Laboratory Metadata

Acme Analytical Laboratories Limited, Vancouver

Laboratory Description


Acme was founded by Dean Toye in Vancouver in 1971.  In 2010, it was operating as an employee-owned business with 19 offices in 11 countries, headquartered in Vancouver.  The company was acquired by Bureau Veritas in 2012.

As part of the acquisition and integration by Bureau Veritas, the legal entity for Acme Labs became Bureau Veritas Commodities Canada Ltd in 2014, part of the global trade name Bureau Veritas Minerals (BVM).


Associated Analytical Packages:

Index Package ID Package Name N
1  3   Acme 1F-MS + LOI, Sn, F 40
2  120   Acme ICP-MS (1F-MS Basic Suite, with weight) 38
3  139   Acme 1F-MS Basic Suite (37 elements) 15g + REE 49
4  140   Acme 1T-MS (41 elements + 14 REEs) 55
5  157   Acme 1F-MS + Sn, F 39
6  246   Acme 4B (inc 1DX), 2A Leco, 8 FeO, lattice water (1500°C) 49
7  276   Acme 1F-MS (53 elements) (B dl=20 ppm, Ga dl=0.2 ppm, S dl=0.01%, W dl=0.1 ppm) 53
8  278   Acme ICPES near-total digestion, 34 elements 34
9  279   Acme ICPES aqua regia, 29 elements + 6 by hydride evolution 29
10  280   Acme ICPES aqua regia, hydride evolution 6
11  326   Acme ICP-MS (1F-MS Basic Suite) 37
12  354   Acme ICP-MS (1F-MS Basic Suite + 4B (Sn)) 39
13  355   Acme ICP-MS (1F 53 elements) + F (ISE) + LOI 55
14  356   Acme whole rock analysis (11 oxides and 7 minor elements by ICP-ES; LOI; C and S by Leco) 22
15  357   Acme 1F-MS 37
16  359   Acme VG101-EXT + REE (65 elements) 65
17  362   Acme 4A-4B, 2A Leco, 1F30 (117 parameters) 117
18  363   Acme 1T-MS (46 elements + 14 REEs) 60
19  388   Acme (NGR surface water) LIF (U), ISE (F), pH 3
20  436   Acme, (NGR lake sediment) Au, Pt, Pd 3
21  463   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS / ICP-ES (35 elements, W, d.l.=0.2 ppm), Sn, LOI 37
22  466   Acme 1F-MS Basic Suite (37 elements) 1g 38
23  471   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS (35+Au), LOI 37
24  476   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS / ICP-ES (35 elements, W, d.l.=0.1 ppm), Sn, LOI 37
25  478   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS/ICP-ES (35+Au), LOI 37
26  482   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS / ICP-ES (35 elements), LOI, Sn, F 38
27  483   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS / ICP-ES- HMC (36 elements), Sn, F 38
28  485   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS / ICP-ES (35 elements, W, d.l.=0.1 ppm), LOI 36
29  489   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS / ICP-ES (35 elements), LOI, Sn (LiBO2 fusion), F 38
30  491   Acme (NGR stream and lake sediments) ICP-MS / ICP-ES (35 elements, Ga, d.l.=0.1; S, d.l.=0.02;W, d.l.=0.1 ppm) 35
31  493   Acme (NGR stream sediment) ICP-MS / ICP-ES (36 elements + Au, Ga, d.l.=0.2; S, d.l.=0.01;W, d.l.=0.2 ppm) 39
32  497   Acme 4A-4B, 2A Leco, 1F30, 1T-MS (177 parameters) 177
33  498   Acme 4A-4B, 2A Leco, 1F30, 1T-MS (172 parameters) 172
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