ArcView® 3.2, which is also compatible with version 3.1. ArcExplorer® has been provided to view and query the ArcView data. In addition, AutoCAD® v.12, v.13 and v.14 DXF and DWG formats have been provided on the same CD-ROM. Details of the ArcView and AutoCad data sets are provided in a readme.txt file as well as a more comprehensive metadata.txt file. The data is available on CD-ROM at a price of $20.00.
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Data contained in appendixes A (Sample Descriptions) and B (Electron Microprobe Analyses) of Open File Report 6022 are also being released in digital format, and are available separately from the report. This release represents the complete database of approximately 4000 electron microprobe analyses of tantalum-bearing minerals from an area of high potential for tantalum mineral deposits. The database was generated from 1993 to 1999 and represents one of the largest of its kind in the public domain. Files for the sample descriptions are in Word (.doc) and in rich text format (.rtf). The tables of electron microprobe analyses are in Excel (.xls). Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Data contained in Appendix A of Open File Report 6019 are also being released in digital format, and are available separately from the report as MRD 60. This release presents the results of microprobe analyses of samples of garnet, chromite, ilmenite, pyroxene, olivine, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, amphibole, magnetite, andradite garnet, almandine garnet and ulvospinel from hand samples and drill core taken from diamond-bearing kimberlite occurrences located in the Attawapiskat area of the James Bay Lowlands. These files are available as Excel 97® (.xls) files in compressed format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on humus, B- and C-horizon till collected from the north and east ranges of the Sudbury basin is being released in conjunction with Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6033. The data set contains: 1) sample location and site description information; 2) heavy mineral weight data for C-horizon till; 3) detailed gold grain data including grain size and shape information; 4) geochemical datasets for the –177 µm fraction of humus (aqua regia and sodium pyrophosphate digestions), the –63 µm fraction of B- and C-horizon till (aqua regia and hydroxylamine hydrochloride digestions) and the –2 mm non-magnetic HMC fraction of C-horizon till (aqua regia digestion). These files are available as Excel 97® (.xls) files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This digital compilation of data contains a wide range of geoscience information collected over the Red Lake greenstone belt using geographic information system (GIS) technology. The compilation was jointly produced by the Geological Survey of Canada and the Ontario Geological Survey. The Red Lake compilation covers all or parts of the following nine NTS sheets: 52 K/13, 14; 52 L/16; 52 M/7, 8; 52 N/3, 4, 5, 6. Data in this compilation includes bedrock geology, Quaternary geology, mineral occurrences, drill hole information, assessment file information, lithogeochemistry, geophysics, satellite imagery and digital topography. The data is available in a variety of formats including ArcInfo®, ArcView®, ArcExplorer® and MapInfo®. Details of the data sets, including marginal notes, data structure and legends, is provided in ASCII, Microsoft® Word® and HTML file formats. For PC users, a free data viewer, ArcExplore 2.0®, is included on the CD-ROM. The data is available on one CD-ROM at a cost of $20.00. This data is also being released as Geological Survey of Canada, Open File D3751.
Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment collected from a survey of 2153 sites in the Atikokan area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6034. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .xls file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 2494 sites in the Nakina–Longlac area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6035. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .wk1 file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment collected from a survey of 1433 sites in the Schreiber–Hemlo area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6036. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .wk1 and tab-delimited ASCII text (.txt) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of lake sediment and lake water geochemical data for samples collected from 1384 sites in the Mishibishu Lake area of northern Ontario. The files are in Microsoft® Excel® format; version 2.1. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals recovered from till samples collected in the River Valley–Verner area, northeastern Ontario. This data release consists of 9 sets of data stored as both ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) files. Data sets consist of 1) definitions of abbreviations used in each of the data files (Intro); 2) sample site locations (NAD 83) (Appendix I); 3) summary of kimberlite indicator mineral counts (Appendix II); and 4) summary of microprobe data (wt% geochemistry) for kimberlite indicator minerals: garnets, chromites, Mg-ilmenites, olivines, pyroxenes and others (Appendix III). Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs), metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®), carbonatite indicator minerals and gold grains recovered from modern alluvium samples collected in the Kapuskasing–Fraserdale area, northeastern Ontario. The data are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6044. Files on this release contain information on abbreviations used; sample site locations; KIM counts; microprobe data (wt% geochemistry) for KIMs (e.g., garnets, chromites, Mg-ilmenites, olivines, and pyroxenes); MMSIMs®; microprobe data (wt% geochemistry) for MMSIMs®, gahnite; carbonatite indicator minerals; and gold grains. The data are available as compressed files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Digital data containing compositional information on indicator minerals isolated from C-horizon till collected over the Shebandowan greenstone belt in northwestern Ontario are being released in conjunction with Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6046. The data set contains: 1) sample location and site description information; 2) heavy mineral assemblage information; 3) metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®) grain count information; and 4) major oxide microprobe information of selected picked grains. These files are available as .xls and tab-delimited (.txt) files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for the lake sediment samples collected from a survey of 911 sites in the Peterlong Lake–Radisson Lake area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6053. Data are available as compressed files in .wk1 and tab-delimited ASCII text (.txt) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Geochemical, heavy mineral and quality control data collected from a survey of 242 sites in northwestern Ontario are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6054. Data are available as compressed files in .wk1 file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release contains data resulting from heavy mineral processing of 256 modern alluvium samples from an area of approximately 3619 km2 in the region of Temagami to Marten River, northeastern Ontario. It is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6043. Kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs); metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®); gold grains and any other interesting indicator minerals were isolated to determine anomalies. Files on this release contain information on sample site locations and sample processing data; KIMs picked and picking remarks; geochemical analyses; gold grain data; MMSIMs® picked, picking remarks, and assemblages present; pebble lithology data; and normalized KIM results. Data are available as compressed files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of overburden data sampled to characterize Quaternary deposits in the Wawa area of northeastern Ontario. In addition, data for glacial striae, till fabric analysis, glaciofluvial paleocurrent analysis and altimeter recordings are included. Files include information on list of abbreviations used; sample site locations; material geochemistry; material carbonate analysis; material textural data; pebble data; striae orientation; till geochemistry by bedrock terrane; till fabric analysis and glaciofluvial paleocurrent data; and altimeter data. Data are available as compressed files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) file format. Data to accompany Open File Report 6055. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of sample site locations, geochemical and pebble lithology data for humus and till "B" and "C" material collected in the Schreiber–Killala Lake area of northwestern Ontario. This data is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6056. Files include information on abbreviations used; sample site locations; analytical methods and detection limits; humus and till standard and duplicate analyses; orientation survey geochemistry; regional humus geochemistry; regional till "B" geochemistry; regional till "C" geochemistry; and till pebble data. Data are available as compressed files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of absolute age determinations, using U/Pb, Nd/Sm, Rb/Sr, K/Ar, Ar/Ar and other dating methods, for all rocks older than 1 million years within the province of Ontario. All information is presented using the same, current, international decay constants. Relevant age data from jurisdictions immediately bordering Ontario are also included. The data set consists of information collected from the published literature, and is current to January 31, 2001. The data set supercedes a previous, hard copy release in 1986 of geochronology data for Ontario contained in Open File Report 5592. Explanatory information on compilation procedures, data presentation, and an annotated citation list are presented as Microsoft®Word 97® (.doc) files. The geochronology data are presented as Microsoft®Excel 97® (.xls) files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 1489 sites in the Shebandowan Lake area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6057. Data are available as compressed files in .xls file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of geochemical data for samples of the Upper Ordovician Queenston Formation obtained from outcrops, quarries and drill cores located in the Niagara Falls to Wiarton area of southern Ontario. Files in this release contain information on sample locations and sample descriptions; major and minor element geochemistry data for individual bed and composite samples from quarries, outcrops and drill holes; and trace element data for samples from one drill hole. These data are to be used in conjunction with Open File Report 6058. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel® 7.0 (.xls) file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Digital data containing compositional information on indicator minerals isolated from C-horizon till collected over the Peterlong Lake–Radisson Lake area, northeastern Ontario is being released in conjunction with Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6060. The data sets contain: 1) sample location information; 2) heavy mineral assemblage information; 3) MMSIM® grain count information; 4) KIM grain count information; and 5) major oxide microprobe information of selected picked grains. These datasets are available as .xls files in compressed file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This data release is the result of a collaborative project comprising Placer Dome (CLA) Limited, Ontario Geological Survey, Explorers Alliance Corporation, NRCAN-Geomatics Canada, and NRCAN-Geological Survey of Canada. The release consists of gravity measurements with a nominal station spacing of 1 km covering about 2800 km2. Hardcopy maps showing Bouguer gravity and vertical gravity gradient are available as Maps 81 670 and 81 671, respectively. Data on this release are available as compressed files in ASCII and Geosoft® (.gdb) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment samples collected from a survey of 790 sites in the Gowganda area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6061. Data are available in Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 1813 sites in the Shining Tree area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6062. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in tab-delimited ASCII text (.txt) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs), metamorphosed magmatic/massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®), carbonatite indicator minerals and gold grains recovered from modern alluvium samples collected in the Chapleau area, northeastern Ontario. The data are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6063. Files on this release contain information on abbreviations used; sample site locations; KIM counts; microprobe for KIMs (e.g., garnets, chromites, Mg-ilmenites, olivines, and pyroxenes); MMSIMs®; microprobe data for MMSIMs®, gahnite; carbonatite indicator minerals; and gold grains. Data is available as self-extracting zip files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs), metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®), carbonatite indicator minerals and gold grains recovered from modern alluvium samples collected in the Foleyet area, northeastern Ontario. The data are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6065. Files on this release contain information on abbreviations used; sample site locations; KIM counts; microprobe data for KIMs (e.g., garnets, chromites, Mg-ilmenites, olivines, and pyroxenes); MMSIMs®; microprobe data for MMSIMs®, gahnite; carbonatite indicator minerals; and gold grains. Data is available as self-extracting zip files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs), metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®) and gold grains recovered from samples of surficial materials in the northern Superior area, 350 km north of Red Lake, Ontario. The data is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6066. The release comprises 12 tables of data on sample locations and descriptions; sample processing; gold grain shape, gold grain size and shape data; MMSIMs®; kimberlite indicator counts; heavy mineral picking remarks; mineral chemistry; suites of minerals associated with base metals and other sources; shape, roundness and surface textures of KIM grains; chromite grain descriptions and a list of possibly kimberlitic chromite samples. The data is available as Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) and ASCII (.txt) tab-delimited files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Lithogeochemical digital data consisting of whole rock chemical analyses of predominately mafic metavolcanic rocks of areas that are prospective and non-prospective for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits in the Superior Province, Ontario. There are 1260 samples from the Abitibi, Wawa, Wabigoon, Uchi and Sachigo subprovinces including detailed sampling in the areas of the Kidd Creek, Manitouwadge, Winston Lake, Sturgeon Lake, South Bay, and Musselwhite Mines. The samples were collected as the Ontario portion of the CAMIRO project 93E06 examining the possibility of identifying a distinctive lithogeochemical signature for the mafic metavolcanic rcks associated with Cu-Zn-Pb VMS deposits. The data is available as Microsoft® Excel 97 (.xls) files, tab-delimited ASCII (.txt) files and ArcView® 3.2 shape (.shp) and database (.dbf) files on a single CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release is a complete bibliographic listing of reference literature assembled by R.P. Sage during province-wide kimberlite project initiated in May 1993. The bibliographic references include journal papers, reference books, newspaper articles and industry reports on kimberlite and diamonds and related topics that include origin and genesis of kimberlite; geochemistry of kimberlite mineral phases; xenolith composition; etc. This database is being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6067. The references have been subdivided into topics and listed alphabetically by author. This database is available in ASCII (.txt); Microsoft® Access (.mdb); Microsoft® Word (.doc); and Adobe Acrobat® PDF formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs), metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIM®), carbonatite indicator minerals and gold grains recovered from modern alluvium samples colected in the Coral Rapids area, northeastern Ontario. The data being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6068. Files on this release contain information on abbreviations used; sample site locations; KIM counts; microprobe data for KIMs (e.g., garnets, chromites, Mg-ilmenites, olivines, and pyroxenes); MMSIMs; microprobe data for MMSIMs, gahnite; carbonatite indicator minerals; and gold grains. Data is available in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel (.xls) file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment collected from a survey in the Sioux Lookout-Bamaji Lake area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6069. Data are available in tab-delimited ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel (.xls) file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment samples collected from a survey of 3694 sites in the Fort Hope area are being released in conjunction with Open File Reports 6071. Data are available in comma-delimited ASCII (.csv) and Microsoft® Excel (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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The tables on this CD contain the representative compositions of tantalum-bearing oxides and potassium feldspar from rare-element pegmatites and fertile granites located in northwestern Ontario and described in OFR 6070 (article 39). The tantalum-oxide minerals are members of the columbite-tantalite series (91 compositions) and microlite (15 compositions), and the potassium feldspar is most likely microline (48 compositions). The tables present the compositions for tantalum-oxides and potassium feldspar in wt. % oxide and recalculated structural formulae (apfu). UTM co-ordinates and zone for each locality are also provided. The analytical work performed in 2000-2001 by A.G. Tindle at Open University, UK. Tables of electron microprobe compositions are in Microsoft® Excel (.xls) and comma-delimited ASCII (.csv) file formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Physical rock property determinations are provided for over three hundred samples collected from the Matheson and Kirkland Lake areas. Available as Microsoft® Excel (.xls) and tad-delimited ASCII (.txt) file formats.Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
This release consists of firing and properties testing data for drill core samples of the Upper Ordovician Queenston Formation. Samples are obtained from a 2000 drilling program conducted as part of an OGS study into the shale resources of the Queenston Formation (geochemical data for these samples was published in Open File Report 6058 and Miscellaneous Release -- Data 77). Testing was done by the National Brick Research Center (NBRC), at Clemson University, Anderson, South Carolina, U.S.A. Tests include: gradient fired bar, differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), thermal dilatometric analysis (TDA), loss on ignition, efflorescence, dry and fired shrinkage, absorption, compressive strength (modulus of rupture), density, specific gravity, and porosity. These data are t be used in conjunction with forthcoming Open File Report. Some data (e.g., themal expansion curves) are graphical and are available in raster (.gif) file format. The remaining data are available in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel (.xls) file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This geological compilation of the Swayze area, being released in conjunction with Preliminary Map P.3511, is the fourth of a series of 1:100 000 scale GIS data sets and maps of the Abitibi Subprovince in Ontario, being compiled over the next few years. The Swayze map covers some or all of the following nineteen NTS sheets: 41 O/7,8,9,10,11,14,15,16; 41 P/5,12,13; 42 A/4,5; and 42 B/1,2,3,6,7,8. Data are available in ArcView® 3.2 format, which is also compatible with version 3.1. ArcExplorer® version 2.0 has been provided to view and query the ArcView® data. In addition, AutoCAD® v.12, v.13 and v.14 .dxf and .dwg formats have been provided on the same CD-ROM. Details of the ArcView® and AutoCAD® data sets are provided in an HTML file which includes comprehensive metadata information. The data are available on CD-ROM at a price of $20.00.
