Survey Metadata

Till, Indicator minerals

British Columbia

2012

Till survey NTS 93A/05, /12, Mount Polley mine area, south-central British Columbia, 2012-2013.





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Geological Survey of Canada, Northern Canada Division

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 78 sites near the Mount Polley 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
2012 71
2013 14

 

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; 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)
2 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)
3 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)
4 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)
5 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)
6 Hashmi, S., Ward, B., Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Leybourne, M. (2014). Geochemical and mineralogical dispersal in till from the Mount Polley Cu-Au porphyry deposit, central British Columbia, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7589, 1 sheet. ( 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 Hashmi, S., Ward, B.C., Plouffe, A., Leybourne, M.I., Ferbey, T. (2015). Geochemical and mineralogical dispersal in till from the Mount Polley Cu-Au porphyry deposit, central British Columbia, Canada. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, v. 15, no. 2-3, p. 234-249. ( more)
10 Pisiak, L.K., Canil, D., Grondahl, C., Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Anderson, R.G. (2015). Magnetite as a porphyry copper indicator mineral in till: a test using the Mount Polley porphyry copper-gold deposit, south-central British Columbia. In Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2014. Geoscience BC, Report 2015-1, p. 141-150. ( 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)
12 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)
13 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)
14 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)
15 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)
16 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)
17 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)
18 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)
19 Canil, D., Pisiak, L., Lacourse, T., Plouffe, A., Fergey, T., Grondahl, C. (2017). Magnetite as an indicator mineral in porphyry Cu±Au±Mo deposits of British Columbia, Canada. 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. 161-174. ( more)
20 Pisiak, L.K., Canil, D., Plouffe, A., Ferbey, T., Lacourse, T. (2017). Magnetite as an indicator mineral in the exploration of porphyry deposits: a case study in till near the Mount Polley Cu-Au deposit British Columbia, Canada. Economic Geology, v. 112, p. 919-940. ( more)
21 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)
22 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

Index Year Project
1 2010-2015 TGI-4 Buried Porphyry Copper Project, British Columbia, 2010-2015 ( more)
2 2011-2019 British Columbia Porphyry Copper Project, 2011-2019 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
52.4185° 52.6612° -121.9563° -121.526°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 93A/05 (Beaver Creek) and 93A/12 (Hydraulic) near the Mount Polley Mine in south-central British Columbia.  Little, Morehead, Jacobie, Trio, Bootjack and Gavin lakes are found within the study area.  It is bounded to the east by Polley Lake.  The centre of the study area is located approximately 11 km south-southwest of the community of Likely.

  • Covers a small part of NTS 93A/05 (Beaver Creek; 3 samples) near the Mount Polley Mine in south-central British Columbia.  Likely Road runs north-south through the study area and it is located just north of Big Lake Ranch.  The centre of the study area is located approximately 6 km north of Big Lake.

  • Covers a very small part of NTS 93A/12 (Hydraulic; 1 sample) near the Mount Polley Mine in south-central British Columbia.  It is located along the Quesnel Hydraulic Road and is <2 km south of Quesnel River.

  • Covers a very small part of NTS 93A/12 (Hydraulic; 1 sample) near the Mount Polley Mine in south-central British Columbia.  It is located along Forest Service Road 2600 and is ~5.5 km south of Quesnel River.

  • Covers a very small part of NTS 93A/12 (Hydraulic; 1 sample) near the Mount Polley Mine in south-central British Columbia.  The centre of the study area is located approximately 2 km southeast of Quesnel Forks and the junction of the Cariboo and Quesnel rivers.

  • Covers a very small part of NTS 93A/12 (Hydraulic; 1 sample) near the Mount Polley Mine in south-central British Columbia.  The centre of the study area is located approximately 3.5 km south-southwest of the community of Likely and just west of Quesnel Lake.

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