Survey Metadata
Till, Indicator minerals
British Columbia
2011
Till survey, NTS 92I/6, 7, 10, 11, Highland Valley mine area, south-central British Columbia, 2011, 2012, 2105.
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Primary Publications (see below for full list)
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ferbey, T., Plouffe, A., Bustard, A.L. (2016). Geochemical, mineralogical, and textural data from tills in the Highland Valley Copper mine area, south-central British Columbia. British Columbia Geological Survey GeoFile 2016-11/Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8119, 20 p. ( more) |
Survey Description
Till samples were collected at 99 sites near the Highland Valley Copper Mine for geochemical, indicator mineral and grain size determinations to test the sampling method in an area of known mineralization. At each site, two samples were collected: a large one (9 to 15 kg) for indicator mineral processing and a smaller one (1 to 2 kg) for geochemical analyses. The following samples were collected:
| Year | Number of Samples |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 29 |
| 2015 | 67 |
The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8119/British Columbia Geological Survey GeoFile 2016-11.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson, R.G., Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Dunn, C.E. (2012). The search for surficial expressions of buried Cordilleran porphyry deposits; a new TGI4 activity in the southern Cordillera. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7081, 1 sheet. ( more) |
| 2 | Anderson, R.G., Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Dunn, C.E. (2012). The search for surficial expressions of buried Cordilleran porphyry deposits; background and progress in a new Target Geoscience Initiative 4 activity in the southern Canadian Cordillera, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (online) no. 2012-7, 15 p. ( more) |
| 3 | Anderson, R.G., Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Dunn, C.E. (2012). The search for surficial expressions of buried Cordilleran porphyry deposits; preliminary findings in a new TGI4 activity in the southern Canadian Cordillera. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7266, 82 p. ( more) |
| 4 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Anderson, R.G., Hashmi, S., Ward, B.C. (2013). New TGI-4 till geochemistry and mineralogy results near the Highland Valley, Gibraltar, and Mount Polley mines, and Woodjam district: an aid to search for buried porphyry deposits. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7473, 58 p. ( more) |
| 5 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Anderson, R.G., Hashmi, S., Ward, B.C., Sacco, D.A. (2013). The use of till geochemistry and mineralogy to explore for buried porphyry deposits in the Cordillera – preliminary results from a TGI-4 intrusion-related project. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7367, 1 sheet. ( more) |
| 6 | Ferbey, T., Plouffe, A., Anderson, R.G. (2014). An integrated approach to search for buried porphyry-style mineralization in central British Columbia using geochemistry and mineralogy: a TGI-4 project. Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (online) no. 2014-2, 15 p. ( more) |
| 7 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Anderson, B., Hashmi, S., Ward, B. (2014). Indicator minerals and till geochemistry near porphyry deposits in the Canadian Cordillera. In Québec Mines 2013, Abstracts of Oral Presentations and Posters. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, DV 2014-04, p. 39. ( more) |
| 8 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Anderson, B., Hashmi, S., Ward, B. (2014).Minéraux indicateurs et géochimie du till près de gîtes porphyriques de la Cordillère canadienne. In Québec Mines 2013, Résumés des Conférences et des Photoprésentations. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, Document divers DV 2014-03, p. 39. ( more) |
| 9 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T. (2015). Till composition near Cu-porphyry deposits in British Columbia: highlights for mineral exploration. In TGI 4 – Intrusion Related Mineralisation Project: New Vectors to Buried Porphyry-Style Mineralisation, N. Rogers (ed.). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7843, p. 15-37. ( more) |
| 10 | Ferbey, T., Plouffe, A., Bustard, A.L. (2016). Geochemical, mineralogical, and textural data from tills in the Highland Valley Copper mine area, south-central British Columbia. British Columbia Geological Survey GeoFile 2016-11/Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8119, 20 p. ( more) |
| 11 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T. (2016). Till geochemistry, mineralogy and textural data near four Cu porphyry deposits in British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8038/British Columbia Geological Survey GeoFile 2016-10, 44 p. ( more) |
| 12 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Hashmi, S., Ward, B.C. (2016). Till geochemistry and mineralogy: vectoring towards Cu porphyry deposits in British Columbia, Canada. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, v. 16, no. 3, p. 213-232. ( more) |
| 13 | Rukhlov, A.S., Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Mao, M., Spence, J. (2016). Application of trace-element compositions of detrital apatite to explore for porphyry deposits in central British Columbia. In Geological Fieldwork 2015. British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, British Columbia Geological Survey, Paper 2016-1, p. 145-179. ( more) |
| 14 | Rukhlov, A.S., Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Mao, M., Spence, J. (2016). Supplementary data for application of trace-element compositions of detrital apatite to explore for porphyry deposits in central British Columbia. British Columbia Geological Survey, GeoFile 2016-1. ( more) |
| 15 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T. (2017). Porphyry Cu indicator minerals in till: a method to discover buried mineralization. In Indicator minerals in till and stream sediments of the Canadian Cordillera, T. Ferbey, A. Plouffe, A. S. Hickin (eds). Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper Volume 50/Mineralogical Association of Canada, Topics in Mineral Sciences Volume 47, p. 129-159. ( more) |
| 16 | Plouffe, A., Kobylinski, C.H., Hattori, K., Wolfe, L., Ferbey, T. (2018). Mineral markers of porphyry copper mineralization: work in progress at the Gibraltar deposit, British Columbia. In Targeted Geoscience Initiative: 2017 Report of Activities, v. 1, N. Rogers (ed.). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8358, p. 57-67. ( more) |
Project History
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50.27° | 50.72° | -121.21° | -120.8° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers parts of NTS 92I/06 (Spences Bridge), /07 (Mamit Lake), /10 (Cherry Creek) and /11 (Ashcroft) in the vicinity of the Highland Copper Mine, south-central British Columbia. The centre of the study area is located approximately 54 km southwest of the city of Kamloops and 40 km north-northwest of the city of Meritt. Highway 97C runs through the middle of the study area.
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