Survey Metadata
Till
British Columbia
1991
Till sampling survey, NTS 93N/1, 93O/4, north central British Columbia, 1991.
Location map
(requires an Internet connection)
Survey Description
In 1991, 121 till samples including field duplicates were collected from 108 hand-dug pits with in a 150 square kilometre area in the Mount Milligan region of north central British Columbia. This survey was done in conjunction with a biogeochemical survey in the same region. The till data are published in GSC Open File 3291/BC Geological Survey Open File 1996-22. The data can also be found in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3273/British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 1996-19, a digital suite of geoscience information.
Data Description:
Paper report; data list on diskette (ASCII, dBase and Excel 5.0).
Quantities Analysed:
<0.063 mm fraction by INAA for 30 elements and by ICP-AES after aqua regia digestion for 30 elements.
Geochem Maps Available:
Proportional symbol maps showing dispersal of elements.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sibbick, S.J., Kerr, D.E. (1995). Till geochemistry of the Mount Milligan area, north-central British Columbia; recommendations for drift exploration for porphyry copper-gold mineralization. In Drift Exploration in the Canadian Cordillera, P.T. Bobrowsky, S.J. Sibbick, J.M. Newell, P.F. Matysek (ed.). British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources; Paper no. 1995-2; pages 167-180 (Geological Survey of Canada Cont.# 25694) ( more) |
| 2 | Williams, S. (compiler) (1996). Quesnel Trough: a digital suite of geoscience information. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 3273/British Columbia Geological Survey, Open File 1996-19. ( more) |
| 3 | Sibbick, S.J., Balma, R.G., Dunn, C.E. (1997). Till geochemistry of the Mount Milligan area (parts of 93N/1 and 93O/4). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 3291/British Columbia Geological Survey Branch Open File 1996-22. ( more) |
Project History
| Index | Year | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1991-1997 | North central British Columbia till sampling survey carried out in 1991 and vegetation surveys carried out in 1991 and 1995 ( more) |
Downloadable Files
| Index | Description | Size (bytes) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Copy of CD-ROM for GSC Open File 3273 (
FileID=30 download
)
|
84414123 |
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55.04° | 55.24° | -124.16° | -123.72° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers parts of NTS 93N/1, 93O/4, Mount Milligan area in north central British Columbia. The town of Mackenzie is located approximately 60 km northeast of the centre of the study area.
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