This geological compilation of the Matachewan area, has been released in association with Preliminary Map P.3527 (released April 16, 2003), is the fifth of a series of 1:100 000 scale maps and GIS data sets of the Abitibi Subprovince in Ontario. The Matachewan map covers some or all of the following ten NTS sheets: 41 P/6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15; 42 A/2, 3, 6, 7. Data are available in ArcView® 3.2, which is compatible with version 3.1, and ArcMap® 8.1. ArcExplorer® has been provided to view and query the ArcView® data. In addition, AutoCAD® v.12, v.13 and v.14 .dxf and .dwg formats have been provided. Details of the ArcView® and AutoCAD® data sets are provided in a readme.txt file as well as a more comprehensive metadata.txt file. The data are available on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
This release contains whole-rock chemistry, mineral chemistry, assay, and petrographic data, focussing mainly on the River Valley intrusion, that were collected from Dana and Crerar townships in 1999 and 2000. These data were acquired as part of two separate Ontario Geological Survey projects: PU99-007—Geology of Crerar and Dana Townships, and PU99-019—Geology, Chemostratigraphy, and Ore Mineralogy of the River Valley Intrusion. This release consists of 8 tables in each of Microsoft® Excel 97 (.xls) and comma-delimited (.csv) format. The files are on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs), metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®), gold grains and carbonatite indicator minerals from modern alluvium and till samples collected in an area between Schreiber and Terrace Bay, northwestern Ontario. The data are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6074. Files consist of an introduction explaining acronyms and abbreviations; comments from Overburden Drilling Management Limited regarding specific samples; sample site locations; sample processing data; gold grain summary; KIMs picked and KIM picking comments; MMSIMs®; heavy mineral assemblage remarks and summary of picked grains; and summary of microprobe data. Files for the introduction and comments are in Microsoft® Word (.doc) and Rich Text Format (.rtf); data files are in ASCII (.txt), Microsoft® Excel (.xls) and comma delimited (.csv) formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs), metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®), gold grains and carbonatite indicator minerals from modern alluvium and till samples collected in an area north, east and southeast of Longlac, northwestern Ontario. The data are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6075. Files on this release consist of definitions of abbreviations; Overburden Drilling Management Limited cover letters; sample site locations; sample processing data; gold grain summary; KIMs picked and KIM picking comments; MMSIMs®; heavy mineral assemblage remarks and summary of picked grains; summary of microprobe data; and pebble lithology data and Cr-pyrope garnet grain shapes. Files for the abbreviations and cover letters are in Microsoft® Word (.doc) and Rich Text Format (.rtf); the numerical data, in ASCII (.txt), Microsoft® Excel (.xls) and comma delimited (.csv) formats; and the image data, in Microsoft® PowerPoint® (.ppt). The data are available on one CD-ROM at a price of $20.00.
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediments collected from a survey of 470 sites in the Wawang Lake–English River area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6076. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .wk1 file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This digital compilation of data contains a wide range of geoscience information collected over the Abitibi greenstone belt in northeastern Ontario using geographic information system (GIS) technology. The compilation was jointly produced by the Geological Survey of Canada and the Ontario Geological Survey. The Abitibi compilation covers the following 35 NTS sheets: 31 M/12, 13; 32 D/4, 5, 12, 13; 32 E/4; 41P/9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; 42 A (all); 42 H/1, 2, 3, 4. Data in this compilation includes bedrock geology, Quaternary geology, mineral occurrences, drill hole information, assessment file information, lithogeochemistry, geophysics, satellite imagery and scanned geology maps. The data are available in a variety of formats including ArcView®, ArcExplorer® and MapInfo®. Details of the data sets, including source information, data structure and legends, are provided in ASCII, Microsoft® Word and HTML file formats. For PC users, a free data viewer, ArcExplorer® 2.0, is included on the CD. The data are available on 2 CD-ROMs at a cost of $40.00.
