Survey Metadata
Till, Indicator minerals
British Columbia
2007
Glacial sediment survey, NTS 92P, south central British Columbia, 2007-2008.
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Survey Description
During 2007 and 2008 glacial sediment sampling was carried out in the Bonaparte Lake map area, south central British Columbia. A total of 936 till samples (2-3 kg) were collected at a spacing of 2-3 km along forestry roads. Fourteen glaciofluvial sediment samples were collected in areas were till was unavailable. In addition, large bulk till samples (15-30 kg) were take on average at every second sample site for heavy mineral studies. In regions of high mineral potential, the bulk samples were collected at every site.
The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open Files 6047 (gold grains) and 6440 (geochemistry, heavy minerals).
Archived heavy mineral samples (n=57) were reprocessed for porphyry copper indicator minerals for comparison with mineralogical indicators from Gibralter and Mount Polley mines and the Woodjam copper prospect. This study discussed in GSC Open File 7680.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Plouffe, A., Bednarski, J. M., Huscroft, C.A., McCuaig, S. J. (2009). Gold grain content of till in the Bonaparte Lake map area, south central British Columbia (NTS 92P). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6047. ( more) |
| 2 | Plouffe, A., Bednarski, J.M., Huscroft, C.A., McCuaig, S.J. (2009). New Quaternary mapping and geochemical results, Bonaparte Lake map area, implications and findings for mineral exploration in the region. In Mineral Exploration Roundup 2009. Association for Mineral Exploration in British Columbia, 2009 Technical Abstracts, p. 23-24. ( more) |
| 3 | Anderson, R.G., Schiarriza, P., Andrews, G., Breitsprecher, K., Davis, W., Dunn, C.E., Plouffe, A., Thomas, M.D. (2010). Bedrock, surficial, geophysical and geochemical mapping reveals exploration targets in the Thuya batholith, southern Nicola Arc. In TGI-3 Workshop: public geoscience in support of base metal exploration. Geological Association of Canada, Cordilleran Section. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Joint Annual Meeting, Programme and Abstracts, p. 52-57. ( more) |
| 4 | Haggart, J.W., Hutton, C.A., Plouffe, A., Spratt, J.E., Craven, J.A., Cassidy, J.F. (2010). The Geological Survey of Canada's Mountain Pine Beetle Project – ground surveys. Geological Survey of Canada, Special Presentation no. 5, 63 p. ( more) |
| 5 | Plouffe, A., Bednarski, J.M., Huscroft, C.A., Anderson, R.B., McCuaig, S.J. (2010). Geochemistry of glacial sediments of the Bonaparte Lake map area (NTS 92P), south central British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6440. ( more) |
| 6 | Plouffe, A., Bednarski, J.M., Huscroft, C.A., Anderson, R.B., McCuaig, S.J. (2010). Ice-flow history and till geochemistry of the Bonaparte Lake map area, south central British Columbia. In TGI-3 Workshop: public geoscience in support of base metal exploration. Geological Association of Canada, Cordilleran Section. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada, Joint Annual Meeting, Programme and Abstracts, p. 32-36. ( more) |
| 7 | Plouffe, A., Bednarski, J.M., Huscroft, C.A., McCuaig, S.J. (2010). Glacial sediments geochemistry of the Bonaparte Lake map area (NTS 92P) in south central British Columbia. In Roundup 2010: Go for the gold (and everything else), abstracts. Association for Mineral Exploration in British Columbia. ( more) |
| 8 | Plouffe, A., Anderson, R.B., Gruenwald, W., Davis, W.J., Bednarski, J.M., Paulen, R.C. (2011). Integrating ice-flow history, geochronology, geology, and geophysics to trace mineralized glacial erratics to their bedrock source: an example from south-central British Columbia. In New insights in Cordilleran Intermontaine geoscience: reducing exploration risk in the mountain pine beetle-affected area, British Columbia, J.W. Haggart (ed.). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 48, no. 6, p. 1113-1129. ( more) |
| 9 | Plouffe, A., Bednarski, J.M., Huscroft, C.A., Anderson, R.G., McCuaig, S.J. (2011). Late Wisconsinan glacial history in the Bonaparte Lake map area, south central British Columbia: implication s for glacial transport and mineral exploration. In Geohydro 2011, Proceedings of the joint meeting of the CANQUA and International Association of Hydrogeologists, Quebec City, August 2011, Doc-2152, 1 p. ( more) |
| 10 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Levson, V.M., Bond, J.D. (2012). Glacial history and drift prospecting in the Canadian Cordillera: recent developments. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7261, 51 p. ( more) |
| 11 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T. (2015). Discovering buried copper porphyry mineralization: geochemistry and indicator minerals in till. Presentation at the 27th Annual Kamloops Exploration Group (KEG) Conference and Trade Show April 8-9th, 2014. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7680, 44 p. ( more) |
Project History
| Index | Year | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007-2010 | Mountain Pine Beetle Project, Quaternary component, 2007-2010 ( more) |
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51° | 52° | -121.62° | -120° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers the eastern two thirds of NTS 92P (Bonaparte Lake) in south central British Columbia. The North Thompson River trends north-south just inside its eastern boundary. The town of 100 Mile House is located near its western boundary.
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