Table Of Contents
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Identification Information |
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Citation Information |
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Title: |
DP ME 134, Version 2, 2006. Compilation of Seabright Resources Inc. Till and Soil Geochemical Data by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources over the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, 1986-1989
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Originator: |
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch |
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Publication Date: |
2006 |
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Edition: |
2 |
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Data Type: |
vector digital data |
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Series: |
Digital Product |
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Issue Identification: |
DP ME 134 |
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Publisher: |
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch |
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Publication Place: |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Online linkage: |
https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dp134.asp |
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Data Description |
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Abstract: |
A till and soil geochemical survey was conducted over the Meguma Terrane in Nova Scotia between 1986-1989 by the staff of Seabright Resources Inc. and Seabright Explorations Inc. Till and soil samples were collected at 4 455 sample sites in the Meguma Terrane. Till samples were analyzed for As, Sb, W, Au, Sc, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Se, Rb, Mo, Ag, Cd, Cs, Ba, La, Eu, Tb, Yb, Hf, Ta, Ir, Th, U, Cu and Pb, while soil samples were analyzed for As, Sb, W, Au and Ni. This survey data was compiled by the Nova Scotia Department of Nova Scotia as part of the Meguma Gold Potential Project of the Canada - Nova Scotia Cooperation Agreement on Mineral Development 1992-1995.
This data was previously included as part of a compilation of geochemical surveys and released as DP 004 version 1. This data set previously consisted of sea_soil and sea_till, which were later renamed to c134snco and c134snct.
Further information about the survey and analysis can be found in the draft documents: survey_description_co.wpd, survey_description_ct.wpd, elements_co.wb3, elements_ct.wb3, fields_co.wb3 and fields_ct.wb3 that are supplied with the data set. |
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Purpose: |
The rationalization, compilation, publication and investigation of the Seabright data is intended to enhance the geochemical data coverage in Nova Scotia in order to aid and stimulate precious metal exploration.
The purpose for the creation of this data set was to create a digital dataset in GIS format consisting of the till and soil geochemistry over the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia. |
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Supplemental Information: |
Data Set ID = c134sn;
Data Class = geochem;
Project ID = RFP1994;
Old Data Set ID = sea_soil and sea_till |
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Language |
English |
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Data Credit: |
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources |
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Data Environment |
ArcInfo 8.3 on a SUN Sparc 20 workstation running Solaris 7 |
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Native Data Set Format |
ArcView 3.2a shapefile |
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Contact Information |
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Jeff Poole |
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Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch |
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Digital Information Services Supervisor |
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1701 Hollis Street, P.O. Box 698 |
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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B3J 2T9 |
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(phone) 902-424-8139 |
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(fax)
902-424-7735 |
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Staff Contact |
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Available:
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. AST Monday - Friday |
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Time Period Information |
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Beginning Date: |
1986 |
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Ending Date: |
1989 |
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Currentness Reference: |
ground condition |
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Data Status |
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Progress: |
Complete |
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Update Frequency: |
As needed |
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Spatial Domain |
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West Coordinate: |
-66.25 |
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East Coordinate: |
-61.00 |
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North Coordinate: |
45.50 |
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South Coordinate: |
43.75 |
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G-Poly coordinates |
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G-Poly Pair (1 of 5) |
45.50, -66.25 |
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G-Poly Pair (2 of 5) |
45.50, -61.00 |
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G-Poly Pair (3 of 5) |
43.75, -61.00 |
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G-Poly Pair (4 of 5) |
43.75, -66.25 |
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G-Poly Pair (5 of 5) |
45.50, -66.25 |
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Keywords |
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Theme Keywords: |
Geologic & Geophysical; geoscientific Information; geochemistry; surficial geology/geomorphology; soil geochemistry; till geochemistry; chemical analyses; geochemical interpretations; tills; glacial deposits; geochemical anomalies; gold; arsenic; antimony; tungsten; Downloadable Data; Geochemistry (GC); GC Databases; digital products; digital geoscience data; digital databases |
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Place Keywords: |
Nova Scotia; Southern Nova Scotia; Guysborough County; Halifax County; Lunenburg County; Yarmouth County; Queens County; 11D/13; 11D/14; 11D/15; 11D/16; 11E/01; 11E/02; 11F/03; 11F/04; 11F/05; 11F/06; 20O/16; 20P/13; 20P/14; 20P/15; 21A/02; 21A/03; 21A/04; 21A/06; 21A/07 |
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Stratum Keywords: |
Meguma Terrane; Lawrencetown Till; Beaver River Till |
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Temporal Keywords: |
Quaternary |
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Access and Usage Information |
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Access Constraints: |
The access constraints are contained in the following License Agreement which the user must agree to before using the data. A copy of the License Agreement is included with the digital product. The License Agreement reads as follows:
"For the data contained on this medium (media), or any part thereof, herein called the DATA
Between the PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA as represented by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, hereinafter referred to as NR&R and the recipient of the data hereinafter called the USER
For good consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, NR&R licences the non-exclusive use of the digital DATA to the USER on the following terms and conditions.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
NR&R remains the owner of the DATA and is not assigning copyright privileges to the USER.
The USER agrees to acknowledge NR&R as the source of the DATA, if using or distributing it in its original form, whether in whole or in part, or as part of a value added product.
NR&R reserves the right to modify and/or update the DATA without obligations to notify the USER.
The DATA is provided to the USER on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the DATA is with the USER and the USER shall use his/her own judgment in making use of the DATA or drawing conclusions based upon it.
NR&R shall not be liable to the USER, his/her clients, servants, agents, contractors, assigns, or to any other person for any loss or damage of any kind including personal injury or death arising from the use of the DATA or accompanying written materials, or from errors, deficiencies or faults therein, whether such damage is caused by negligence or otherwise. If errors or omissions are found in the DATA, the USER will notify NR&R.
This Licence is the entire Agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous Agreements or understandings between NR&R and the USER hereto, whether written or oral, in connection with or incidental to the DATA. This Licence shall be binding upon the parties hereto and each of their executors, administrators, successors and assigns and shall ensure to the benefit of such executors, administrators, successors and authorized assigns.
This Licence must be included with the DATA if the USER copies, resells, or re-distributes the DATA whether in whole or in part.
This Licence can be terminated by NR&R at any time. Upon such termination, the USER shall refrain from using the DATA and destroy all copies and backups in the USER'S possession.
This Licence is in effect once the USER reads and accepts the Terms and Conditions of this Licence. If the USER is unable or unwilling to fully comply with these terms and conditions, the USER must refrain from using the DATA. By using the DATA, the USER acknowledges that he/she was aware of the terms and conditions of this Licence when he/she accepted it, understood them, and agreed to be bound by them."
A copy of the terms and conditions of the license are available with the downloaded product.
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Use Constraints: |
Any constraints on the use of the data are contained in the above license agreement. The terms and conditions of the license accompany the downloaded digital product. A statement of some use constraints can be viewed in the technical prerequisites. |
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Browse Graphic Information |
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Filename: |
none |
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Description: |
none at this time |
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Security Information |
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Classification System: |
none |
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Classification: |
Unclassified |
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Handling Description: |
none |
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Cross Reference Information |
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Cross Reference (1 of 7) |
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Title: |
Compilation of Seabright Resources Inc. Till and Soil Geochemical Data, Nova Scotia |
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Originator: |
K.K. Woodman, D.R. Duncan, R.M. Graves, A.B. Hudgins, P.J. Rogers |
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Publication Date: |
1994 |
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Data Form: |
document |
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Series: |
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Branches Open File Report |
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Issue: |
OFR 94-021 |
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Publication Place: |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Publisher: |
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Branches |
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Cross Reference (2 of 7) |
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Title: |
survey_description_co.wpd |
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Originator: |
T.A. Goodwin, B. E. Fisher |
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Publication Date: |
Unpublished Material |
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Data Form: |
document |
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Other Citation: |
This documentation was done as part of the CGKN Geochemistry On-line project. It contains detailed information about the geochemistry survey (soil) and the analytical processing. |
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Cross Reference (3 of 7) |
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Title: |
elements_co.wb3 |
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Originator: |
T.A. Goodwin, B. E. Fisher |
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Publication Date: |
Unpublished Material |
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Data Form: |
spreadsheet |
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Other Citation: |
This spreadsheet was done as part of the CGKN Geochemistry On-line project. It contains further information about the element analysis (soil). |
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Cross Reference (4 of 7) |
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Title: |
fields_co.wb3 |
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Originator: |
T.A. Goodwin, B. E. Fisher |
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Publication Date: |
Unpublished Material |
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Data Form: |
spreadsheet |
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Other Citation: |
This spreadsheet was done as part of the CGKN Geochemistry On-line project. It contains further information about the fields in the database (soil). |
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Cross Reference (5 of 7) |
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Title: |
survey_description_ct.wpd |
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Originator: |
T.A. Goodwin, B. E. Fisher |
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Publication Date: |
Unpublished Material |
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Data Form: |
document |
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Other Citation: |
This documentation was done as part of the CGKN Geochemistry On-line project. It contains detailed information about the geochemistry survey (till) and the analytical processing. |
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Cross Reference (6 of 7) |
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Title: |
elements_ct.wb3 |
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Originator: |
T.A. Goodwin, B. E. Fisher |
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Publication Date: |
Unpublished Material |
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Data Form: |
spreadsheet |
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Other Citation: |
This spreadsheet was done as part of the CGKN Geochemistry On-line project. It contains further information about the element analysis (till). |
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Cross Reference (7 of 7) |
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Title: |
fields_ct.wb3 |
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Originator: |
T.A. Goodwin, B. E. Fisher |
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Publication Date: |
Unpublished Material |
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Data Form: |
spreadsheet |
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Other Citation: |