This digital map and database release of magmatic Ni-Cu ± PGE occurrences and mafic–ultramafic intrusions in Ontario was jointly produced by the Geological Survey of Canada, the Mineral Exploration Research Centre of Laurentian University and the Ontario Geological Survey, and consists of three separate products: 1) a vector-based digital map of the geology of Ontario with all known magmatic nickel-copper ± PGE occurrences and mafic–ultramafic bodies in Ontario, available in MapInfo® file format. Raster images of the magnetic fabric, the Bouguer gravity field and lake sediment geochemistry for Ni, Cu, Co, and Cr are also included. To allow users who do not have MapInfo® software to utilize this GIS product, MapInfo® ProViewer™ software is provided on the CD–ROM; 2) two separate databases, in Microsoft® Access file format, for magmatic Ni-Cu ± PGE occurrences and mafic–ultramafic bodies. The latter includes the new geological and geochemical data collected in the summer of 2001; and 3) a folder with Hewlett®–Packard plot file (.rtl) and image files (.jpeg) of the main maps. The data are available on 1 CD–ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of data related to clinopyroxenes derived from a number of sources.It represents a depository of data associated with a paper by the same authors titled “A study in clinopyroxene composition: implications for kimberlite exploration”, published in 2002 in Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis (v.2, p.321-332). The clinopyroxene data comprising this release are contained in 127 files subdivided on the basis of a) clinopyroxene equilibrated under mantle conditions; b) mantle-equilibrated clinopyroxene derived from non-kimberlite sources; c) mantle-equilibrated clinopyroxene derived from kimberlite; and d) clinopyroxene recovered from overburden. A reference for each data file is provided within the file, and these are cross-referenced to a reference list that includes the file name. The data files are available in Microsoft® Excel (.xls) format, and the reference list is available in Microsoft® Word (.doc) format.Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data resulting from heavy mineral processing of 277 samples collected over an area of approximately 3825 km2 in the Mattawa–Cobalt area, northeastern Ontario. The data consist of kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs), metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIM®) and gold grains recovered from modern alluvium and till samples. The data were released in conjunction with Open File Report 6088. Files on this release contain information on sample site locations; abbreviations used; sample processing data; KIMs picked and picking remarks; microprobe analyses of KIMs; gold grain data; MMSIMs® picked, picking remarks and assemblages present; pebble lithology data; and normalized KIM results. Data are available as compressed files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of data related to indicator minerals of kimberlite, metamorphic/magmatic massive sulphide indicator minerals (MMSIMs®) and gold grains recovered from samples of surficial materials in the area of Kasabonika, Ontario. Also included are results of one whole rock chemical analysis and two assays of rock samples. The data are being released in association with Open File Report 6089 (to be released August 2002). The release is composed of 9 tables of data: sample locations and descriptions, analyses of rock samples, distribution of pebble lithologies, sample processing, gold grain size and shape data, metamorphosed or magmatic sulphide indicator minerals, kimberlite indicator counts, heavy mineral picking remarks and mineral chemistry. The data are available as Microsoft® Excel (.xls) and corresponding tab-delimited text files and Microsoft® Word (.doc) files with corresponding text-only files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment collected from a survey in the Sturgeon Lake–Lake St. Joseph area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6087. Data are available as zip files in tab-delimited ASCII text (.txt) file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This digital data release consists of chemical analyses and compiled geological and geophysical information utilized in the geological interpretation presented on Preliminary Maps P.3512, P.3513, and P.3514 (this release) resulting from the Phoenix Bedrock Mapping Project. Whole rock chemical data for representative samples of the geologic units consist of X-ray fluorescence (XRF), fused and pressed powder (major and trace elements), inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometer (ICP–MS) (trace and rare earth elements and precious metals), and inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP–AES) (metals and trace elements). Select samples of Proterozoic mafic to ultramafic intrusions were also analyzed for platinum group elements (PGE) by nickel fire assay with an ICP–MS finish. Assay data for mineralized samples consist of ICP–AES (metals and trace elements), with fire assay analyses for gold-related samples, and ICP–MS (precious metals) for PGE-related samples. Both lithogeochemical and assay samples have associated rock descriptions and positional data in UTM coordinates. Also included is a compilation of modified data from the Ontario Drill Hole Database, Assessment File Resource Inventory, and Mineral Deposit Inventory (MDI2) databases. A reference base of the geology from Preliminary Maps P.3512, P.3513 and P.3514 is provided as ArcView® polygons. The data are available as Microsoft® Excel (.xls), tab-delimited ASCII text (.txt), and ArcView® 3.2 format shape and database files in UTM coordinates, NAD83. