Introduction • Quaternary geological perspective on geochemical exploration in glaciated terrain Sampling techniques • Till geochemistry and sampling techniques in glaciated shield terrain: a review • Regional till geochemical surveys in the Canadian Cordillera: sample media, methods and anomaly evaluation. Heavy minerals in mineral exploration • The application of heavy indicator mineralogy in mineral exploration, with emphasis on base metal indicators in glaciated metamorphic and plutonic terrain • Geochemical and indicator mineral methods for diamond exploration in the glaciated terrain of Canada. Lake sediment geochemistry • Lake sediment geochemical methods in the Shield and Cordillera. Biogeochemistry • Biogeochemical exploration methods in the Canadian Shield and Cordillera Data interpretation • Analysis of geochemical data for mineral exploration using a GIS: A case study from the Swayze greenstone belt, northern Ontario, Canada. Case Histories. Geochemical exploration in Shield Terrain • Regional and local-scale gold grain and till geochemical signatures of lode Au deposits in the western Abitibi Greenstone Belt, central Canada • Application of composite glacial boulder geochemistry to exploration for unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Case Histories: Geochemical exploration in Appalachia • An evolutionary model of glacial dispersal and till genesis in Maritime Canada • Contrasting styles of glacial dispersal in Newfoundland and Labrador: methods and case studies. Case Histories III - Geochemical exploration in the Cordillera • The glacial transport and physical partitioning of mercury and gold in till: implications for mineral exploration with examples from central British Columbia, Canada • Geochemical signatures around massive sulphide deposits in Southern British Columbia, Canada • Glacial transport and secondary hydromorphic metal mobilization: examples from the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada • Index.
Principal authors: R A Klassen, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada. I McMartin, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada. V M Levson, British Colombia Survey, Canada. S A Averill, Overburden Drilling Management Ltd., Canada. M B McClenaghan, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada. S J Cook, British Colombia Geological Survey, Canada. C E Dunn, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada. J R Harris, Geological Survey of Canada, CanadaS Earle, Grasswood Geoscience Ltd., Canada. R R Stea, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Canada. M J Batterson, Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. A Plouffe, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada. R E Lett, British Colombia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Canada. R C Paulen, University of Victoria, Canada.