| Title | Till composition and ice-flow history in the region of the Gibraltar Mine: developing indicators for the search of buried porphyry mineralization |
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| Author | Plouffe, A; Ferbey, T; Anderson, R G |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7592, 2014, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/293839 (Open Access) |
| Links | Canadian Database of Geochemical Surveys, downloadable
files
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| Links | Banque de données de levés géochimiques du Canada,
fichiers téléchargeables
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| Year | 2014 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia |
| NTS | 93B/08 |
| Area | McLeese Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -122.5000 -122.0000 52.5000 52.2500 |
| Subjects | economic geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; geochemistry; mineral occurrences; mineral potential; mineralization; glacial deposits; tills; till geochemistry; copper; molybdenum; porphyry copper;
porphyry deposits; ice movement; ice flow; ice movement directions; glacial features; striations; lithology; biogeochemistry; biogeochemical surveys; Gibraltar Mine; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | photographs; flow charts; location maps |
| Program | Targeted
Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4), Intrusion/Porphyry Ore Systems |
| Released | 2014 05 12 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) is a collaborative federal geoscience program that provides industry with the next generation of geoscience
knowledge and innovative techniques to better detect buried mineral deposits, thereby reducing some of the risks of exploration. We need to find new methods for discovering mines where rocks are covered with glacial sediments: loose material (gravel,
sand and clay). These methods are essential for the discovery of the next generation of mines in Canada. This poster presents one way of detecting metals associated with intrusive rocks like granite. We have identified mineral grains the size of a
sand grain which are indicative of the potential presence of an economic metal deposit. The presence of these minerals in glacial sediments suggests that metals of economic potential might be found in rocks underneath the sediments. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 293839 |
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