Survey Metadata
Till, Indicator minerals
British Columbia
2011
Till survey NTS 93B/08, /09, Gibraltar mine area, south-central British Columbia, 2011-2012.
Location map
(requires an Internet connection)
Primary Publications (see below for full list)
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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) |
Survey Description
Till samples were collected at 91 sites near the Gibraltar Mine in south-central British Columbia. 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. Most samples were collected from till exposures in road cuts and ditches. The following samples were collected:
| Year | Number of Samples |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2012 | 79 |
The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8038/British Columbia Geological Survey GeoFile 2016-10.
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., Anderson, R.G. (2014). Till composition and ice-flow history in the region of the Gibraltar Mine: developing indicators for the search of buried porphyry mineralization. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7592, 1 sheet. ( more) |
| 10 | 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) |
| 11 | 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) |
| 12 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Hashmi, S., Ward, B.C. (2015). Till geochemistry and mineralogy near Cu-Au and Cu-Ni porphyry deposits in British Columbia; indicators of buried mineralization. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7861, 1 sheet. ( more) |
| 13 | 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) |
| 14 | Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Hashmi, S., Ward, B.C. (2016). Till geochemistry and mineralogy at Gibraltar and Mount Polley Cu porphyry deposits. 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. 134-154. ( more) |
| 15 | 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) |
| 16 | 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) |
| 17 | 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) |
| 18 | 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) |
| 19 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52.424° | 52.672° | -122.45° | -122.076° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
-
Covers parts of NTS 93B/08 (Soda Creek) and 93B/09 (Alexandria) near the Gibraltar Mine in south-central British Columbia. The centre of the study area is located approximately 45 km north of Williams Lake and 50 km south of the city of Quesnel. It is bounded to the west by the Fraser River.
Keywords
- Date modified: