Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Mineral Resources Branch
44°45'
Airborne Total Field VLF-EM
(Line Component) Map
for part of NTS 11D/10,
Owls Head Area, Nova Scotia
62°45'
500000mE
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Charles Point
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Owls Head Harbour
Cable Point
Clam Bay
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Weston Lake
Southwest Cove
Murphys Lake
Stoney Beach
Campbells Head
Clam Harbour Beach
Sleepy Head
East Jeddore
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Wreck Hill Pond
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Long Point
Heron Point
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Owls Head
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Burnt Point
Clam Bay
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Little Harbour
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Lloyds Point
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Wisdom Head
Clam Harbour
Crows Hill Lake
Black Point
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62°30'
539000mE
4955000mN
63°00'
Open File Map ME 2005-102
Wintersons Point
The Sand Bar
The Pond
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© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia 2005
Little Harbour Head
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East Head
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VLF-EM Data
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Porters Head
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Contour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gunning Point
Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) - Geophysical Data Centre, 615 Booth St.,
Depression Contour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E9. These high-resolution VLF-EM data were digitally
acquired as part of the Musquodoboit Survey (GSC Project #184). The data,
used to produce this map image, are the decorrugated measured total field
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Airborne geophysical data, used to produce this map, were supplied by the
Index Contour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Index Depression Contour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
response using the 'Line' transmitter. The 'Line' transmitter for GSC Project
#184 is Annapolis, Maryland. Total field VLF-EM data provide a measure of the
Coastline, Lakes, Single-line Rivers, Streams . . .
internal electrical character (i.e. resistivity/conductivity) of the underlying
Quaternary and bedrock geology. VLF-EM data are not processed to the same
100 Series Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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levels as the associated magnetic data channel and are also subject to different
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Musquodoboit Survey
Trans-Canada Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
artifacts and biases. For a more complete description please refer to King
(2003, 2004). This 24-bit colour map image was produced with a 25 m pixel
size. Shading is from the south at 35° above the horizon.
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Trunk Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Collector Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Hard Surface Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Road Under Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
References
Loose Surface/Resource Access Road . . . . . . .
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Vehicle Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For more information on this map series, refer to:
Trail/Footpath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
King, M. S. 2003: Report on high-resolution airborne VLF-EM processing and
enhancement, Targeted Geoscience Initiative, Cape Breton, Inverness,
Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Richmond and Victoria counties (NTS 11F/14, 11K/02 and 11K/03),
Railway Inactive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
south-central Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia Department of
County Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch, Open File Report ME 2003-4.
King, M. S. 2004: Report on potential field mapping component of the geological
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mapping of the St. Marys Basin Project, northern mainland Nova Scotia, Phase 2
of the Targeted Geoscience Initiative; Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources,
Mineral Resources Branch, Open File Report ME 2004-4.
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Regional Key Map
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Map Notes
Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (UTM), Zone 20, Central Meridian 63°00' West.
North American Datum (NAD) 1927.
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2.69
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2.26
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1.91
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Total Field
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Base and digital data derived from the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB).
The NSTDB is available from Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations (SNSMR),
Land Information Services Division (LIS), Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre (NSGC),
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Amherst, Nova Scotia.
Cartography and reproduction by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources,
Geoscience Information Services Section, 2004-2005.
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Disclaimer
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The information on this map may have come from a variety of government and nongovernment sources. The Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources does not
assume any liability for errors that may occur.
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Recommended Citation
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King, M.S. 2005: Airborne total field VLF-EM (Line component) map for part of
NTS 11D/10, Owls Head area, Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia Department of Natural
Resources, Mineral Resources Branch, Open File Map ME 2005-102, scale 1:50 000.
44°30'
500000mE
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44°30'
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Jun 06, 2005