Till British Columbia 1998

Till sampling survey, NTS 82L, 83M, southern British Columbia, 1998.  


British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Energy and Minerals Division, Geological Survey Branch

Survey Description

Approximately 215 till samples were collected in 1998 in the Shuswap Highlands area, southern British Columbia. The data are published in British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 2000-18.

Data Description: Paper report; report can be downloaded.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction by ultra-trace ICP-AES after aqua regia digestion for 35 elements and by lithium borate fusion ICP for 11 oxides, LOI, C, S and 7 other elements, and also by INAA for 35 elements.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional dot symbol maps show region dispersal of elements.



Publication History

Paulen, R.C., Bobrowsky, P.T., Lett, R.E., Jackaman, W., Bichler, A.J., Wingerter, C. (2000). Till geochemistry of the Shuswap Highlands area, B.C. (parts of NTS 83M/3, 82L/13 and 82L/14). British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 2000-18.


Project History

1996-2000 Eagle Bay drift exploration project, 1996-2000.
  In southern British Columbia, till sampling was carried out in the Adams Plateau-North Barriere Lake area (NTS 82M/4,5) in 1996, in the Louis Creek-Chu Chua Creek area (NTS 92P/1,8) in 1997 and in the Chu Chua-Clearwater (NTS 92P/8,9) and Shuswap Highlands areas (NTS 83M/3, 82L/13,14) in 1998. The surveys are part of a larger multidisciplinary integrated resource assessment program aimed at defining the mineral potential of south-central British Columbia. The till geochemistry surveys demonstrate the utility of integrating surficial geology mapping and exploration geochemical methods to located buried mineral deposits in areas of drift-covered terrain. The data are published in British Columbia Geological Survey Open Files 1997-9 (Adams Plateau-North Barriere Lake), 1998-6 (Louis Creek-Chu Chua), 2000-17 (Chu Chua-Clearwater) and 2000-18 (Shuswap).



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

50.87º

51.22º -119.75º -119º