Survey Metadata

Till

British Columbia

1998

Till sampling survey, NTS 82L, 83M, southern British Columbia, 1998.





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Survey Description


Approximately 215 till samples were collected in 1998 in the Shuswap Highlands area, southern British Columbia.  The data are published in British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 2000-18.

Data Description:

Paper report; report can be downloaded.

Quantities Analysed:

<0.063 mm fraction by ultra-trace ICP-AES after aqua regia digestion for 35 elements and by lithium borate fusion ICP for 11 oxides, LOI, C, S and 7 other elements, and also by INAA for 35 elements.

Geochem Maps Available:

Proportional dot symbol maps show region dispersal of elements.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Paulen, R.C., Bobrowsky, P.T., Lett, R.E., Jackaman, W., Bichler, A.J., Wingerter, C. (2000). Till geochemistry of the Shuswap Highlands area, B.C. (parts of NTS 83M/3, 82L/13 and 82L/14). British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 2000-18. ( more)
2 Lett, R., Jackaman, W. (2002). Geochemical exploration models; Volume 1, VMS deposits in south central British Columbia (NTS 82L/13, L/14, 82M/5, M/6 and 92P/1E). British Columbia Geological Survey Branch, Open File 2000-31, 34p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1996-2000 Eagle Bay drift exploration project, 1996-2000 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
50.87° 51.22° -119.75° -119°

The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:

  • Covers parts of NTS 83M/3 (Albas), 82L/13 (Chase) and 82L/14 (Sorrento), in the Shuswap Highlands area, southern British Columbia.  It is bounded to the south by Shuswap Lake, to the northwest by Adams Lake and to the east by Seymour Arm.

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