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Lake Sediment Geochemical Data from the Perrault Falls Survey Area, Northwestern Ontario: Operation Treasure Hunt; by Ontario Geological Survey. Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment samples collected from a survey of 1124 sites in the Perrault Falls area of northwestern Ontario was released in conjunction with Open File Report 6092. Data are available as Microsoft® Excel (.xls) compressed files on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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This release consists of geochemical data for samples of the Upper Ordovician Queenston, Georgian Bay and Blue Mountain formations and the Lower Silurian Cabot Head and Wingfield formations. Samples were obtained from outcrops, quarries and drill cores located in the Niagara Falls to Lions Head area of southern Ontario and the Russell area of eastern Ontario. Files in this release contain information on sample locations and sample descriptions; major and minor element geochemistry data for individual bed and composite samples; and trace element data for samples from one drill hole. These data are to be used in conjunction with the forthcoming Open File Report 6094. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel 7.0 (.xls) file formats. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water collected from a survey of 2455 sites in the Lac des Iles–Black Sturgeon River area are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6096. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in .xls file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release consists of data related to kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) and geochemistry results for 626 samples of alluvium, till and glaciofluvial material collected during the "Spider 3" regional survey carried out in the vicinity of the upper Attawapiskat and Ekwan rivers, northern Ontario. These data are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6097. Files on this release contain information on sample site locations; results for gravity table and heavy liquid concentration; mineral processing results and KIM counts; microprobe data for KIMs (e.g., Cr-pyrope garnets, Mg-ilmenites, clinopyroxenes and chromites); and geochemistry results. The data are available as self-extracting zip files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel (.xls) file format on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
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Geochemical and quality control data for lake sediment and water samples collected from a survey of 1035 sites in the Kabinakagami Lake area of northern Ontario are being released in conjunction with Open File Report 6098. Data are available as Microsoft® Excel (.xls) files. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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This release contains analytical chemical data for sample localities described in a forthcoming Open File Report (OFR 6099). All of the UTM coordinates and zones for sample localities are provided in one table. The database consists of 8004 mineral compositions (from pegmatites and fertile granites) analyzed on an electron microprobe. The average weight % Ta2O5 for columbite-tantalite grains and average weight % Rb2O and Cs2O for potassium feldspar and mica for selected localities are provided in tables and diagrams, allowing the user to compare mineral compositions for localities across Ontario. This release also contains a table consisting of an overall summary of minerals that were analyzed by an electron microprobe for each sample and for each locality. Major oxide and trace element bulk compositions for fertile granites, aplites, metasomatized mafic metavolcanic rocks (183 whole rock compositions), potassium feldspar (98 compositions) and muscovite (22 compositions) are also included in this release. The bulk compositions are plotted in numerous graphs to illustrate chemical trends and degrees of fractionation. The data are available as Microsoft® Excel (.xls) and comma delimited ASCII (.csv) file formats on one CD-ROM diskette. $20.00.
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This release consists of location information and lithologic logs for 6 cores drilled in 2001 and 2002, as part of a project to evaluate the shale resource potential of the Upper Ordovician Queenston, Georgian Bay and Blue Mountain formations in southern Ontario and their equivalents in eastern Ontario. This release also includes major and minor element geochemical data for samples from these 6 cores and trace element data for samples from one of the holes. These data are to be used in conjunction with the forthcoming Open File Report 6094. Data are available as self-extracting zip files in ASCII (.txt) and Microsoft® Excel 7.0 (.xls) file format. Available on one CD-ROM. $20.00
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Lithogeochemical data are being released for approximately 640 samples collected from a variety of altered and unaltered rock types in the Red Lake greenstone belt, during a 3-year metallogenic and alteration study as part of the Western Superior NATMAP initiative. Data are available as Microsoft® Excel (.xls) files on one CD-ROM. $20.00.
This data release contains both new geochemical data, and data contained in the ERLIS geochemical database and open file reports, for the Proterozoic volcanic and intrusive rocks of the Keweenawan Midcontinent Rift. The new analytical data are for samples concentrated in the Osler Group volcanic rocks on Simpson and St. I