This spreadsheet was done as part of the CGKN Geochemistry On-line project. It contains further information about the fields in the database (till). |
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Data Quality Information |
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Positional Accuracy |
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Positional Accuracy Report: |
There may be positional accuracy errors in the digital data that come from the original data collection. The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the data is with the user and the user shall use his/her own judgment in making use of the data or drawing conclusions from it. |
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Processing Step Information |
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Processing Step (1 of 6) |
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Description: |
Survey Description:
The Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSNR&R) has been collecting geochemical data in Nova Scotia using several sampling media at detailed and province wide scales. This data is released to the industry and public in order to stimulate mineral exploration and increase economic activity. The rationalization, compilation, publication and investigation of the Seabright data is intended to enhance the geochemical data coverage in Nova Scotia in order to aid and stimulate precious metal exploration. Information from this project includes till and soil geochemical data with limited till pebble lithology data. Portions of twenty 1:50 000 scale map sheets were covered by the regional till and soil geochemical surveys initiated by Seabright Resources Inc. The report documents the analytical results of B horizon soils and HMC's obtained from C horizon till samples collected at 4 455 sample sites in the Meguma Terrane. As part of the Meguma Gold Potential Project of the Canada-Nova Scotia Cooperation Agreement on Mineral Development 1992-1995, the purpose of this project is to compile a geoscience database of regional soil and till geochemical data taken for gold exploration during 1986-1988 by Seabright Resources Inc. (SRI) over the Meguma Terrane in Nova Scotia. |
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Software and Version: |
not applicable |
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Date: |
1986-1989 |
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Contact Person: |
(see Contact Information)
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Processing Step (2 of 6) |
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Description: |
In 1997, the 55 resultant databases from the laboratory were supplied by Peter Rodgers to Synmap Technologies as part of RFP 1994-001148. They converted the data into ArcInfo coverages. |
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Software and Version: |
PC ArcInfo |
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Date: |
1997 |
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Contact Person: |
(see Contact Information)
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Processing Step (3 of 6) |
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Description: |
In 1997, Natural Resources released version 1 of digital product DP 004 which contained all 19 of the Branch's regional geochemistry databases. This particular till and soil database consisted of sea_soil and sea_till. |
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Software and Version: |
ArcInfo 7.x |
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Date: |
1997 |
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Contact Person: |
(see Contact Information)
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Processing Step (4 of 6) |
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Description: |
In March 2001, the Branch, as part of the CGKN Geochemistry On-line project, began a program of creating detailed metadata about the regional geochemistry databases. The initial draft of the information compiled at this time is contained in 2 WordPerfect documents and 4 Quattro Pro spreadsheets called: survey_description_co.wpd, survey_description_ct.wpd, elements_co.wb3, elements_ct.wb3, fields_co.wb3 and fields_ct.wb3. |
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Software and Version: |
WordPerfect 9 |
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Date: |
March - April 2001 |
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Contact Person: |
(see Contact Information)
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Processing Step (5 of 6) |
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Description: |
In early 2006, the data set names were changed from SEA_SOIL and SEA_TILL to C134SN and the data was converted from the UTM zone 20 NAD27 projection and datum to UTM zone 20 NAD83 coordinates. No other changes were made to the data. These data sets were previously included as part of a compilation of geochemical surveys and released as DP 004 version 1. In January 2006 they were broken out into their own digital product. |
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Software and Version: |
ArcInfo 8.3 |
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Date: |
2006 |
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Contact Person: |
(see Contact Information)
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Processing Step (6 of 6) |
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Description: |
In August 2006 DP ME 134 version 2 (version 1 was part of DP 004) was the first release of this database as a stand alone digital product. It was relased in E00, DXF/DBF and SHP formats. |
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Software and Version: |
ArcInfo 8.3 |
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Date: |
August 2006 |
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Contact Person: |
(see Contact Information)
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Spatial Data Organization Information |
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Spatial Reference Method: |
Vector |
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Spatial Reference Information |
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Data Projection: |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
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Zone: |
20
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Scale Factor at Central Meridian: |
0.999600
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Longitude at Central Meridian: |
-63.000000
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Latitude of Projection Origin: |
0.000000
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False Easting: |
500000.000000
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False Northing: |
0.000000
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Geographic Coordinate System: |
GCS_North_American_1983
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Projected Coordinate System: |
NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_20N
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Datum: |
North American Datum of 1983
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Ellipsoid: |
Geodetic Reference System 80
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Semi-Major Axis: |
6378137.00
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Denominator Of Flattening Axis: |
288.257222
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Entity Attribute Information |
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Overview Description |
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Dataset Overview: |
The data set contains 2 point shapefiles, a polygon shapefile, and 3 ArcView legend files. |
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Entity/Attribute Overview: |
