Survey Metadata

Vegetation

British Columbia

1987

Biogeochemical survey, NTS 92H/10, Tulameen, southern British Columbia, 1987-1988





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Geological Survey of Canada, Northern Canada Division

Survey Description


In 1987 and 1988 vegetation samples from 17 sites on several rock types along a 6 km transect down the Tulameen valley (down-slope from known chromite pods on Grasshopper Mountain) were collected.  Some of the species collected were: Douglas fir twig, bark and needles; Engelmann spruce bark; lodgepole pine twigs and bark; whitebark pine twigs and bark; and twigs from subalpine fir, ponderosa pine and juniper.  Seventy samples were submitted for analysis.  In addition to these 70 samples, 34 tissue samples from 10 species of tree, shrub and herb were obtained from 11 sites close to small chromite pods (less than 1 m in length) that outcrop on Grasshopper Mountain.  A summary of this survey can be found in Chapter 3 of the book Noble Metals and Biological Systems (R.R. Brooks, Ed.).

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Dunn, C.E. (1989). Airborne and surface biogeochemical surveys for precious metals in the Cordillera. Cordilleran Geology and Exploration Roundup, Geological Survey of Canada, Cordilleran and Pacific Geoscience Division, Program and Abstracts. ( more)
2 Dunn, C.E. (1992). Biogeochemical exploration for deposits of the noble metals. In Chapter 3 of Noble Metals and Biological Systems, R.R. Brooks (ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, p.47-90. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1987-1995 Tulameen ultramafic complex, southern British Columbia, vegetation survey, 1987-1988; soil, water and stream sediment survey, 1988-1989; water, soil and vegetation survey, 1992 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
49.528° 49.5423° -120.92° -120.8381°

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

  • Covers part of NTS 92H/10 (Tulameen) on Grasshopper Mountain on the north side of the Tulameen River, approximately 25 km west of Princeton in southwestern British Columbia.

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