Further information about the fields in the database can be found in the FIELDS_CO.WB3 and FIELDS_CT.WB3 files found under the metadata directory. |
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Detailed Description |
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Data Layer/Table (1 of 6) |
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Table Name: |
c134snco.shp |
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Description: |
ArcView points - soil geochemistry |
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Data Layer/Table (2 of 6) |
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Table Name: |
c134snct.shp |
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Description: |
ArcView points - till geochemistry |
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Data Layer/Table (3 of 6) |
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Table Name: |
c134snnl.shp |
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Description: |
ArcView polygon - neatline |
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Data Layer/Table (4 of 6) |
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Table Name: |
c134snco.avl |
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Description: |
ArcView legend - soil geochemistry |
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Data Layer/Table (5 of 6) |
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Table Name: |
c134snct.avl |
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Description: |
ArcView legend - till geochemistry |
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Data Layer/Table (6 of 6) |
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Table Name: |
c134snnl.avl |
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Description: |
ArcView legend - neatline |
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Distribution Information |
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Description: |
Downloadable Data |
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Digital Custom Order Process: |
Digital Product Number = DP ME 134 |
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Available: |
since 2006 |
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Liability: |
The DATA is provided to the USER on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the DATA is with the USER and the USER shall use his/her own judgment in making use of the DATA or drawing conclusions based upon it.
NR&R shall not be liable to the USER, his/her clients, servants, agents, contractors, assigns, or to any other person for any loss or damage of any kind including personal injury or death arising from the use of the DATA or accompanying written materials, or from errors, deficiencies or faults therein, whether such damage is caused by negligence or otherwise. If errors or omissions are found in the DATA, the USER will notify NR&R.
The terms and conditions of the license accompany the downloaded digital product.
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Technical Prerequisite: |
In order to view this dataset, mapping software is required (eg. ArcView, MapInfo, AutoCad). If you do not have this software, ESRI provides a free map viewer called ArcExplorer, which you can download over the Internet. This viewer works with the E00 files and an ArcExplorer Import Utility (import71.exe) is needed to convert the E00 files into ArcInfo coverages, which can be then viewed in ArcExplorer. Problems have been reported trying to import ARC E00 files into ArcView on Windows 95 computers. Related tables do not import into ArcView. It is not a problem on UNIX, Windows 3.1 or Windows NT platforms. If you experience this problem you can use our DXF/DBF product which contains the tables in dBase format. dBase files can be imported into ArcView. |
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Ordering Fee: |
Free |
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Instructions: |
The data set can be downloaded over the Internet |
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Distribution Contact: |
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see contact information |
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Digital Form: (1 of 3) |
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format name: |
ArcInfo Export (E00) |
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format version: |
7.2.1 |
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format specification: |
dp134v2e0.exe |
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Transfer Size: |
0.5 MB |
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Dataset Size: |
4.5 MB |
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Information Content: |
Contains data pertaining to till and soil geochemistry |
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Decompression Technique: |
self extracting DOS based pkzip archive file |
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Online Transfer: |
https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dp134.asp |
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Digital Form: (2 of 3) |
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format name: |
DBF/DXF |
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format specification: |
dp134v2dx.exe |
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Transfer Size: |
0.1 MB |
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Dataset Size: |
0.4 MB |
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Information Content: |
Contains data pertaining to till and soil geochemistry |
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Decompression Technique: |
self extracting DOS based pkzip archive file |
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Online Transfer: |
https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dp134.asp |
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Digital Form: (3 of 3) |
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format name: |
ArcView Shapefiles (SHP) |
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format version: |
3.2a |
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format specification: |
dp134v2sh.exe |
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Transfer Size: |
0.6 MB |
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Dataset Size: |
3.8 MB |
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Information Content: |
Contains data pertaining to till and soil geochemistry |
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Decompression Technique: |
self extracting DOS based pkzip archive file |
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Online Transfer: |
https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dp134.asp |
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Metadata Reference |
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Creation Date: |
20060803 |
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Metadata Standard: |
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata |
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Standard Version: |
FGDC-STD-001-1998 |
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Metadata Language: |
en |
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Time Convention: |
local time |
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Review Date: |
As required |
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Access Constraints: |
none |
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User Constraints: |
none |
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Security Classification System: |
none |
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Security Classification: |
Unclassified |
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Security Handling Description: |
none |
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Metadata Contact: |
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see contact information |